2026 Jeep Recon @ New York International Auto Show

[Administrator]

 

[WXman]

"Early 2027" now for production? Good grief, are we EVER going to see this thing at a dealership?

 

[December]

The assembly plant is way to busy putting together the Cherokee. Stellantis knows that this thing isn't going to move in large numbers, so concentrating on the bread and butter models. I see the same mistakes written all over this that VW had with the ID buzz. Too expensive, too little range, too slow in charging speed. Personally, I think this is potentially a great vehicle, but why Stellantis didn't bother reading the market is a mystery. Maybe they have and delaying the introduction might be a way for them to re-engineer some stuff, perhaps instead of a geared down single speed drive get that patent of a multispeed gearbox in there. That would help with range.

 

[AMC4x4]

The assembly plant is way to busy putting together the Cherokee. Stellantis knows that this thing isn't going to move in large numbers, so concentrating on the bread and butter models. I see the same mistakes written all over this that VW had with the ID buzz.

The only hope for this vehicle will be if Stellantis' captive finance arm decides to set the residual artificially high for lease deals to keep them competitive. No third-party leasing company is going to want to take a chance on getting burned like they are with all the 22/23 EV leases ending.

It's too bad. If this had come in at 260 miles range and starting around $50K, it might have been a contender.