Motor Trend (and Truck Trend) are showing off a very interesting Jeep Military prototype vehicle. The J8 bears a striking resemblance to the Scramblers of old, and is being designed for the military, with all the associated durability and capabilities. This includes a 7700lb tow capacity, 2900lb payload, and a snorkel! Definitely not the grocery-getter JK we are used to seeing on the roads. Apparently, the J8 is slated to be built in Egypt and will see duty in Africa and the Middle East.
This will undoubtedly bring up a lot of questions from you Jeep fans. Questions like; how many are being built? will they ever see US soil? will a civilian (Super-Rubicon) version be built? Etc.
I suppose another issue would be the price. Since the current JK is in the neighborhood of $30K, how much would the J8 go for? Probably a pretty scary number.
Here is some more dirt on the J8 from Edmunds.
mmmmm diesel jeep. Leaf sprung rear…
me likey.
right. and I bet there aren’t D35 axles under there. sounds nice, doesn’t it?
I want one with a turbo and propane injection- gonz
the doofus editors at JP swear that there will be a late 2008-2009 model “Scrambler” pickup based on the 4-door Wrangler platform with a leaf-sprung rear. Particularly in light of Cerebus’ promise that Jeep will be building “several” of its well-received concepts over the past few years… we’ll see.
Here’s some more dirt:
http://www.motortrend.com/future/spied_vehicles/112_0708_jeep_pickup_prototype