2008 Jeep Liberty Spy Photos. New Look on the way

Yes, TJs, CJs...a face only a mother could love. ;)

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L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:

Had they come out with this new Liberty first I don't think there would have been as much controversy as it retains most of the classic XJ lines.....

I think what people are/were upset about wasn't that there was a change but that the change was from a 'Jeep' to a 'girlie-mobile' which was their intent....

I think they (DC) assumed that the XJ and ZJ people would just slide into the WJs like nothing else had happened.... after all that was the plan when the ZJ was introduced a decade and a half ago....

Does DC care about the cadre of 'hard core Jeepers'? Yes, but as we all know....... the hard core mob is really pretty small and have shown amazing willingness to adapt to the last 2 generations of change and , in all likelihood, continue to adapt with the Jeep generations to come.

If DC was just a little bit smarter they would continue to make their products 'longer, lower, and wider' (i.e Pontiac) to satisfy the pavement queens and the product liability shysters while making sure the engineers made the common modifications relatively easy for the owners wanting to do so.....

It is unrealistic to think that DC will equip all 'Jeeps' with heavy duty axles but you can market a pickup with the necessary gear and engineer the parts to be bolt-on swaps.... that also lowers your warehouse inventory and assures a good supply of ready and affordable replacements.

The same is true of engines....... the 4 liter was a good engine.... almost revolutionary in its day. A lot of the younger readers here are probably unaware that when the 4 liter engine was introduced it put out more power than most of the available V-8s. Even the WJ carrying a thousand pounds more than the engine was designed for still gives good performance. Will the world come to an end because the 4 liter is gone...... no, DC has a whole new series of V-6 engines to come in the next few years according to allpar that will put the current 1990s engines to shame.

For Jeep to survive they have to grow and growth includes change whether we like it or not.....

You said "all Jeeps are ugly", I don't agree.

You want ugly take a look at an Aztec.

Jeff DeWitt

Thomas Waldr> Don't agree to what? Sounds like we said the same thing.

So you are taking no chances in "getting lucky" that night, eh?

OK, I have another one...you could celebrate the anniversary at a casino since your anniversary looks like a slot jackpot!

Cute like a little kid, cuter when dirty....