 Crazy Rumor of the Day: New Jeep Based on Iveco Massif |
Our friends over at allpar.com recently published an article about a potential future Jeep pickup based on the Iveco Massif (don't worry - I had to look it up on Wikipedia as well) from Spanish auto builder Santana (no, not this one). The logic is sound, but a little thin - file this squarely in the "rumor" folder:
The rumor is backed by a recent Chrysler job posting, requiring CATIA v5, which the Massif was created on — versus NX, which Chrysler is switching to over the summer of 2011. The job notes a “new platform” being developed. It is possible that the plan is to hire experienced new people on a project basis to either adapt the existing Iveco Massif, or the Iveco Daily itself, to Jeep use — with a link-coil suspension replacing the leaf springs, perhaps.
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| myhotwheels22981 | Posted: 2011/3/15 20:26 Updated: 2011/3/15 20:29 |
Home away from home   Joined: 2002/3/22 From: Posts: 247 |
 Re: Crazy Rumor of the Day: New Jeep Based on Iveco MassifI started that rumor months ago...! In all Seriousness, the heart of the "JEEP" is the suspension....JEEP, could make a JEEP out of a Smart car with a sprinkle of Magic JEEP Dust and a TJ Suspension....Besides, the Gerry's already ruined the Wrangler's sheetmetal legacy with the JK...If anything, a MASSIF-based Jeep could bring back the TJ's inline-based platform, mabye even a renniasance of the I-6 updated with MDS and VVT and 4.7L displacement.
 And P.S. Look at the Iveco Daily, Can you say "ToniMog" ? |
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| 01TJ | Posted: 2011/3/15 16:27 Updated: 2011/3/15 16:27 |
Just can't stay away  Joined: 2006/8/25 From: Posts: 109 |
Re: Crazy Rumor of the Day: New Jeep Based on Iveco Massif Let's hope this is wrong. Jeeps should not be "based" on anything. Jeeps should be designed from the group up as a Jeep. ALL OTHER off road vehicles stemmed from from the original Jeep. WTF?!?!?!
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