[Kyle2k]

Originally Posted by fielderLS3

I am just as irked about the Explorer turning into a glorified mini-van. At least with the trailblazer, they didn't try to recycle the name. It's worse for Jeep, though. That brand has a 70 year history behind it that is being sold short. Explorer and trailblazer were only around for about 20 and 10 years respectively, and those were just individual model names, not an entire brand.

I don't see why they need to do this to the Jeep brand to keep it alive. Why can't the Grand Cherokee and Wrangler survive on their own? How does the existence of a badge engineered Dart as a Jeep, which shares nothing but name alone with those vehicles make them more viable as individual models?

CAFE applies to all of Chrysler in general, not individual brands. So why not sell the Dart as just a Dodge instead of diluting Jeep with it and forcing Chrysler's individual brands to compete against each other? I know all companies badge engineer, but this is one of the worst forms of it. If they want another brand to badge engineer with that badly, why not make a Chrysler version of these FWD Dodges...(actually Fiats).



It should be called the Compliance....or the Surrender.

I don't think this Cherokee or even the Compass are based off the dart platform are they? Huge shock if so!