Welcome back! For the love of god please don’t let jalopnik become another listical website. Maybe bring back old favorites like “project car hell” and the youtube channel.

E. Depreciation is better compared to passenger cars. 

Ah-HA! Just like I said a little more than a month ago!!!

SEE!!! Just like I said a month ago.

I realize this is a year old but replying anyway. As long as you dont directly spray up under there you’re good. I typically just use a low pressure garden hose, dawn dish soap, and a brush. It works wonders.

Calling it, Fords heavily bench-marked the Jeep Renegade and Subaru Crosstrek for this. It’s a cute softroader for the person that has aspirations of owning a Wrangler or STI. A stepping stone. 

Not at all, I think it looks great! It’s Fords riff on the Jeep Renegade and Subaru Cross-trek. A cute little soft-roader that has tons of style but is still basically a CUV, and there is nothing wrong with that. 

As a big truck bro, this makes me sad. The Santa Cruz Concept was pretty cool but cool doesn’t always keep the lights on. Plus it’s utility was questionable at best. 

Yeah still not sure why ram is conditions to offer than previous gen ram. It’s been two years at this point. 

You’re out of your damn mind. 2 door wrangler sales account for less than 5% of total sales. In no way would having a 2 door gladiator benefit Jeep. The gladiators biggest issue is pricing. It’s too close to a full-size. Other than that it leads it’s segment. It’s Comparative length To other midsized trucks is…

Headline should read “VW, in surprising good move, decides competing with the Honda Ridgeline for truck market share is a shit idea. Goes back to promising electric everything soon.”

Pickup trucks are not cheaper to produce than cars by any measure. The only reason full size trucks even begin to match the prices of their midsize counterparts is due to economies of scale and manufacturer/dealer discounts. Not a single manufacturer makes a nicely equipped anything for $19k, doubly so when the…

So true on the solstice. It was the perfect OEM turbo’d Miata\baby corvette. They should have rebadged it and sold it as a Corvair or something. I’ll also but forward the SSR. There was, and is, a market for a convertible pickups. The SSR was just too prowler\pt-cruiser when it should have been more Pontiac GTO\G8.

They’re still running around with them....https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-ram-1500-rebel-trx-hellcat-v-8-spy-photos-rumors/

Lol, maybe! Wife is crazy about her JK. Feel like I’m always tinker with it unlike my truck. We’ve done the top, tires, and rhino lined the interior and its all been pretty easy to work on, and I think that’s part of what I’m missing. My truck just feels more like an appliance. It turns on and goes but lacks character.

Price on JL wranglers have come down a good bit since their launch. Looking to replace my wifes JK in a year or two with a JL and my Sierra with a Gladiator once it hits 100k. What is getting harder to find is manual transmissions on higher trim or 4 door wranglers. The wife is adamant about having 3 pedals which is…

Some boat. Traded my wrangler for a Sierra and now I miss my jeep. Trying to justify trading in my 2016 for a Gladiator but think I’m just going to have to wait a bit longer. Maybe for that diesel to come out. 

Yes, some of the original entrants in the 70's ran vans with HUGE gas tanks in the back. Giving them a great for the time range of 800 miles with an observed MPG of 8. 9 mpg could be acheived by the drivers if they were to “draft” tractor trails.

Oh that’s just Nibbles the server hamster. Occasionally he eats your posts. YUP! He’s been here the whole time...