The Elephant in the room - the new "Scrambler"

[donaghy]

I honestly thought I would pop over here and find a thread already. So, I'm gonna drop the stink bomb and run away.....

Stellantis Has Huge Plans Including a Jeep Scrambler, New Dodge Models And (Finally!) Chrysler SUVs - TFLcar

Stellantis announced a heap of new plans headed into 2030, including dozens of new and refreshed models across its global and regional brands.

tflcar.com

Stellantis is apparently reviving the Scrambler namesake. And to be quite honest, it sounds interesting.

Quick Facts:

• Vehicle: Jeep Wrangler Scrambler, with an SRT performance variant planned
• Body style: Two-door, four-seat pickup based on the Jeep Gladiator
• Status: Listed on the Stellantis FaSTLAne 2030 product roadmap
• Roof: Removable rear hardtop plus front freedom panels (reported)
• Powertrain: Not announced; a 392 V8 is press speculation
• Suspension: Independent front suspension reported; rear undecided
• Revealed: Stellantis Investor Day, Auburn Hills, May 21, 2026
• Expected timing: Before 2030
• Best for: Off-road owners tracking the Jeep Wrangler Scrambler SRT

No real actual pictures yet as the above was the only real details about it.

The 4 seats 2 doors is a bit intriguing to overcome logistically especially with current day safety requirements.

Whats your thoughts?

 

[Interceptor]

Garage Queen

 

[scrambler4315]

They claim they are giving us what we want. I suggest they go back to the drawing board. A new Scrambler should be a 2 seater, 2 door, short bed, sold axles front and rear. I'm ok if it looks like the Wrangler/Gladiator. But to feel the need to throw a second seat in the back kind of takes from what the spirit of the Scrambler is, a 2 door, 2 seat pickup truck. Not everything needs to be a 392 big horsepower bs. I used to wheel the snot out of a 1995 Wrangler, Rio Grande edition. 2.5l 4 cylinder 5 speed, and I kept up with everyone that thought they needed a big boat anchor in the engine bay. Give me a reliable, stout 4 or 6, with a 2 speed transfer case and a hand shaker in the middle. Honestly, if they just make a 2 door, 2 seat Gladiator and had an option for "Scrambler" trim, that would be better than what they are putting out there. The amalgamation that it will end up being, sounds hideous.
A real homage to the OG CJ8 is a pipe dream, we'll never actually get one. Manufacturers today hope that the people they are trying to sell to, never actually saw a real example of the name plate they are selling. Remember the Pontiac Le Mans from the 80's? Or the modern Dart? Manufacturers hope they can peddle a watered down, modernized, over complicated, far from the spirit of the original to the masses. OG Scrambler numbers are under 28000 vehicles from 81 to 86, a manufacturer would put a premium price tag on that these days and sell them for 5x what they are actually worth or they would axe them for under performing.
Final thoughts. For me, I think they should just quit recycling names. Call it something new, something fresh, something that reflects more what it actually is. I like the name @Interceptor gave it. The all new, Jeep Garage Queen. Or maybe, Mall Crawler, Pavement Princess? New Jeeps this article has a pretty good description of it, and it almost made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

Ok, rant over, I'm gonna go try and get that upper rear main seal out of the block.

 

[Belizeit]

10 - 20 years ago I would have been all in on a really cool vehicle, but I have little faith in something i would want that gets built these days