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In the next few days, I will be faced with the daunting task of taming the most powerful SUV of all time on both street and track. The trick will be to not kill myself or get caught by Maine and New Hampshire law enforcement as I attempt to see …

The new 2017 Jeep Compass is the only true 4x4 in the compact utility vehicle segment. Yes, the “little” Jeep has grown enough to get an upgrade from the subcompact SUV category. However, will this be sufficient for consumers to accept its price—now much higher than the first generation’s—an underwhelming …

Three weeks ago at the New York Auto Show, Jeep introduced the Trackhawk, a Grand Cherokee equipped with the same Hellcat engine used in the Dodge Charger and Challenger. The Trackhawk made its Canadian debuts at the Edmonton Auto Show, the last show of the 2016-2017 season. This Hellcat is …

No offense to the many Canadians who were perfectly happy with the Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot, but they weren’t very good vehicles. They were outdated quickly after they appeared on the market, and they represented the Chrysler of 2008 that went bankrupt and has since fallen into Italian hands.

Humans are a funny bunch sometimes. We’ve been known to make questionable acquisitions in our lives that often go against reason, but that give us pleasure. A good example might be an early twenty-something-year-old who forked out the equivalent of a down payment on a house in order to make …

The more an SUV costs, the less likely you’ll see one crawling over rocks, fording streams and rolling off the beaten path—even if it could. Brands such as Land Rover and Jeep are masters of off-roading, and virtually every vehicle in their lineups could tackle just about any type of …

If one were to play a word association game and the name Jeep came up, one would most likely reply something like “off-road” or “mud” or a similar term. That’s because the Jeep brand has always been known for its off-road capabilities, particularly with its famous Trail Rated badge which …

Ask the owner of a Jeep Wrangler why he or she loves it so much, and you’ll likely get the same answer. “It’s a Jeep thing, you couldn’t understand.” Apparently, driving an unpractical, inefficient brick of an SUV is a thing that more and more people are discovering, because sales …

CALABOGIE, Ontario – World War II had already been raging for two years when the American government decided to get involved. The armed forces complained that their battle vehicles were not up to par—particularly their all-terrain utility vehicles. In July 1940, they launched a call for tenders to some 135 …