Under a Gibbous Moon

Chrysler doesn’t know how to design a Jeep

by on May.31, 2010, under Rant

Chrysler is oddly proud of their new redesign of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Apparently they’ve spent something like 700 million on it. For their efforts, they have turned a vehicle like this:

Into this:

Apparently, they decided to let their Town & Country minivan have sex with the Grand Cherokee to produce this bastard offspring. Enough is enough. Chrysler apparently needs to get out of the car business. This isn’t the first time they’ve done this to a vehicle. The poor Dodge Durango wen from this:

To this:

Apparently, Chrysler has made it their mission to turn all of their SUVs into minivans. No wonder they’re sales have been tanking.

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2 Comments for this entry

  • Chris

    At least Ford had the decency to make them look like SUVs while putting them on minivan chasis. And Chevy just decided to lose weight by making their frames weak ass. Which I guess is kind of like minivanning it.

    • James

      And Chrysler has been steadily degrading Jeep’s off road capability. They’ve pretty much all sold out.

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