Kusekho ukuqinisekiswa okusemthethweni kwimodeli entsha - oku kuya kubonakala ngoJuni ngexesha lokuboniswa kwezicwangciso ze-FCA (i-Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) kwiminyaka emihlanu ezayo - kodwa ngokuphendula kwiingxelo zikaMike Manley, i-CEO yeJeep, ngexesha. Umboniso weMoto. Geneva, kubonakala ngathi ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kubakho iJeep encinci kuneRenegade.
Ethetha neMotoring yase-Australia, xa ebuzwa malunga nemodeli ehlangeneyo yexesha elizayo, uManley wathi iiakhawunti zeli tyala ziya ziba ngcono:
Ndimele nditsho ukuba le (imveliso) ihambele phambili ngokubonakalayo. Mhlawumbi kuya kufuneka balinde de kube ngumsitho wethu omkhulu ngoJuni, xa sithetha malunga neminyaka emihlanu ezayo, ukuze babone ukuba ukho kwizicwangciso.
Ngokutsho kweMotoring, enye yezithintelo eziphambili ekuvunyweni kweprojekthi encinci yeJeep ingaba ingaba yiJeep yangempela. Inokuba yinto encinci yeJeeps, kodwa i-DNA yayo iya kufuneka ibonakaliswe kwikhono layo lokuya "naphi na", njengoko kulindeleke kuzo zonke iiJeeps. Ngokutsho kukaMike Manley, le yingxaki engasaveliyo.
I-Jeep DNA kodwa ngePanda genes
Kanye njengokuba iJeep Renegade yabelana ngesiseko sayo kunye neFiat 500X, zombini iimodeli ziveliswa eMelfi, eItali, imodeli yexesha elizayo nayo iya kuba nemveliso kumhlaba waseNtaliyane, kodwa ePomigliano d'Arco, apho iFiat Panda ikhiqizwa khona ngoku.Kuya kuba kwakhona kunye ne-Fiat Panda ukuba "usana" iJeep iya kubelana ngesiseko - iqonga le-FCA Mini likwasetyenziswa yi-Fiat 500 kunye neLancia Ypsilon - ukuqinisa ukugxila kwemodeli yaseYurophu. Kodwa iya kuthengiswa kwiimarike ezininzi, apho imfuno yeemodeli ezidibeneyo iphezulu. Okubangela umdla kukuba, ayizukufikelela e-USA, imarike yemveli yeJeep.
Ukwandiswa kweJeep
Uphawu lwaseMelika luthengise i-1.388 yezigidi zeemoto kunyaka odlulileyo, ukuhla kancinci xa kuthelekiswa ne-2016 (i-1.4 yezigidi), engazange ishiye uSergio Marchionne, umlawuli olawulayo we-FCA, nonke onwabileyo.
Njengoko intengiso ye-SUV iqhubeka ikhula kwihlabathi jikelele, ukudodobala okubonwa kuphawu loMntla Merika akuthetheleleki, nto leyo ibeka emngciphekweni injongo yokuthengisa iiyunithi ezizizigidi ezibini ngonyaka, ngo-2020.
Ukufezekisa le njongo, asiyi kubona kuphela ukuvuselelwa kweemodeli eziphambili, ezifana nesizukulwana esitsha seWrangler kunye neCherokee ehlaziyiweyo ebonwa eGeneva, kodwa kunye nokuvela kweemodeli ezintsha. Ayisiyiyo iJeep encinci esiyinika ingxelo apha, kodwa, kwelinye icala, izindululo ezinkulu.
Kunyaka ophelileyo wabona ukusungulwa kweJeep Grand Commander, imodeli enezihlalo ezisixhenxe ezikhethekileyo kwimarike yaseTshayina, kunye neWagoneer kunye neGrand Wagoneer (2020?), iiSUV ezimbini ezinkulu - cinga ngeCadillac Escalade - ebekwe ngaphezulu kweGrand iqinisekisiwe. I-Cherokee kunye namabhongo aphezulu kwimarike yeprimiyamu.