Look at the Glass on That: Your Regularly Scheduled Jeep Grand Wagoneer Update Arrives

Steph Willems
by Steph Willems

It’s a day of the week, which means it’s time for another installment in Jeep’s ongoing teaser campaign for its upcoming full-size SUVs. Thankfully, the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, or at least the latter model, will see the light of day on September 3rd.

The images released by Jeep on Friday show additional glitter and acres of roof glass, but the vehicle itself might not be exactly what greets buyers next year.

Nothing strikes fear into hopeful hearts like the appearance of the word “concept,” but that’s apparently what the vehicle being teased is. As noted by Motor1, the Facebook Live caption for next week’s reveal cites a “Wagoneer Concept,” leading us to hope the unwrapped vehicle closely mirrors the production model. From what we’ve seen, the Wagoneer/Jeep Wagoneer needn’t be a piece of vaporware. Production stars in the second quarter of 2021; as such, the vehicle revealed on September 3rd will likely be more of a pre-production prototype than something fanciful and exaggerated.

Zoom in on that lengthy glass roof and you’ll see a map of Detroit laid over top of it. Alrighty. The middle second-row seatback also seems to be folded down for the convenience of outer-seat passengers, or it’s a complete console.

As for the second image, chrome-laden vents and brushed metal dash sides lends the interior an upscale, retro flair. It also works well with what we’ve seen of the vehicle/concept’s exceptionally bright grille.

You’ll also note an inscription of the vehicle’s outline, underscored by “Est. 1963” — the model’s birth date.

With six days to go before Jeep reveals the vehicle in full, we wager’s there still an opportunity for at least one additional teaser.

[Images: Jeep/ Twitter]

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  • Super555 Super555 on Aug 28, 2020

    Is that a Ford Expedition clone which also looks just like a Suburban/Tahoe? Disappointing so far.

    • EBFlex EBFlex on Aug 29, 2020

      Clearly not a Ford clone. Notice how it’s staying together and not falling apart? That’s how you know.

  • Jimmeh72 Jimmeh72 on Aug 29, 2020

    I think its fairly obvious that the Grand Wagoneer is going to be positioned well above the Tahoe/Denali, Expedition crowd. Those vehicles already feel very cheap inside, with hard plastics and poor build quality that will immediately feel like a 10 year old, ex rental car when the JGW is released. I know that we have only seen teaser photos, but look at the materials quality already. Its going to be fantastic. Next, onto the Grand Cherokee!

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    • EBFlex EBFlex on Sep 01, 2020

      @EBFlex The fact that the “all new” Expedition beat out SUVs that are at the end of their product cycle is not an achievement to get all hot and bothered over. It’s pathetic that Ford, with its much deeper pockets and much larger amount of (incompetent?) staff, that they barely beat out the ancient Durango that was first being developed when Chrysler was going through bankruptcy and is a tweener in that full size category. It’s much smaller than the others in that review yet it punches way above its weight. The Durango got significantly better fuel economy out of its proper V8 versus the Expedition with its high strung V6. uConnect was favored over my Ford touch sync or whoever they are calling their awful system these days. “Despite being the smallest vehicle here, the Dodge Durango still does everything nearly as well as our first-place finisher at a bargain price. The Durango feels both sporty and upscale, it's efficient, and it's safe, but its slightly smaller cabin and higher running costs means it just misses out on first place.” But all of this is meaningless now that the new GM SUVs are out. They make the Expedition look like a wood wagon.

  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
  • Oberkanone Where is the value here? Magna is assembling the vehicles. The IP is not novel. Just buy the IP at bankruptcy stage for next to nothing.
  • Jalop1991 what, no Turbo trim?
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