Wednesday, May 26, 2021

It's a Jeep thing

It apparently is easy being green
London, ON
May 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Jeep redesigned its iconic Wrangler a couple of years ago - a tall order when the basic design harks back to the Second World War, forcing designers to wrestle with keeping the platform current without losing what made it special to its die-hard fans in the first place.

This conundrum likely explains why so few old-design revivals - cough, PT Cruiser, cough - manage to survive into a second generation.

Which makes the Wrangler all the more remarkable. Because it hasn't just survived. It's thrived. You can even get a plug-in hybrid version. A green Jeep, so to speak. What's not to love?

I found this one - a sear-your-retinas-green Wrangler Unlimited in Sahara trim, with the 3.6 litre Pentastar V6 - in an otherwise empty shopping mall parking lot, and I was immediately drawn to the tiny-yet-significant design details that make the JL generation special.

Like the color. In recent years, car colors have trended toward the greyscale, with many manufacturers limiting their choices to variations of white, grey, or black. Not so over at Jeep, whose offerings continue to be available in a range of instantly memorable shades that can't help but make passers-by smile. I'm a fan of the purple.

The JL also has these remarkably detailed door hinges, and its cutlines have a geometry that makes them instantly memorable. Just the shape of the front door cutout is enough to prompt sidewalk reflection among the staggeringly small minority of people who dig this stuff.

Count me among the minority, then. Must be a Jeep thing.

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