And while we are on hte subject, why not take a Wrangler Unlimited 4 door, close off the rear to make a cargo box, and move the pickup top over the rear seats, and make a WRANGLER SUT???

Just a thought...

Again, though, the key to success will be minimal variations off the base product, but maximim variety in the final product (if t hat makes any sense)

I'm skeptical about this but it's certainly intriguing.

I think that after the Gladiator concept and the recent JT concept there's a Jeep pickup on the horizon. If nothing else, it shows that perhaps (just perhaps) they are listening. All those Unlimiteds they've been selling might have made them more open minded about expanding on the Wrangler platform.

I liked the extra space behind the driver & passenger seats in the Gladiator but if they make the JT, I'll be okay with that. I can just slap the spare on the side myself. My XJ's lonely and needs another Jeep to keep it company. A pickup would be a good match...

Yes, I am aware that leaf springs are much more efficient at carrying heavier loads, or they wouldn't still be around...

But, what kind of vehicle are we lobbying for here?

Jeep Gladiator???
Jeep JT/Brute???
Postal Jeep Pickup???
Scrambler???

My vote goes for the JT/Brute, or a scrambler-type vehicle the same length as the Unlimited w/ 4wheel coils, the Gladiator uses coils, but is way too long...

I don't have anything against Leafs for a street or a light duty PU, but I would want something that is as (or nearly) as capable as the Unlimited, so coils with airbag supplements arent such a bad deal...

Again, Leafs could be made to work offroad to the same level as the coils (with spherical busings) but at a sacrifice to ride quality (although we're back to the good ol' axle flip for rear lift)...

Given the choice of the four, my personal vote goes to the JT/Brute type pickup...with the pickup bed serving double duty as a rear seat area, and/or cargo box...

We won't be hauling 4'x8's or tons of bricks in that puny bed anyway, so why fret about switching to leafs, and with a rear swinging tailgate, 2"x4"x8's arent looking all that good either...

Tents, duffel bags, repelling rope, dogs, folding chairs, BBQ's, bean bag games., beer coolers, mountain bikes, stuff that gets tossed in and yanked out, thats what's going in the back of that truck, so let it be what it is, a cargo box.

This all seems so wasteful to me. They have already developed the perfect truck. Just build the Gladiator !!! Somehow I know they wont build it, and Hummer will and they are gonna get scooped gain. And I'll be willing to bet that the Hummer Pu will look amazingly like the Gladiator - and they will sell TONS of 'em !!

These are nothing more than 'mules' for the military trucks that Jeep builds for the Egyptian military. These things first surfaced back in February of this year.

The leaf springs and Dana60 rear axle, yes, DANA 60, are because these trucks often are used as gun platforms or troop transports, so they need the HD rear suspension and axle.

Unfortunately they are NOT anything we're going to get here in the US.

I hope it's only for the "postal market", because I like the lookof the JT Concept better than this test mule, and why go back to Leaf Springs, unless they are going to use 'Orbit Eyes' spherical leaf bushings (Johnny Joints for leafs), but even still, I would prefer a coil spring suspension, just add airbags to the coils and be done with it.

I'd like a pickup, but with kids I need 4 seats, so add rear seats and a remoavable/foldable rear center section. Face them backwards and you have the Rubicon BRAT!!!

I'm hoping this is true and I'd like to see a jeep pickup, but I'm I off thinking that this is somebody's modified jeep and not something done by those at Chrysler?