Prior to the highly anticipated relaunch of the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer there were several years of delays. Some of those were the fault of FiatChrysler and Stellantis: It seemed they could not decide the product’s positioning internally, nor upon which base the large SUV was to sit. Other delays to launch were global in nature, as the COVID pandemic occurred at the approximate time Stellantis wanted its new product to debut. But the new Ram-based SUVs finally made it to market in 2022, and their exterior styling was (and is) the cause of some debate.
The new Wagoneer needed to carry over some design cues of the old one, the looks that made the square-jawed Grand Wagoneer so recognizable. But it also had to be modern, and slot within the corporate aesthetic of the Jeep lineup. Recall the original Wagoneer in 1963 was a clean sheet design, and was not meant to look like contemporary Jeep offerings.
Unlike the original, the …
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Author: Corey Lewis
