New Jeep Grand Chicory

Geoff proclaimed:

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> Daniel J. Stern wrote:
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>>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
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>>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!"
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>>Ptewph.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.