Jeep is already making changes to answer to the Bronco. They will be offering a wash out floor soon. There were schematics of a potential modular top with onboard storage for the Gladiator. The Xtreme Recon package was an answer to the Sasquatch.
Right now, IMO, the the three things that really separate the Jeep and the Bronco are the second row removable panels, MGV and IFS. I can see Jeep offering a second row removable panel on the 4 door Wrangler in the next few years. Maybe a MGV option. IFS I don't know if that will ever happen. Jeep purists would head to Toledo with pitchforks and torches demanding heads.
Thanks for the info. That's good news for future JEEP owners. They have other issues as well to address. The comfort of their interiors has always been suspect. Yes, they're a Jeep so luxury isn't a word associated, but they really are far far behind what the Bronco is offering.
They've been around for how many decades, and still have the many of the same complaints that still seem to be there. The death wobble, and yes other vehicles have it, but it's Jeep they you hear about in the vast number of instances.
Their soft top system is was, and still is weak. Time will tell about the Broncos leak issues, but it's almost a guarantee that a Jeep will leak, and once you take that top off the first time it's a b*tch to get back on, that's anecdotal info, but it's one of the long long time complaints about Jeep I hear form all of my Jeep friends.
My general point is for a platform so popular and thats been apron d for so lo g you;d think they'd have wanted to improve it. They haven't had to care because there just hasn't been any competition. It looks like those days are over.
For manyJeep owners you can apply the same philosophy as boat owners. The 2 happiest days are when they buy one, and then when they sell it.
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