Tests and Features

This week, The Car Guide team is flying to northern California, in the Sacramento region, to test-drive the first Jeep pickup in over 25 years, the all-new 2020 Jeep Gladiator . The New Kid in Town With its pickup, Jeep aims to grab a chunk of the midsize truck pie, …

After it was released back in 2006, the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 was considered a poor man’s alternative to a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, rocking a 6.1-litre HEMI V8 with 425 horsepower and a chest hair-raising soundtrack. It was fast, it was relatively affordable—compared to the Porsche—and it was very popular.

The Jeep Cherokee hasn’t had it easy ever since it came back, replacing the Liberty, in 2014. Gone was the traditional and much coveted longitudinal rear-wheel drive layout that made Jeep’s SUV so distinguished and capable for almost three decades. More civilized, and more carlike than ever before, the Cherokee …

To my eyes, a Jeep Wrangler is best in its most basic form. No LED headlights, chrome trim, fancy wheels or leather seats. If you’re going to commit to a Jeep, you get the base one, the one with two doors, a ragtop, and a stick. At least, that’s how …

“You won’t need that here,” said one of the instructors as he saw me checking out my phone. Indeed, out there, in the United States’ Sierra Nevada, there is no cell phone reception, no Wi-Fi, no sign of life for kilometres on end. It’s a dry place, a rocky place, …

This won’t be our usual media drive program, because we’ll be in Lake Tahoe, California, to drive the 2018 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon on… the Rubicon Trail! The trail, whose name served as the inspiration for the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, is a 35-km long off-road course that incorporates some of the …

There’s an automotive cliché out there stating that the Jeep Grand Cherokee is America’s take on the Range Rover. That’s actually half true. Sure, Jeep’s big guy SUV can indeed brawl through a muddy back road and get itself out of serious trouble just as well, if not better, than …

During a brief discussion with Scott Tallon, Director of U.S. and Global Jeep Product Marketing Coordination at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, it was clear that for the brand, the compact SUV’s refresh arrived a perfect time. First of all, FCA categorises the 2019 Jeep Cherokee as a midsize vehicle, but that …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California – The Jeep brand has always taken on that rebel label. American-built and American-looking for that distinct, edgy design catered to a rugged, outdoorsy lifestyle. Back in 2014, the fifth-generation Jeep Cherokee drifted a bit away from that heritage mainly due to a makeover wanting to differentiate …

With winter in full swing, The Car Guide escapes, albeit for a short time, to sunny California for a first drive program with the mid-cycle refreshed 2019 Jeep Cherokee, recently shown off at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit . The event takes place in Westlake Village, …