Next-Gen Jeep® Renegade Could Be A Game Changer

Next-Gen Jeep® Renegade Could Be A Game Changer​

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We’ve been hearing the rumors for a while now, and it looks like they’re starting to take shape—Jeep® is officially working on bringing the Renegade nameplate back to North America for the 2027 model year. And this time, it’s not just a facelift—it’s a complete redesign from the ground up, aimed at affordability, versatility, and electrification.

Next-Gen Jeep® Renegade Could Be A Game Changer

Explore how the Next-Gen Jeep® Renegade could be a game changer with its complete redesign and electrification features.

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[patfromigh]

Could this be built stateside? Lets face it, this "Smart" platform and its forebear the CMP have become the revenge of the K-platform. As someone once famously said, "It's Deja Vu all over again." In Europe the eCMP platform supports a Jeep Avenger and a Lancia rally racer with all the different brands each having unique styling. The K-car spawned all sorts of offspring, from the square originals to the beautiful Le Baron convertible, so this is nothing new.

Where am I going with all this? Perhaps if the legacy Mopar brands also each had their own C-segment product built on the Smart platform this would justify a production line in the US. We could have a small crossover for Chrysler, a tall hatchback for Dodge, the Renegade, and perhaps also a mini-Gladiator.

With the the current state of affairs in our market, the only way to offer battery electric versions would be using swappable batteries, while offering lease deals. For a Jeep Renegade there should be 2 different IC engine variants, a 48V mild hybrid with e-axle like the Jeep Avenger 4Xe, and a high voltage hybrid using the battery electric version's rear e-axle. The IC engines need to be built here, but I don't know if any of our North American engines will fit under the hood.

The Jeep people had better study the interior of the Slate Pickup truck. Many of us have our own tablets, nearly all of us have a smart phone. The base trims in both the Fiat Grande Panda and Fiat 500e have cradles for smart phones or perhaps a tablet. I don't want a tablet like control center glued to the top of my dashboard, keep things simple and unobtrusive.

 

[bill burke]

Briefly, all these necessary products for Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler and Ram had better find space and resources to be built in America. That must include plant expansions and flexible manufacturing methods in current factories. I see Canada as part of a possible solution, if and when the Canadian government comes to their senses and drops all tariffs with America. The Canadian unions and workers must speak up and get this done. Looking realistically at this, our President will never bend on his policies, he certainly has the advantage, and looking at polls, it’s likely he and his successor will be calling the shots for at least a decade or more.
Like it or not, Stellantis must face reality and funnel money into the “new” North American market needs or loose it largest money maker to denial and foot dragging.