Solely a handful of autos in automotive historical past are so distinctive that they spawn a way of life and have a following. There could also be no higher instance than the Jeep Wrangler.
Annually, Jeep invitations followers to assemble in Moab, Utah, for an off-road competition celebrating the Wrangler, its Gladiator pickup offshoot, and different Jeep off-roaders. They flock into the desert mecca in Jeeps of each classic, able to hit the paths. They’re in Moab this week.
We’re large followers of the Toyota Camry, our Greatest New Mannequin award winner for 2025. But when Toyota invited Camry homeowners to return collectively at a Lululemon, they in all probability wouldn’t get many cross-country drivers out of it.
Yearly, Jeep brings a handful of distinctive one-off ideas to the Easter Jeep Safari to tease the trustworthy with succesful modifications and evocative model concepts. This 12 months, the Safari sees seven.
Jeep Convoy Idea
Jeep calls this one a “military-inspired, traditional workhorse Jeep Gladiator with a design that stands the take a look at of time, visually and functionally.”
We love the traditional J-Sequence-inspired entrance finish.
Jeep Bug Out 4xe Idea
This has a truck mattress, however Jeep says it’s constructed from the Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid (PHEV). It “unites ultralight tenting with overlanding for off-grid adventures,” with heavy use of carbon fiber to lighten its affect.
Jeep Rewind Idea
This may be the best of the seven to fabricate if Jeep wished to. The corporate calls it a “nostalgic tackle a Jeep Wrangler that provides all of the feels of an period when loud neon colours have been all the craze.” It’s basically a paint job, with vibrant neons paying homage to the late Eighties or early Nineties on a 2-door Wrangler.
Jeep Wrangler 4xe Blueprint Idea
The Mopar elements model at all times brings an idea to the Safari. This one, the corporate says, is a “rolling catalog of almost 40 factory-tested and factory-backed objects.” They embody a carry package, snorkel, cowl lights, high-top fenders, and tube doorways. As a result of they’re all Mopar equipment, you can construct this your self from the present elements catalog.
Jeep Wrangler 4xe Sunchaser Idea
If the Blueprint is many of the Mopar elements catalog, the Sunchaser is a extra targeted tackle a do-it-yourself Wrangler 4xe. Most of those modifications are additionally already obtainable. However they observe a theme. Jeep says that is the “final outside adventurer,” with “all the mandatory gear for a full day of actions from sunup to sunset.”
Changing the rearmost home windows with high-mounted storage circumstances, nevertheless, would probably create actual visibility issues.
Jeep J6 Honcho Idea
A riff on a traditional late-Seventies Jeep, the Honcho makes use of “manufacturing Jeep Efficiency Elements and equipment from Mopar,” the corporate says. It appears to be like like a Gladiator however is definitely constructed from a Wrangler. Its 6-foot mattress is longer than the mattress of right this moment’s Gladiator.
Jeep Gladiator Excessive Prime Honcho Idea
Jeep engineers additionally transformed a Gladiator right into a Honcho salute. The corporate says the Excessive Prime Honcho “offers the world’s most off-road-capable midsize truck a brand new persona.” Forty-inch tires on white steelies and a sunset-colored paint job could make this the best-looking of this 12 months’s crop.
The Easter Jeep Safari continues till Sunday. Similar-day registration isn’t an possibility, however Jeep turns off registration every day for the subsequent, so you possibly can nonetheless join a single day as late as Saturday.