2018 Easter Jeep Safari Concept Vehicles Are Here! Which one Is Your Favorite?


2018 Easter Jeep Safari Concept Vehicles Are Here! Which one Is Your Favorite?

We told you the Easter Jeep Safari concept vehicles that Jeep puts together each year were on their way. Well, they’ve been unveiled and without further ado, here they are:

 

1. Jeep 4SPEED

The idea with the 4SPEED is to be light and nimble. This JL is powered by the new 2.0L inline-four that will be seen in the lineup, and has lost weight thanks to a carbon fiber hood, fender flares, and rear tub. The windshield is raked back further and the door openings have been stretched a bit. The 4Speed stands two inches taller than a standard JL thanks to the weight removal alone, and it’s shorter overall than a stock unit (though it keeps the full wheelbase).

2. Jeep SandstormSandstorm is the Baja racer of the group. When we first saw the sketch, we wrongly guessed that it was a preview of the pickup we know is coming…instead, it’s a four-door JL that has had it’s rear doors chopped and cleaned up. The front axle has been moved four inches and sports a longarm four-link suspension with a track bar, while the rear moved rearward two inches and is mounted using a triangulated four-link trailing arm system. The front has fourteen inches of travel, the rear eighteen inches. And since every desert truck needs to be a runner, the Sandstorm is packing the 6.4L Hemi and a six-speed manual transmission.

3. Jeep B-UteThe B-Ute is a demonstrator of a variety of Jeep Performance Parts for the Renegade. In addition to the unique front and rear fascias and the upper grille area, items such as a 1.5″ lift kit, a roof rack and rock rails made it on the Renegade, while 17″ wheels with a 30mm offset on BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO2 tires gives it the look. The running gear is a 2.4L Tigershark four and a nine-speed automatic.

4. Nacho JeepMeet the rolling catalog for the JL Wrangler. This 2.0L turbo four-powered Wrangler has add-ons such as the hood, the Mopar satin black grille, the Rubicon bumper with the Warn winch,  and lights from Magneti Marelli that include the forward foglights, A-pillar lights, and a rear setup that uses four colors for communication (red, amber, green and flood white). A two-inch lift clears 37″ tires. Rock rails, tube doors, grab handles, a spare tire rack that can hold a 37″ tire setup and interior trim complete the Nacho Jeep.

5. Jeepster

The Jeepster’s hardtop was chopped two inches and fitted to a windshield that was raked back an additional 2.5 degrees and sports a 2.5″ lift kit that hovers over BFGoodrich Mud Terrain T/A KM2s on 17″ wheels. Jeep Performance Parts have been added in, including the hood, off-road lights, A-pillar lights, and the Rubicon steel bumper. The Jeepster has a concept tube roll cage that has a spare tire mounted and has been trimmed out, and concept storage packs mount to the tailgate. And check out the combination rock rail/side steps!

6. Jeep J-Wagon

The J-Wagon is meant to be a compromise between a premium SUV and a trail machine. Starting out as a Wrangler Sahara, the J-wagon has been trimmed out in FCA’s “Brass Monkey” trim color and sports the Jeep Performance Parts hood with the available snorkel system. The black grille comes from a Wrangler Rubicon and the rock sliders are concept pieces, and the interior has been trimmed out in (of course) more Black Monkey. Tires are 33″ BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain KM3 tires, in one of their first viewings…BFGoodrich is expecting to launch the tire later this year.

7. Jeep Wagoneer Roadtrip

Jaws off of the floor, everybody. What started out as a 1965 Jeep Wagoneer has had it’s wheelbase stretched five inches and sports a wider track, fender flares and reshaped wheel wells. A “razor” grille and bottle green architectural glass have been fitted in, the frame has been boxed and reinforced, and the running gear has been stepped up: Dana 44s front and rear sport lockers, four-link suspensions with coilovers, and 17″ steel wheels on 33″ BF Goodrich Mud-Terrain tires. The inside has been restored inside with the correct Oxblood leather, the floor has been bedlined, the roof covered in wicker, a cooler has been made from period-correct luggage, and a toolbox was made out of the Wagoneer’s original Tornado six engine. Under that hood now beats a 5.7L V8 and a four-speed automatic. And if you have to ask us, this is the one we want. Which one are you looking at?


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4 thoughts on “2018 Easter Jeep Safari Concept Vehicles Are Here! Which one Is Your Favorite?

  1. BeaverMartin

    That Wagoneer is by far the best vehicle in the line-up. For a company that lives 100% on it’s heritage I can’t understand why they haven’t made a Ram based retro styled waggy. They would sell like crazy. They could make a stripper chief model and a full bore Escalade fighter Grand. Solid axles all around with the option to get lockers and D60s on both ends. Cummins diesel and manual option. Would give Tahoe and Expedition a big run for their money.

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