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If so, it would share much with the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, just in Dodge form!
Author of the article:Matthew Guy Publishing date: Nov 15, 2021•November 15, 2021•2 minute read• Join the conversation
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The in-yer-face Dodge brand has made plenty of bank shilling vehicles with outsized power and personalities, including its Durango SUV. If a report from the crew at Mopar Insiders is accurate (and they usually are) the Durango name will soon be applied to a variant of the new Jeep Wagoneer.
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Citing unnamed but apparently well-informed sources, the site suggests the present-day Durango – with its unibody structure and array of available engines, ranging from a 3.6L V6 to the psychotic 700-plus-hp Hellcat V8 – will cease to be built in favour of bumping production numbers for the Grand Cherokee and three-row Grand Cherokee L.
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To be sure, the addition of a third row (finally!) to the GC line will likely spur demand, especially if the world’s supply chain ever straightens out to pre-pandemic levels.
In its place, according to the rumours, will be a Durango built on the same bones used to construct the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. Alert readers will know that structure is the same as is hove under a Ram 1500 pickup truck, explaining why the Wagoneer is such a massive machine in terms of its dimensions. This change would place Durango in competition with the Chevrolet Tahoe and Ford Expedition, to name just two.
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Industry scuttlebutt has pegged the Ram 1500 Classic wrapping up production at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant for the 2023 model year. If true, that would indeed free up assembly line space for a body-on-frame Durango.
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Here’s a fun fact: when taking design proposals for the then-new original Jeep Grand Cherokee, a group from Dodge put forth their ideas in an effort to convince company brass that such a rig with that brand’s styling cues would be a hit. Someone at Jeep must have had a lot of pull, since the concept never saw the light of day — not to mention a butched-up Caravan was also deep-sixed around the same time.
In any event, it seems like that might not be the case this time around if Jeep is willing to share its toys.
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