JT Wrangler Truck Testing on Public Roads, Shows Spare Tire Mount

It's interesting they used JKU parts/donor mule. I suppose that means like the JL, it will be similarly revamped from the JK.

 

The "Articulink" suspension on the Ram is basically just a long radius arm design, not a traditional 4-link like the current JK's front suspension.

edit: based on all the current spy photos, I don't believe at all that the JL might have the Articulink front suspension.

 

The word on the street is that there WILL be a single cab JT. Judging from the photos it looks like the same wheelbase would work for both a single and crew cab JT.

I'd really like to see 3 cabs, 3 bed sizes and 3 engines offered for the JT but I know it's a tall order for a new model with no proven sales history and they will be careful not to compete in the RAM space. I would like to think with a whole plant just for the JT that more than one cab/bed is planned.

 

I second that. A single cab JT just as the truck god's intended, would get me more interested. I'd like to see some spy pics of one testing or at least a render to see how it would look.

 

And I third that... are you listening Jeep gods?

 

Could be worse. At least they have the exhaust exit in a sensible location, unlike other trucks, like the Raptor.

 

What's bad about the Ram 1500 and Raptor's exhaust exit location? Doesn't seem to make departure angle any worse?

 

Not ideal for maximum departure angle. It is the lowest point in the rear and you will quickly smash them into ovals after a little off-roading.
The previous gen raptor had side exit exhaust right behind the rear passenger tire.

 

The exhaust tip on the JT prototype hangs kind of low too since it points downwards. I could see those getting some dings as well. But yea I guess rear exit tips sticking out the back of the car eats into departure angle the most.

 

They did a great job tucking the spare up as high as possible underneath the truck. One of the concerns with an undercarriage spare mount was that it would hang too low and kill departure angle. Not the case here.

 

Unfortunately the length of the bed beyond the rear wheels does still negatively impact departure angles, but that was always gonna be a trade-off and most people want a usable truck-bed.

 

The cutline between cab and bed looks angular in the aerial photo but more curved in these on-road pics.

Hope it's not curved, that would look weird with the angular rear doors.

 

If we can digitally control ride height from the touchscreen applying load dependent angled calculations that would be a significant upgrade.

Now I want to see one of these with a long optional hard top or soft top !

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I'd also be partial to either of these options:

1. A hard top with a hyper-light, removable, pop up camper panel with tough Kevlar mesh sides.

2. A hard top which went with a roof setup like this, that had removable glass panels just like the proposed JT roof:

 

These are fine if I wanted a scrambler bed added to the new designs.... where is the truck. These all look like trunks without a lid. I still choose if possible the 2005 concept gladiator with at least the 6' bed. Sorry when you said truck, I thought you meant truck.

 

You ARE looking at the truck... they're using the camo to hide the separation between the cab and the bed. It's not a Scrambler type design where the bed is part of the body.

Other than the totally vertical gap between the bed and the cab, the JT should look a LOT like the JK-based AEV Double Cab Brute.

 

Add another two feet to the truck bed. you have a truck. Right now, all i see is a trunk with no lid.

 

It's a midsize truck, not a full size, so it'll have a 5' short box just like the standard bed on every other midsize crew cab truck on the market (ie: Toyota Tacoma, Chevy Colorado, etc). I figure the JT will be a low volume model compared to the Tacoma and Colorado, with little to no fleet/commercial sales, so I don't see them adding a 6' long box option; the take rate probably wouldn't be high enough to justify the development costs. It's wheelbase will already be comparable to the long box versions of the Tacoma and Colorado anyway.

Not that I don't think a long bed version is a bad idea, I just personally don't think Jeep is going to come out with multiple cab and bed variations of the JT. I hope I'm wrong though.