Jeep Museum Coming Soon

[TripLeader]

It looks like the museum is being planned for Toledo, Ohio.

I don't see myself seeking it out as a destination. I might stop by if I was in the area.

Link:

$40M Jeep Experience museum heading to Toledo in 2022

 

[Justincredible]

Gotta store all the old concepts somewhere.

 

[WhiteJKURubicon]

I don't need many reasons for a road trip but I'll make the trip to Toledo to visit.

 

[Dan Grec]

Sweet, I'm really looking forward to this.

I was just at the Triumph motorcycle factory & museum and it's a really cool way to show the hsitory and story of the brand. It will be really cool to have everything in one place showing where Jeep started and where they are today.

Maybe there will be room for an Overlanding Jeep....

-Dan

 

[echo7tango]

Only 2,365 miles from (former) home. https://goo.gl/maps/rrYyFTjdV1akjaB88

Road trip!

 

[ExplorerTom]

Are Jeeps popular in Ohio? Like more popular than say Colorado?

 

[Dan Grec]

Are Jeeps popular in Ohio? Like more popular than say Colorado?

I was in Toledo this year for the Toledo Jeep Fest. Obviously a huge number of people there work at the plant, and so yes, Jeep is extremely popular as a vehicle brand there.

-Dan

 

[billiebob]

Are Jeeps popular in Ohio? Like more popular than say Colorado?

this is a sincere question ??? you realize where every Jeep was made right ?

top of my list now. I love Smithsonian.... this might be better.

 

[billiebob]

Just changed my avatar. My Uncle drove a government issued Jeep in Europe back when every Jeep was government issued.
1944.

 

[ExplorerTom]

this is a sincere question ??? you realize where every Jeep was made right ?

I actually didn’t. Never owned one. Never cared. But thanks for the lesson.

There are 2 things I think of when I think of Ohio and that is rust and the electoral college- seems like Ohio is always important in electing a president.

 

[billiebob]

I actually didn’t. Never owned one. Never cared. But thanks for the lesson.

There are 2 things I think of when I think of Ohio and that is rust and the electoral college- seems like Ohio is always important in electing a president.

They also contributed to winning WWII. Thats my Uncle in Europe, 1944, beside the Jeep when ALL Jeeps were Government Issued.

 

[ExplorerTom]

They also contributed to winning WWII.

OK. Still don’t think of “Ohio” when I see a Jeep. And there are TONS in Colorado.

 

[Justincredible]

OK. Still don’t think of “Ohio” when I see a Jeep. And there are TONS in Colorado.

Jeeps have always been popular in the mountain states.
These days they're popular everywhere though, with the wrangler even outselling the Camry.

 

[86scotty]

OK. Still don’t think of “Ohio” when I see a Jeep. And there are TONS in Colorado.

There are tons everywhere. It ain't just Colorado or mountain states. Jeep sold almost 1 million vehicles in the U.S. last year.

FYI, if you're a vehicle fan and American you should take note of the area. All over Michigan and Ohio are the plants that made and still make American icons. Opinions of domestic vehicles aside it is a neat area. I have the good fortune of visiting a lot of automotive and contributing plants for work and it's always interesting. I went to the Gladiator paint plant not too long ago. Neat stuff. It's also fun to be driving along a highway up there and see lots full of Chevy or Ford trucks almost as far as the eye can see.

How important are pickups to automakers? Try 6,500 sales per day

Sales numbers on Ford, Chevy and Ram pickups will blow your mind

autoweek.com

Yeah, I know, nothing to do with Jeeps or a museum but noteworthy on domestic vehicles produced in metro Detroit, which Toledo basically is.

 

[JeepColorado]

I've visited the Harley Museum in Milwaukee and it gives you a real sense of history and place of the Harley. It's cool to see the evolution of the product and how closely it's remained to the original. I'd imagine the Jeep museum will feel very much the same.