Sources Reveal Diesel Jeep Wrangler Not Due Until After 2015 Model Year

Jeep enthusiasts waiting to see a diesel engine under the Wrangler’s hood will have to be patient just a little longer.

“Wrangler is on the radar to get (a) diesel,” Jeep President and CEO Mike Manley tells WardsAuto at a drive here of the new Grand Cherokee diesel and other models. “Remember we’re also going through the product change of Wrangler for 2015-16. That will probably be the right time to introduce the diesel into that vehicle.

“I’m confident that the Grand Cherokee will show just how large a demand there is for diesel, and I think what that will do is reinforce the need for us to target Wrangler as a vehicle that can take a diesel.”

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trmckin - 2/28/2013 2:49:26 PM

+3 Boost

Finally! I will be first in line for this one.

ricks0me - 2/28/2013 10:54:12 PM

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I will be right behind you

85bmw745i - 3/3/2013 5:45:16 PM

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They should have put the 4 cylinder diesel from the Liberty CRD in the wrangler way back when they first introduced the Liberty CRD.