2 doors...

alvan said:

Just for fun and living in a relatively small island, with narrow trails, I was quite deluded by the news that Grenadier would be only 4 doors, longish and wide,
By some Paintshop work, I tried to imagine a Grenadier 2 doors implemented on one of the very first picture of the vehicle (maybe the first one).
Posted on Linkedin and forgotten.
During one of the first Italian Grenadier meeting I was was speaking with the Italian representative of IA (and we would become friends), when he complained about a fake 2 doors circulating on the Net and creating a lot of question and expectations...
Big laughing when it resulted to be my simulation...

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bemax said:

But man, it’s certainly looks really good

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Spjnr said:

Due to slowing sales (outsold by the 4 door by about 8-1), Jeep are likely to ditch the 2 door wrangler upon its next refresh. I cant see a 2 door grenadier being financially viable for INEOS

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alvan said:

My friend, IA representative, was adamant about the impossibility to produce a 2d Grenadier... For that reason thei weren't so happy about my simulation... I think is also a question of magnitude of markets asking for a 2d. In Italy, for instance, 2ds are very popular and the Army, that was a big customer in the past, privileged the 2ds...

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alvan said:

During one of the first Italian Grenadier meeting

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bigleonski said:

Surprisingly like the first pic in this story….

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/...d4NBfsNuFkKypy0qQ2K8GI0rO0FEmp6RkRBmylTTFdPnU

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Pat said:

Alvan, what do you intend with the first Italian Grenadier meeting?

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Spjnr said:

Due to slowing sales (outsold by the 4 door by about 8-1), Jeep are likely to ditch the 2 door wrangler upon its next refresh. I cant see a 2 door grenadier being financially viable for INEOS

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alvan said:

Actually, I'm very surprised about the similarity... BTW, I simulated just the side, so if there is some connection, somebody went ahead and complete my job...

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Krabby said:

I can't see Jeep dropping the 2-door - at least not here in the US. People who flip their shit, regardless of the numbers. Remember how crazy everyone went when they changed the folding windshield design?

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Spjnr said:

I was watching the guy who used to run the CJ Pony parts YouTube (forgot his channel name), and he seemed to think it'd be 50/50 whether next gen wrangler is in a 2 door.

They're bringing less and less options out for the 2 door, and although theres a cult following, if nobody's buying them, there no business case for continuing. Its a bit like manual sports cars in the US, everyone bemoans them going, but nobody was buying them!

Maybe they will stick around, but I know Stellantis won't be making much money on them after the R&D is done!

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alvan said:

Just for fun and living in a relatively small island, with narrow trails, I was quite deluded by the news that Grenadier would be only 4 doors, longish and wide,
By some Paintshop work, I tried to imagine a Grenadier 2 doors implemented on one of the very first picture of the vehicle (maybe the first one).
Posted on Linkedin and forgotten.
During one of the first Italian Grenadier meeting I was was speaking with the Italian representative of IA (and we would become friends), when he complained about a fake 2 doors circulating on the Net and creating a lot of question and expectations...
Big laughing when it resulted to be my simulation...

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DCPU said:

I recall it was a drivetrain issue. Current engine/gearbox selection mean there's not enough space for a substantially shorter wheelbase.

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