All-aluminum Wrangler plans dropped

[RangerRocket]

News from Toledo, Ohio:

http://www.toledoblade.com/Automotive/2015/05/21/Wrangler-seen-as-likely-to-stay-in-city.html

 

[haven]

Here's a slightly different view: Wrangler stays body on frame, "a large portion" of the body made from aluminum.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/sergio-sez-next-jeep-wrangler-to-feature-hybrid-construction-of-aluminum-and-steel/

This keeps Toledo in the running as a plant where the 2017 Wrangler could be made.

 

[mr2kxj]

Maybe we'll get lucky and those aluminum doors will fit a JK! That'd be nice.