Comments on: Confirmed: Jeep likely to discontinue Commander next year

By: Catiadesigner

Catiadesigner — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:56:17 +0000

Daimler had nothing to do with the comander, it was originally supposed to be a 5 seat vehicle that would slot in under the grand cherokee, a sort of cherokee replacement, less luxurious trim etc., until some dicksplash at chrysler came up with the grand idea of adding two extra seats where there shouldn’t be and adding about 8 grand to the pricetag. (don’t put kids in the rearmost seats either because if you get rear ended they get pushed through the roof!)
If you’ve ever been in one you can easily see that the trim levels are very cheap, which would have suited its original market. I used to have the 4.7 v8 and despite what the trip computer might tell you it would never get over 250 miles to a tankfull. Its a shame the uaw prevented the 3.0 v6 liter diesel that they have in Europe from being imported as that would have made much more sense. (in case you didn’t know the UAW prevents Chrylse from bringing in any vehicles not made by chrysler into the usa, the diesel euro stuff is built by magna in Austria, just another reason to dislike the UAW…..

By: AMGoff

AMGoff — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:31:59 +0000

I thought the Commander was a good looking vehicle… but they made a mistakes with it (which most likely stemmed from Diamler ineptitude) – they should have made it bigger and they should have based it on a Ram chassis… then they should have made it as luxurious as possible. Had they done that, they could have cashed in big time on the inherent brand equity built into one of their fabled nameplates – the Wagoneer (Grand, Super, Limited… any would do). The Grand Wagoneer/Wagoneer Limited was THE granddaddy of full-size, luxury SUVs… had Diamler any sense of Jeep heritage, they could have definitely cashed in on it. The styling was right and the price point was right… it was just too small and not appointed well enough.

While it may not be in the cards for the immediate future… I do hope that the new owners realize that Jeep needs a full-size SUV thats as luxurious as it is capable to round out and top off the brand.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:41:33 +0000

Your annoying me little boy and you need to be put down, like i give a **** about you supporting me, and also Hyundai is korean you racist dumb ****, do us a favor a turn your cavalier on and close the garage door you little prick.

By: HemiRoadRunner

HemiRoadRunner — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:49:05 +0000

Ha! 400horse****, your job will go overseas in no time. I didn’t know they made a quadruple wide trailer, I guess that’s big for you, you must think the same about your little dick. Anyway, go ahead and lose your job, I don’t give a **** about other Americans jobs anymore, I try and support them but they get an attitude and talk ****. Then you can serve me my Whopper the way I want it bitch at your job at Burger King. And you better be wearing the cardboard crown hat too bitch!

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:09:10 +0000

“I liked this car but with a 19gal gas tank and a hemi, you couldn’t get 300 miles out of one tank – retarded!!”

Comment by phiftywon, posted on April15 at 1:26 pm

That’s nothing. The Wrangler’s 3.8L V6 also has a 19 gallon tank, and it gets 300 KILOMETERS to the tank in the city, or just under 200 MILES. Suck on that.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:49:21 +0000

^who

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:44:37 +0000

Like i give a **** about hoew the Japanese talk to you, whi the **** do you think you are, you know your silly ass will be out of a job wayyyyy before me and you know it.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:42:56 +0000

You’d real mad if you saw the size of my house hemi seeing you live in you moms crib still with you engineering degree, pussy.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:17:59 +0000

My paychecks come from GM buddy, my god you suck Hemiheadgiver.

By: LexusSoarer

LexusSoarer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:37:59 +0000

I don’t know if I have EVER seen one on the road in it’s few years of production. Good riddance.

By: jumpoffit

jumpoffit — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:11:18 +0000

careful- RaineMan might be one of those Eco-Terrorist we hear so much about- hold up, let me start up Hummer and let it sit in the drive way idle for a good couple of hours while i watch TV

By: HemiRoadRunner

HemiRoadRunner — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:02:08 +0000

You have to fill that blazer up with gas first, I’m glad you can afford it with your UAW and all.

By: El Aleman

El Aleman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:51:54 +0000

I liked it.

But I guess it was way to close to the GC to avoid cannibalizing.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:11:30 +0000

WTF RaineMan, just because your so ignorant or stupid im gonna drive around for no reason in my Ls2 powered Trailblazer to piss you off.

By: phiftywon

phiftywon — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:26:21 +0000

I liked this car but with a 19gal gas tank and a hemi, you couldn’t get 300 miles out of one tank – retarded!!

By: inline6

inline6 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:49:28 +0000

The Commander was launched so that Jeep could offer a 7-seat vehicle that wasn’t a Durango. It’s only slightly longer than the GC, and BOTH of them are shorter than a Chevrolet Equinox.

From a marketing perspective, the Commander made sense. Problem is, it’s not a particularly good 7-seater.

And I don’t know where TomF gets the idea that the Nitro and Grand Cherokee compete with the Commander, Aspen, and Durango.

The Nitro is a compact SUV, and the GC is a midsize. Durango and Aspen are full-size SUVs.

What bothers me most, however is the title of this story – “Confirmed: Jeep likely to discontinue Commander next year”. Why use “likely” if the cancellation is “confirmed”?

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:47:43 +0000

Thanks be to the automotive gods! The first of the gas guzzling moster SUVs bites the dust!

Now… let’s follow it with the Durango… and get GM to jump on board and ditch the Escalade and Suburban.

Soon enough manufacturers are going to realise that the easiest way to meet the new CAFE standards is going to be to simply stop producing these behemoths that I so often see a single person driving around in.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:40:56 +0000

It was a bad idea to begin with.

1115: you’re right, but i think it’s just a matter of time before jeep is sold to the Germans

By: TomF

TomF — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:33:24 +0000

Another step towards curbing Chryco’s sick compulsion to throw about fifty different vehicles at the same market niche: Commander, Nitro, Grand Cherokee, Aspen, Durango… Jesus, you fool, pick one. Any one.

By: rsg

rsg — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:55:29 +0000

I love how something that is supposedly “confirmed” is downgraded to “likely” in the same sentence.

By: tripleonefive

tripleonefive — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:37:02 +0000

All Jeep should do is offer a 7 seat stretched Grand Cherokee and that will fill the void in the lineup
I hope Cerebrus cleans up the Jeep line they can be so much better They still have a semi following

By: xkr

xkr — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:16:05 +0000

haha

By: Stinky007

Stinky007 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:03:18 +0000

They should extend this and kill all the useless SUVs!

By: Astonman12

Astonman12 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:31:07 +0000

i always thought the commander was cool. i can see why they would discontinue it though.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:28:50 +0000

Worst selling model? My gawd, just how many visually impaired out there are buying the Compass?

By: HemiRoadRunner

HemiRoadRunner — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:25:11 +0000

Good, one less SUV obstructing my view when I’m driving my ‘09 Challenger R/T…

By: Z06ified

Z06ified — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:19:02 +0000

Yeah, this thing was Daimler’s idea, and it was a bad one.

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:17:27 +0000

Yes, kill it, it deserves to die.

By: jJayC08

jJayC08 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:13:55 +0000

It wasn’t that it was a horrible vehicle. Too cramped rear seats, only a few minor inches longer than the Grand Cherokee, dismal fuel economy and a cheap feeling interior, as well as not that many available features/capabilities. It may have had slightly better sales with the CRD turbo-diesel available in Europe, better horsepower ratings than most 4 liter V-6’s in those sort of SUV’s.

Another thing worth mentioning is it’s styling. I see Jeep going for a more boxy look, why? The original Wrangler, while being the best example of a “one box design” or “two box design”, depending on how you look at it, wasn’t so square. It seems to me that, all Jeep wants to do is make boxes anymore- they don’t care how it looks or how it performs, just as long as it looks like a box. The damn headlights, tail lights, roof racks, everything has to fit into the designers stereotype of a Jeep, and what a small mind that must be.

Personally, I don’t think Chrysler needs better styling or anything, I think they need a much better consumer base, better quality and more reliable vehicles. They came back out of financial trouble with cars like the K-car and Chrysler/Dodge van twins, both simple and reliable vehicles. I don’t see Cerberus viewing this as Chrysler future however, and that maybe it’s downfall.

By: A4

A4 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:12:43 +0000

it looked good… but why wouldnt you want a grand cherokee instead?

By: LaCaLover

LaCaLover — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:44:05 +0000

What an abortion of a vehicle that turned out to be