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Jeep's Diesel Land Rover Knockoff Might Be Cooler Than A Real Defender
Jeep's Diesel Land Rover Knockoff Might Be Cooler Than A Real Defender-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:13:20

The Jeep Africa is supposed to be "the ultimate Jeep Wrangler for back-country and overland expeditions." It's a sloped-roof station wagon Wrangler with 35" tires and a 2.8 liter diesel engine so yeah, I'd say they pretty much nailed it.

Reminds me of the home-built "" we featured a while ago, but with the polish of OEM construction.

Jeff Scherb is said to be something of a legend in the Jeep community. If the rest of his work's…

This Desert Tan Wrangler Unlimited features a high-clearance steel winch bumper, power rock rails (which will be very interesting to see in action), and a power dome vented hood. The body's extended a bit off a regular four-door Wrangler and the roof is not removable.

Fox shocks, a 2" lift kit, sway bar links, and Dana 44 axles, limb risers, a full-length roof rack and a bedliner'd interior finish it out.

This is one mean, clean, overlanding machine in one of my all-time favorite truck colors... I'm totally sittin' smitten over here. Did I mention it's diesel!?

Every year Jeep brings to the "" event in . It's basically the biggest scheduled gathering of Jeep nerds in America, and for 2015 (March 28 to April 5th) we'll see seven of these concepts in action. We're heading out to drive some of them, stay tuned!

Meet the Jeep Chief concept; a Wrangler-based redux of the classic Cherokee Chief. It's a perfect…

Images via Jeep

Andrew P. Collins is Jalopnik's off-road and adventure guy. Shoot him an email at or hit him up on Twitter to talk trucks.

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