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These 2 I am not fond of:
* Gladiator - slave or captive
* Liberty - free from captivity
The rest are bad ass!
* Gladiator - slave or captive
* Liberty - free from captivity
The rest are bad ass!
Not sure the time frame but maybe with Ford introducing the bronco maybe Jeep thought they would “wrangler” the competition
I've mentioned this before but TJ's were never called Wranglers in Canada. GM had a pickup truck named Wrangler and the name simply wasn't available to Jeep. As far as I know all JK's used the Wrangler name.
Names are a funny thing. I have a Cherokee and a Comanche. In these days of political correctness I'm not sure new models with those names would be approved.
That’s me ...I didn’t like the name In 87, Wranglers were pants...and not the most popular ,til George Strait and the western world got ‘em back rolling . I still don’t use it . I say Jeep or TJ.And I have a pair of pants!
I say Jeep or TJ.
Back to the Jeep name. I don't think Renegade (someone who rejects lawful or conventional behavior) is quite where we want to be. As much as I dislike the government and their stupid laws I don't always have to reject them to go off roading. I guess I do sometimes.
I also kinda figured that maybe Levis wanted too much $$$ to be associated with Jeep so Jeep said "Screw you too!" and used the word Wrangler because it's not only a usable word but also some competitor to Levis.
AndyG said:Renegade I loved, back then , but today it doesn’t at all fit the vehicle that bears that name.
AndyG said:One of my favorite things about the TJ Wrangler is that it doesn’t look like a wrangler...it looks like a CJ-7 . This leads us to a different thread topic nearly ...if not Wrangler , What? Remember this vehicle was a return to classic design and replaced a vehicle that had polar reception, the YJ.
To me , just an alpha numeric designation would have been fine , Like CJ-9 , etc.
Going further , the “Rubicon” designation , was a huge hit ..both on the trail and the dealer lot , good name for what it is . That was a marketing win. Still going strong 17 years later.
Renegade I loved, back then , but today it doesn’t at all fit the vehicle that bears that name.
Wouldn't a TJ be a CJ-12?To me , just an alpha numeric designation would have been fine , Like CJ-9 , etc.
There's a lot of Old West nostalgia in the older names. Not so much in the newer ones. "Wrangler" was pretty much at the cut off.Seems to me all the Jeep brand names tie into each other. Think about it: Wrangler, Cherokee, Comanche, Honcho, Scrambler, even now we have Commander, Renegade, Liberty, Compass, Patriot, Gladiator. How do they tie in you ask? They're all pretty bad ass names!