BY JARED GALL, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFFREY G. RUSSELL
Made from equal parts Wrangler, Grand Cherokee, and anime.
Looking like a Grand Cherokee styled by an anime artist, the Jeep Trailhawk gets its name from the diagonally aligned headlamps that Jeep says give the truck the face of a bird of prey.
Perched atop a Wrangler Unlimited chassis”yes, ride-unfriendly solid axles front and rear”this concept was built as an exploration of the Wrangler platform’s potential to spin off additional models, but also makes for a pretty snazzy way to get Americans excited about the BlueTec 215-hp clean-diesel 3.0-liter V-6. The diesel Liberty bit the soot just recently, but perhaps we will see a BlueTec Wrangler sometime soon? The two-row t-tops are a cool idea; not so much the foot-tall, chrome Jeep script on the tailgate.
