1985 Jeep CJ8 Reviews
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Is this the newest Toyota RAV4 Hybrid fighter? Jeep to launch 'mainstream' mid-sized hybrid SUV in 2025, but can it turn sales around for the brand as it targets 2025 Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage?
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By Samuel Irvine · 25 Nov 2024
Jeep announced plans at the Los Angles motor show last week to add a brand-new hybrid model to its lineup for 2025.
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An electric ute with up to 800km of range? Jeep and Ram unlock 1.2 tonne payload and over six-tonne towing capacity to battle future electric versions of the Toyota Tundra, Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado and Toyota LandCruiser
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By Tom White · 20 Nov 2024
Stellantis officially reveals its STLA Frame platform which will underpin its next-generation RAM 1500, but will it be enough to keep the brand in the fight against Ford and GM?

Now there's too much stock? Stellantis throttles back production of internal-combustion models like Alfa Romeo Tonale and Jeep Wrangler to side-step EU emissions penalties and reduce big US inventory backlog
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By James Cleary · 23 Oct 2024
In the face of ever-tightening vehicle emission performance standards for car and light commercial vehicles applied by the EU’s European Commission and growing inventory, particularly in North America, the world’s fourth-largest carmaker Stellantis has decided to reduce production of selected petrol and diesel models across its brand portfolio.

Jeep Wrangler 2025 review: Rubicon - off-road test
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By Marcus Craft · 18 Sep 2024
The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is a purpose-built body-on-frame 4WD with few concessions to comfort, safety or common sense.It's a fun off-roader capable of tackling terrain few other standard 4WDs are even able to get near.But with its latest update - including a new 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine replacing the previous Pentastar V6 - is it now even better?
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Why buying an electric car is a gamble: Jeep Avenger joins Ford Mustang Mach-E, Subaru Solterra and more with pre-launch price cut | Opinion
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By Stephen Ottley · 07 Sep 2024
There’s few worse feelings than buying a new car and then finding out it’s now cheaper. Not only do you feel like you’ve been swindled but it only hurts your depreciation even more than normal.

New electric SUV now $4000 cheaper! 2025 Jeep Avenger price cut before it even goes on sale as it becomes more competitive against the BYD Atto 3, Hyundai Kona Electric and coming Kia EV3
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By Samuel Irvine · 03 Sep 2024
Jeep has slashed the price of its compact Avenger SUV – the brand’s first-ever battery electric vehicle – ahead of its Australian launch.

Citroen's gone, who could be next? We look at the carmakers that need to turn their sales around to survive in the changing Australian car market | Analysis
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By Stephen Ottley · 01 Sep 2024
It didn’t take a crystal ball to foresee Citroen’s departure from the Australian car market. The French brand had struggled for years, both to find its identity and sell cars to local buyers.Ultimately, it doesn’t matter about heritage, longevity or brand recognition if you don’t sell enough cars in the relatively small Australian market. Just ask the people at Holden about that.But with Citroen meeting what felt like an inevitable demise, it’s worth turning our attention to the other brands that face a similar struggle. To be crystal clear, this article is not suggesting any of the following brands are in imminent danger of departing the local market.Instead it is simply a study of those near the bottom of the sales charts that have a chance to improve their position, or risk suffering the same endless questions Citroen executives endured over the past decade.Rather than dwelling on the negatives, we’ll look at the ways these brands could turn their fortunes around in Australia.The little Italian brand just keeps plugging away with its solo model, the 500e (and its Abarth variant) to fly the flag now the petrol-powered 500 is gone after 17 years on sale.In the first half of 2024 Fiat managed just 290 sales, which represented a nearly 30 per cent decline on the same period in 2023.On the plus side, Fiat is under the wider Stellantis banner and will gain support from that, as well as the additional 533 sales of Fiat Professional's Ducato van. The reality is, Fiat is not a volume brand in Australia, it’s a high-margin niche one focused on electric cars in a still growing EV market. As long as the brand’s management accepts that and plans accordingly it will tick along steadily.In the first half of 2024 the British brand sold just 403 cars, which is a small number — even for a luxury brand. What’s really surprising is that that figure represented a near 70 per cent increase on the the first half of last year.But there isn’t any panic or even concern within the Jaguar offices. The Big Cat is in a holding pattern at the moment as the brand tries to reinvent itself (again) as an all-electric upper-luxury brand. So there is no investment in the current product line-up, with the XE, XF and F-Type all no longer in production.When the new electric models come online in the next year or two, expect Jaguar to leap back into action, but for now, expectations have to be kept in check.The problem for Genesis is it’s no longer at the beginning of its story. The brand has been on sale as a stand-alone entity for five years and has multiple models, including three SUVs. In other words, it’s had time to find its feet and has the key models you need.So why then did sales slide backwards 18.5 per cent in the first half of 2024? None of its models are finding much traction against an expansive and diverse array of rivals from the more-established rivals such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Audi. Hyundai is used to playing the long-game, so I wouldn’t expect them to give up on Genesis anytime soon. After all, it’s taken Lexus the better part of three decades to become a thorn-in-the-side of BMW and Mercedes. Plus, Mercedes itself is struggling, taking a 24.1 per cent sales hit in the first half of this year.Genesis models have improved in quality, but the increase in price may stifle the potential for growth. It will be interesting to watch how the brand reacts and evolves in the next 12-18 months.Citroen’s French stablemate also makes this list. Selling just 1190 new vehicles in the first six months of 2024, Pegueot matched its 2023 sales result almost exactly (just four cars difference). While Peugeot does significantly better than Citroen, it’s still one of the smallest non-premium brands in the local market.It’s a shame, because it makes some very nice cars, arguably on par with competitors like Volkswagen and Mazda, but the decision to push more upmarket hasn’t helped volume.The addition of the Boxer, Expert and Partner commercial vehicles (at the expense of Citroen’s former offerings in the same segments) helps to boost the overall numbers, with the Partner the brand’s second most popular model behind the 2008.With Citroen gone, Peugeot will have one less obvious rival and can work to improve its reach, while likely remaining a niche brand. It feels a bit like we’re picking on the Stellantis Group in this story, but this is just the way the numbers have worked out. The American off-road brand should arguably be thriving in the current SUV and ute-dominated market, but the rugged Gladiator and Wrangler, as well as the more luxurious Grand Cherokee, just haven’t attracted buyers in big numbers.Only 1282 sales in the first half of the year, which represents a massive 52 per cent decline on 2023, is not a good position. Perhaps Jeep's new, all-electric and compact Avenger can help rejuvenate its sales and bring a fresh audience? That will certainly be what the brand’s local managers will be hoping for.
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Jeep Avenger 2025 review - International first drive
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By Tim Nicholson · 08 Aug 2024
Models like the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee have built Jeep's reputation as a go-anywhere adventure brand, with a premium twist. The famed brand is finally ready to enter the electric era and following some plug-in hybrid models, Jeep is gearing up to launch the Avenger sub-compact SUV in Australia this year. We test the Avenger in Italy before it reaches our shores.
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Electric car battery warranties explained
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By Tom White · 01 Aug 2024
Can you hear what’s coming over the horizon? Probably not, because it’s a swathe of near-silent Electric Vehicles (EVs), set to supersede the bog-standard gas-guzzling Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) car within the next decade or two.
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The car brands hurting the most in 2024: Australia's new car market continues to be permanently altered by electrification and the biggest expansion of new players in its history
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By Tom White · 21 Jul 2024
Meet the brands posting the biggest year-on-year declines as Australia's new car market permanently changes.