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Geoff proclaimed:
> > Daniel J. Stern wrote: > > >>Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:56:58 -0400 >>From: Daniel J. Stern > >>Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.chrysler, alt.autos.dodge.trucks, >> rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys >>Subject: New Jeep Grand Chicory >> >> >>Yeah, it's got a Hemi in it. Fine and dandy. Problem is, it's UGGGGGLEE! >>Looks like one of the rejected designs for the new/current Dodge Durango. >>Taillights are the stupid kind and look like the design that almost went >>on the Chevrolet Equinox until someone at Chevrolet said "Clear >>taillights! No! Dude! We TOTALLY have to do clear taillights!" >> >>Ptewph. >> > > > The ones I've seen on the road have made me think that perhaps they're > trying to recapture some of the XJ Cherokee's fans. To me it looks > boxier, and the lines are cleaner and straighter, more reminiscent of > the XJ than the WJ. This is so especially when viewed from behind. > > The wrap-around taillights suck, I agree. OTOH, I like the round > headlamps and how they integrate the shape into the leading edge of the > hood. > > Boo! on the V6 replacing the I6; SUV engines ought to have low-end > grunt. That I6 was an institution, and it deserved to be updated rather > than discarded. It looks more like a ZJ to me than a WJ.... if a bunch of Mitsupussy designers got drunk and tried to draw a ZJ you'd pretty much get the new Grand. |
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