Chrysler has hinted at plans for a diesel version of Jeep Wrangler, for instance.
FORBES: Clean-Diesel Proponents Still Await Details On Chevy Cruze
Arguably the most controversial choice on the list is the iconic Jeep Wrangler (including its stretched four-door equivalent the Wrangler Unlimited).
FORBES: New Cars To Avoid: Jeep Wrangler, Nissan Xterra And More
In Toledo, says LaSorda, Chrysler has a better chance to make it work because the Jeep Wrangler is an established brand icon.
In the meantime, it's showing a few warmed-over versions of its current models, including the Jeep Wrangler Islander (a beach-themed Jeep) and an entry-level Dodge Journey Express.
Meanwhile, talk of a diesel-powered new Jeep Wrangler shows one path that Chrysler may be taking to gain the compliance it still needs with stiffening federal fuel-economy requirements.
FORBES: Chrysler Is Winning Once Again With Grit, Savvy And Charisma
She fought him off until he fled in a yellow Jeep Wrangler that had a yellow smiley face on the spare tire cover and, possibly, Illinois license plates, police said.
Rather than buy parts and the machinery to assemble them into vehicles, Chrysler will outsource 60% of the production responsibility for a new Jeep Wrangler--and many of the factory jobs--to its suppliers.
Chrysler has plenty of gas-guzzling SUVs on the way, too, including two- and four-door versions of the iconic Jeep Wrangler, an all-new Dodge Nitro sport utility and the even larger Chrysler Aspen.
Chrysler already has indicated that it will launch a diesel-powered version of its Jeep Grand Cherokee later this year and is said to be considering bringing out a clean-diesel Jeep Wrangler as well.
FORBES: Forces Of Diesel Pick Up Major New Ally in Ram 1500 Version
Small truck-based SUVs, like the Jeep Liberty, are holding their own because of a raft of new entries in the segment, like Toyota's FJ Cruiser, the new Dodge Nitro and the redesigned four-door Jeep Wrangler.
In July, Barack Obama boasted to a crowd near Toledo that he was filing a complaint with the WTO against Chinese duties on imported cars, such as the Ohio-built Jeep Wrangler, and accused his rival Mitt Romney of building a business career on outsourcing jobs abroad.
As I was driving back from Westchester Airport on Wednesday, October 31, post-Sandy, dodging huge branches and driving by upended tree stumps taller than my super fun, super cute, super tiny Fiat 500c, affectionately known as Luigi, I envied my brother David his 4-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited and its trail-rated, go-anywhere capabilities.
Both sides are counting on increased production at the Wrangler factory--and another Jeep plant in Toledo--so that every Chrysler worker who wants to stay with the company can do so, without sacrificing pay.
应用推荐