Solely a handful of automobiles in automotive historical past are so distinctive that they spawn a way of life and have a following. There could also be no higher instance than the Jeep Wrangler.
Yearly, Jeep invitations followers to assemble in Moab, Utah, for an off-road pageant celebrating the Wrangler, its Gladiator pickup offshoot, and different Jeep off-roaders. They flock into the desert mecca in Jeeps of each classic, able to hit the paths. They’re in Moab this week.
We’re massive followers of the Toyota Camry, our Finest New Mannequin award winner for 2025. But when Toyota invited Camry homeowners to come back collectively at a Lululemon, they in all probability wouldn’t get many cross-country drivers out of it.
Yearly, Jeep brings a handful of distinctive one-off ideas to the Easter Jeep Safari to tease the devoted with succesful modifications and evocative fashion concepts. This yr, the Safari sees seven.
Jeep Convoy Idea
Jeep calls this one a “military-inspired, traditional workhorse Jeep Gladiator with a design that stands the check of time, visually and functionally.”
We love the traditional J-Sequence-inspired entrance finish.
Jeep Bug Out 4xe Idea
This has a truck mattress, however Jeep says it’s constructed from the Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid (PHEV). It “unites ultralight tenting with overlanding for off-grid adventures,” with heavy use of carbon fiber to lighten its impression.
Jeep Rewind Idea
This may be the simplest of the seven to fabricate if Jeep needed to. The corporate calls it a “nostalgic tackle a Jeep Wrangler that offers all of the feels of an period when loud neon colours had been all the fashion.” It’s primarily a paint job, with vibrant neons harking back to the late Nineteen Eighties or early Nineteen Nineties on a 2-door Wrangler.
Jeep Wrangler 4xe Blueprint Idea
The Mopar components model at all times brings an idea to the Safari. This one, the corporate says, is a “rolling catalog of almost 40 factory-tested and factory-backed gadgets.” They embody a carry equipment, snorkel, cowl lights, high-top fenders, and tube doorways. As a result of they’re all Mopar equipment, you might construct this your self from the present components catalog.
Jeep Wrangler 4xe Sunchaser Idea
If the Blueprint is many of the Mopar components catalog, the Sunchaser is a extra centered tackle a do-it-yourself Wrangler 4xe. Most of those modifications are additionally already out there. However they comply with a theme. Jeep says that is the “final outside adventurer,” with “all the required gear for a full day of actions from sunup to sunset.”
Changing the rearmost home windows with high-mounted storage instances, nonetheless, would doubtless create actual visibility issues.
Jeep J6 Honcho Idea
A riff on a traditional late-Seventies Jeep, the Honcho makes use of “manufacturing Jeep Efficiency Components and equipment from Mopar,” the corporate says. It seems like a Gladiator however is definitely constructed from a Wrangler. Its 6-foot mattress is longer than the mattress of at this time’s Gladiator.
Jeep Gladiator Excessive High Honcho Idea
Jeep engineers additionally transformed a Gladiator right into a Honcho salute. The corporate says the Excessive High Honcho “offers the world’s most off-road-capable midsize truck a brand new persona.” Forty-inch tires on white steelies and a sunset-colored paint job might make this the best-looking of this yr’s crop.
The Easter Jeep Safari continues till Sunday. Identical-day registration isn’t an choice, however Jeep turns off registration every day for the subsequent, so you possibly can nonetheless join a single day as late as Saturday.
