Hey everybody,

A bunch of people have emailed me asking about the whereabouts of the responses to our interview with Jim Issner, the chief engineer of the redesigned Wrangler.

I just wanted to let you all know that I'm still waiting for his responses - I've had weekly conversations with my contact at ChryslerGroup media and he assures me that the responses are coming.

Turns out right after I submitted the questions, Mr. Issner was unavailable for a couple of weeks. Now that he's back, it's just been tough for the media guy to corner him.

Thanks for your patience!
-mike

Mike,
First, I really appreciate you contacting Mr. Issner with our questions.
Secondly, what do you think the chances of a diesel option are on the JK series, if so what time frame?

TKMD said "Did Jim just totally dog the question about a diesel option?...Put the diesel option (with manual trans) in the Wrangler- for the love of God!!"

The Instant Poll results tend to agree with his sentiments, 5 out of 6 Wrangler-buying readers would select the diesel option. The last option I saw with that kind of popularity was the CD player.