2016 Easter Jeep Safari Concepts at the Woodward Dream Cruise: Photo Gallery
CARS.COM — Every year in the third week of August, the Woodward Dream Cruise, a celebration of car culture, brings 1.5 million people and some 40,000 classic and modern cars to a 16-mile stretch of boulevard from Detroit to the suburb of Pontiac, Mich.
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This year, Jeep brought some of its concept trucks that it built for the Easter Jeep Safari this past March out in Moab, Utah. On hand for brief cruises up and down Woodward Avenue were:
Jeep Crew Chief 715
Featuring a Kaiser-style front end, 40-inch military-style tires and a lengthened chassis with a 5-foot pickup bed on the back, the deep metallic green Crew Chief is a stunner — and is something of a precursor to the next-generation Wrangler pickup truck in its size and proportions, I’m told.
Jeep Shortcut
Meant to evoke the old Jeep CJ-5, the Shortcut sits on the same wheelbase as a standard two-door Wrangler, but the body has been shortened and the bumpers modified so that the vehicle is 26 inches shorter overall. Its size should help it through tight confines on trails.
Jeep Comanche
Bringing back a name from Jeep’s past, the Comanche is a modified Renegade with a 6-inch longer wheelbase, export-market diesel engine and two-person cabin. In back is a 5-foot pickup bed. Despite the look of the canvas top, it’s actually still rigid and not a convertible.
Jeep Trailstorm
Wrapped in blocky vinyl camo, the Trailstorm is a Wrangler Unlimited decked out in just about every Jeep Performance Parts accessory the company offers, including a lift kit, winch, rock rails, LED headlights, vented hood, brake kit, fuel filler door and more.
Check out the gallery below.
