Jeep News & Rumors
The 3.0L diesel will also be avail- able in the Grand Cherokee Laredo X. Additionally, the cost of a Limited and Overland with the diesel will drop by $1,000.
Is a V-8 Wrangler on the way?Rumor is that it would be an all-new smaller Hemi V-8. Or will it be just in a concept vehicle and not for production?
Mopar is headed back into off-road racing with the Baja 1000. Is Jeep next?
The four-door Wrangler is headed for China.
Jeep's got its own GPS: the GPS RT 300 is a $399 unit with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, built-in MP3 player, video player, and eBook, with one million points of interest. Also: actual rubber tire tread on the outside.
Industry News
Gale Banks will offer the BankSpeed line of extreme highperformance parts.
The photo appears to be the new BFGoodrich Baja TA KRT. Tread pattern resembles the Krawler's, doesn't it?
When you think of Michelin, you think of food, right? Well, start. The Michelin Guide is available for both Los Angeles and Las Vegas,with restaurants and ratings,from one to three. Those ratings are represented with stars, not burnouts.
Auto Graphs
Daredevil Evel Knievel rode the biggest jump of all-he has died at age 69.
According to the Daily Mail, a guy was recently accused of doing doughnuts on a golf course in his Jeep. Editor Cappa says he wasn't in West Virginia at the time, and his alibi seems to check out.
Google and TomTom are working together so that business addresses on Google Maps can be transferred to TomTom navigation systems.
"Silver is not a safe colour" is the headline from Monash University Accident Research Centre. All the weird spellings mean this news comes out of Australia. The researchers consider white to be the safest, black the most likely to be involved in a crash, and silver as the one to watch because of the high volume of sales of vehicles in that color-er, colour.
This Month's Edition of "We Don't Know How This Announcement Ends"
"Thanks to Al Gore, the auto industry has taken a beating over 'heavy-duty contribution' to global warming. But according to the latest UN FAO report, meat-based diets contribute to 18 percent of the greenhouse gases in the world- that's more than all cars, trucks, and other forms of transportation worldwide combined.
"-From the DVD
A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World.
Dodge Rumor
The '09 Dodge Ram's rear suspension will have coils instead of leaf springs.
What We're Talking About Around the Office
Most disgusting injuries while wrenching? Third place goes to the person who had the corner of a toolbox peel away flesh on his lower back, about a 1/4-inch deep by 1/4-inch wide by 2-inch-long gash. Second place was when a Jeep started moving while the wrenching was going on underneath, and the person's head and leaf-spring frame hanger met. "When I came to...one of the first things I saw was skin and hair hanging from the spring hanger."And First place goes to the concussion and gash that resulted from hitting the skull on the bottom of the vehicle door, requiring staples. Your order of most gross may vary, but we went with the one we had a photo of.
The staff's favorite trails include Golden Spike in Moab, the Tank Trap in Four Wheeler's Top Truck Challenge competition, and a nameless trail in northern New Jersey.
The staff's favorite four-wheeling tends to be speedy desert trails, big dunes, scenic slickrock, and mud or trail rides. Yes, you are astute-Jp likes it all.
Summer is preferred over winter.
Examples of books we'd want on a deserted island: Hot Money, Life on the Mississippi, and Survive on a Desert Island.