Jeep Renegade. WTF is this POS??

Over $20k starting price?

wct097 said:

Over $20k starting price?

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Last paragraph of the article:

The 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk sits near the top of the Renegade's price range at $25,995. At the entry point, the Renegade Sport model will start at $17,995. Jeep tells us that a fully loaded, fully teched, fully optioned Renegade model will hit a price ceiling of about $32K, but that it doesn't expect most of its owners to reach that max. Globally, pricing and final powertrain options have not yet been revealed.

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TTAC didn't think it was too bad, but they also are pretty clear they don't think the US market is the most important place for this vehicle. Capsule Review 2015 Jeep Renegade - The Truth About Cars

Jalopnik loves it.

$17,995 is for FWD, going AWD adds $2k.

4wd/awd > 20k.... meh.

2wd shouldn't be available under the Jeep brand.

I'd rather have one than a piece of shit XJ.

wct097 said:

4wd/awd > 20k.... meh.

2wd shouldn't be available under the Jeep brand.

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Are you dense today? $19,995 < $20k and you know they're not going to sell for that.

News flash, 2wd has damn near always been available in Jeeps, and it's been an important part of their lineup.

I looked at them but realized I didn't want to deal with the rock-solid, boring reliability of a Chrysler-Fiat product for the next 10 years.

If it wasn't 1) ugly and 2) an ItaliaJeep, I'd be all over it.

My wife love love loves my new WRX, and will be getting a new car late next year. If they turn out to be decent, maybe I'l get one and give her my car.

Ralph said:

Are you dense today? $19,995 < $20k and you know they're not going to sell for that.

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Reality > semantics. Price point is too high.

News flash, 2wd has damn near always been available in Jeeps, and it's been an important part of their lineup.

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Blasphemy.

No, it's not. It will sell better than the Compass/Patriot.

wct097 said:

Reality > semantics. Price point is too high.



Blasphemy.

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Car prices have gone up. Sad fact of today's car industry.

Short Round said:

Car prices have gone up. Sad fact of today's car industry.

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Wait. You mean you can't get a brand new 4x4 for 8995 anymore unless you buy something from India that will catch on fire or kill you when you crash it into a beanbag chair? *gasp* say it ain't so

Employee price on my Wrangler was under $21k. Sixteen years later the same money gets one a Renegade...but hey, the panels come out of the roof and it's almost like a Wrangler! Wait until they leak, it'll be just like a Wrangler...

Jeep needs to make these types of mini utes to get the average CAFR standards up to continue to be able to offer the wrangler. I'm fine with it.

Getting after it
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It would get me to where I need to unload/pick up my kayak

Does it have the requisite unibody ben...err...flexing for hardcore trail status like the XJ?

pirranah said:

It would get me to where I need to unload/pick up my kayak

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there is a need for a samurai sized suv still. I sometimes wished i had had just bought a fuel injected samurai instead of my polaris ranger

It is dimensionally very similar to the XJ. The XJ does have more usable cargo room... but the XJ also has all of the safety features of an ox cart. Maybe fewer.

The 1.4T is stick-only. That sub-20k price doesn't get you air conditioning. The one anyone will want is going to be $25,000 with AWD. $24,290, but that probably doesn't include destination.

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That kind of money gets you into more substantial vehicles like CX-5, Escape, XV Crosstrek, etc.

I also think it is a weird strategy that they are keeping the Patriot and Compass, at least for a while. Patriot is like a grand cheaper than Renegade.

Sport: $18,990 + $2000 for all-wheel drive;

A/C will be an option for another grand. That is sticker price, so realistically you could pick up an awd version for $19k. I'd rather take $19k and buy the nicest, lower mileage land cruiser I could find instead though

We know.