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The Jeep Wagoneer was an early SUV, produced under varying marques from 1963 to 1991. It was noteworthy for being in production for more than 28 years with only minor mechanical changes. An overhead cam engine, along with independent front suspension (both later discontinued), supplemented with features unheard of in any other 4WD vehicle (including power steering and automatic transmission), made it revolutionary at the time. A solid front axle was available as well. Compared with offerings from International Harvester and Land Rover - which were producing utilitarian work-oriented vehicles that were quite spartan and truck-like on the inside - the Wagoneer was the first true luxury 4x4[1]. The Wagoneer is based on the Jeep SJ platform. It debuted seven years (24 years in the United States) before the Land Rover Range Rover. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Kaiser Jeep was the result of the merger between the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, an independent automobile manufacturing company based in Willow Run, Michigan, and the Toledo, Ohio-based Willys-Overland Company. ...
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Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The Jeep 6-230 Tornado engine was the first U.S. designed mass-produced Overhead cam (OHC) engine. ...
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The American Motors Corporation (AMC) straight-6 family of engines was used by a number of AMC and Jeep vehicles from 1964 through 2006. ...
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American Motors produced a series of widely-used V8 engines before being absorbed into Chrysler. ...
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The Jeep Honcho was a full-size pickup truck based on the SJ Jeep Wagoneer SUV. It was sold through the 1970s. ...
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The Jeep Cherokee (XJ) was a monocoque (unibody) compact SUV. It shared the name of the original full-size SJ model, but having no true pickup truck heritage, it actually set the stage for the modern SUV. It was built in Toledo, Ohio in the United States and is still...
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Jeeps SJ platform was used in the following vehicles: 1963-1983 Jeep Wagoneer 1974-1983 Jeep Cherokee/Cherokee Chief 1984-1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer 1963-1973? Jeep Gladiator 1974?-1980? Jeep Honcho/J-Truck An SJ is consider part of the FSJ or Full Size Jeep line of products. ...
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The Wagoneer was also a more luxurious version of the Jeep Cherokee, introduced in 1984, based on the Jeep XJ platform, after which the original Wagoneer remained in production as the Grand Wagoneer. The Jeep Cherokee (XJ) was a monocoque (unibody) compact SUV. It shared the name of the original full-size SJ model, but having no true pickup truck heritage, it actually set the stage for the modern SUV. It was built in Toledo, Ohio in the United States and is still...
Jeep Cherokee 2001 (2-Door) The XJ series Jeep Cherokee was a compact unibody SUV. It shared the name of the original full-size SJ model, but being a cross between a station wagon and truck with little pickup truck heritage, it actually set the stage for the modern SUV...
Beginnings Conceived in the early 1960s while Jeep was owned by Kaiser Industries (better known as Kaiser-Jeep), the vehicle remained in production through subsequent ownership by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) and the Chrysler Corporation (now part of DaimlerChrysler). The vehicle was designed by industrial designer Brooks Stevens. The cost of development was around US$20 million[2]. The name of the vehicle is sometimes confused with that of the Studebaker Wagonaire, which was a retractable-roof station wagon also designed by Stevens and introduced in the 1963 model year. Kaiser Jeep was the result of the merger between the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, an independent automobile manufacturing company based in Willow Run, Michigan, and the Toledo, Ohio-based Willys-Overland Company. ...
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Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The original Wagoneer was a full-size, body-on-frame vehicle which shared its architecture with the Jeep Gladiator pickup truck. It was originally available in two and four-door body styles, with the two-door also available as a panel truck with windowless sides behind the doors and double "barn doors" in the rear instead of the usual tailgate and roll-down rear window. The two-door models were discontinued in 1968. A Jeep Gladiator equipped with a camper shell. ...
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Early Wagoneers were powered by Willys' new "Tornado" SOHC 230 in³ six-cylinder engine. This engine was replaced in 1966 by American Motors' 232 in³ OHV six-cylinder engine. Logo used by AMC 1954-1969 Logo used by AMC and Jeep from 1970-1987. ...
A special Super Wagoneer appeared from 1966 to 1969 with 327 in³ or 350 in³ Buick V8 engines. The Super Wagoneer is considered the grandfather of today's luxury SUVs, equipped as it was with many power and convenience features not found on other vehicles of its type at the time.
The AMC years When AMC purchased Kaiser-Jeep in 1970, the decision was made to refine and upgrade the Jeep lineup, and from 1971 on, only AMC engines would be offered in the Wagoneer. The 2-door version was reintroduced in 1974 as the Cherokee. These models employed AMC engines with General Motors and later, Chrysler transmissions. Kaiser Jeep was the result of the merger between the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, an independent automobile manufacturing company based in Willow Run, Michigan, and the Toledo, Ohio-based Willys-Overland Company. ...
The Jeep Cherokee is a name for three different SUV models produced from 1974 to the present: 1974–1983 Jeep Cherokee (SJ) full-size SUV 1984–2001 Jeep Cherokee (XJ) compact SUV 1993–present Jeep Grand Cherokee mid-size SUV 2002–present european version of Jeep Liberty mid-size SUV...
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In 1978, the fully-loaded Wagoneer Limited debuted to critical acclaim and high demand. Not even the 1966 to 1969 Super Wagoneer had been so well equipped. The Limited, which debuted with a then eye-popping price of US$10,500 (then considered Cadillac territory), offered buyers air conditioning, power-adjustable seats, power door locks and windows, tilt steering wheel, cruise control, leather upholstery, plush carpeting and, most distinctively, exterior woodgrain trim. The Limited was instantly popular with those who desired "a little more", and sales were strong from the beginning.
The early 1980s saw Jeep demand (except for the Wagoneer Limited) dimmed by rising fuel prices, so AMC engineers made the company's 258 in³ six-cylinder engine as standard, although the well-heeled continued to buy the bigger, more powerful AMC 360 in³ V8 almost exclusively, despite its greater thirst for fuel.
The Grand Wagoneer The Wagoneer and Cherokee names were reapplied to the new, much-smaller unibody XJ platform in 1984. However, the SJ Wagoneer Limited was renamed Jeep Grand Wagoneer and marketed as a more luxurious SUV, though mechanically unchanged. Despite the vehicle's advancing age, the Grand Wagoneer remained popular. AMC executives, sensing the need to update the old ark, if only slightly, ordered up a redesign of the instrument panel, grille and taillamps in 1986, with the woodgrained sides coming in for a minor redo in 1987, the year that ownership of the company passed to Chrysler Corporation. Monocoque (French for single shell) is a construction technique that uses the external skin of an object to support some or most of the load on the structure. ...
The Jeep Grand Wagoneer was a full-size SUV from American Motors. ...
The Chrysler Corporation was a United States-based automobile manufacturer that existed independently from 1925–1998. ...
Chrysler, for its part, left the Grand Wagoneer mostly alone, and even continued to build the Grand Wagoneer with the AMC V8 instead of its own modern fuel-injected V8s. Chrysler only added a few new features (namely, an overhead console and rear-window wiper) in the last years of production.
The final SJ Grand Wagoneers were produced in the 1991 model year, though it appears that four individual vehicles were produced as 1992 models to fulfill existing orders.[citation needed] After 30 years of production, the reign of the Grand Wagoneer came to an end.
1993 Grand Wagoneer With the passing of the Grand Wagoneer, Chrysler executives pinned their hopes on the new 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was originally meant to replace both the smaller Cherokee and the larger Grand Wagoneer. The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a mid-size sport utility vehicle produced by the Jeep division of DaimlerChrysler. ...
While preparing the Grand Cherokee, Chrysler executives learned that both the Cherokee and Grand Wagoneer were still quite popular; but the cost of updating the Grand Wagoneer was too great, while the Cherokee seemed to be viable with minor updates. The Cherokee would continue through 2001, but after killing the Grand Wagoneer, the company decided to add a surprising new model after the start of the 1993 model year.
In their effort to retain the true Grand Wagoneer faithful, Chrysler made what could be called, at best, a halfhearted attempt to introduce a Grand Wagoneer based on the new Grand Cherokee. With Chrysler's 5.2 L V8, special faux woodgrain trim, special plush leather seating, and extra sound deadening as standard, the "new" Grand Wagoneer unfortunately looked like what it was: an overdecorated Grand Cherokee. This Grand Wagoneer was smaller, had less interior space, and lacked the imposing road presence of the original. In addition, the woodgrain trim of these Grand Cherokee-based vehicles was notorious for flaking off, and unlike the older Wagoneers, it is rare to find '93 "Wagoneers" with the faux-wood intact. The faithful were not fooled and the 1993 Grand Wagoneer did not sell as Chrysler executives had hoped. Thus, the end came once more for the Grand Wagoneer.
Trivia
1967 Jeep Wagoneer print advertisement. - The Wagoneer was occasionally used in rallying, mainly in the United States. Wagoneers placed first and second in the first ever running of the Sno*Drift rally in 1973.
- The Grand Wagoneer was one of the last few vehicles sold in the United States that still used a carburetor, well after most other vehicles had switched to fuel injection. Only Isuzu with its base-model pickup truck would hold out longer, selling its last carbureted vehicle in 1993.
- By the time production ended, the Grand Wagoneer contained parts from all of the Big Three automakers and those "adopted" by Chrysler from AMC:
- Chrysler transmissions (the A727 automatic)
- GM steering columns, light switches, and transmissions (Turbo-Hydramatic 400 during the 1970s)
- Ford carburetors and electronic engine controls
- AMC engine (the 360 in³ V8)
- Today's Grand Wagoneer aficionados are catered to by a number of companies that provide parts, service and accessories for their SUVs. In fact, one man, a retired Texas cattle rancher named Leon Miller, started a Grand Wagoneer dealership, Wagonmaster, (www.wagonmaster.com) to sell nearly pristine renewed low-mileage editions of the famed wagon. Miller's Grand Wagoneers range in price from the very high teens to, for exceptional examples, the mid-$30,000 range.
- In Finland Wagoneers (starting from late 70's) were usually sold with a Valmet 411 Diesel engine (4.4 Litres Max. power 82hp DIN/rpm 2200, Torque 306Nm DIN/rpm 1460). Typical mileage with this engine was around 29 MPG (8.2L/100Km) and if a turbo was installed by the owner it got even better (8L/100Km).
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Sno*Drift is a rally racing event held in Atlanta, Michigan annually. ...
Bendix-Technico (Stromberg) 1-barrel downdraft carburetor model BXUV-3, with nomenclature The carburetor, carburettor, or carburetter (see spelling differences), also called carb (in North America) or carbie (chiefly in Australia) for short, is a device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine. ...
// Fuel injection is a means of metering fuel into an internal combustion engine. ...
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For other uses, including the Chrysler Brand, see Chrysler (disambiguation). ...
General Motors Corporation, also known as GM or GMC is the worlds 2nd largest auto company by sales revenue as of the first sales quarter of 2007 (behind Toyota); but remains the largest in total number of vehicles sold. ...
Turbo-Hydramatic is the registered tradename of an automatic transmission developed and produced by General Motors. ...
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ...
Logo used by AMC 1954-1969 Logo used by AMC and Jeep from 1970-1987. ...
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