Jeep simply mushed collectively a Seventies Cherokee with a contemporary hybrid Wrangler

This isn’t an early April Idiot’s gag. Jeep simply unveiled a mashup of a 1978 Cherokee with a 2022 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe, a higher-end hybrid SUV, to create a Frankenstein automobile that’s heavy each on scrumptious retro appears and fashionable efficiency metrics. The 1978 Jeep Cherokee 4xe Idea automobile is an old-school two-door affair with a contemporary Starburst yellow paint job that might really be mistaken for a lovingly cared-for, decades-old automobile.

Beneath the hood is the place the entire fashionable know-how resides. For the uninitiated, 4xe automobiles are 4×4 plug-in hybrid electrical SUVs, so there are “two electrical motors, a high-voltage battery pack and a high-tech 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4 engine,” as Jeep describes it. An eight-speed computerized transmission and {custom} 37-inch tires wrapped round 17-inch “slotted magazine” model wheels spherical out the design. The inside can also be a {custom} job, with low-back bucket seats trimmed in leather-based, a four-point security cage as an alternative of a rear bench seat and a rear cargo house full with a full-size spare tire.