A new mini Jeep will not damage the brand’s tough image. That’s the promise from Jeep president Mike Manley, who told CarAdvice that at least one version of its upcoming micro machine will be ‘trail-rated’, meaning it will have strong off-road capability.
The new model will take on models like the Skoda Yeti and upcoming Ford EcoSport in a new sub-small SUV segment when it arrives in 2015.
It will be produced in both right- and left-hand drive and is almost certain to be offered in Australia. Various reports had suggested the baby Jeep would be built off the same base as the Fiat Panda, but Manley said that was not the case.
“It’s not off the Panda. It is a Fiat-derived platform, but we could have an hour discussing what is a platform, but let me say it is on Fiat technology,” he said.
The platform was not originally developed for off-road work, but Jeep is spending the money to make sure it can make it a reasonable distance off road.
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