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Sleeping Dog
04-04-2007, 01:14 PM
Two items of note. A flat floor with the back seat down and no lost space to folded seats as on the Commander. A completely open fabric roof that would facilitate easier conversion to a Dormobile-like EV.

No word on a diesel.

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2008-jeep-liberty/

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pskhaat
04-04-2007, 01:43 PM
Too much like the Dodge.

I prefer the looks of the old Liberty.
FJ Cruiser
04-04-2007, 02:05 PM
I like it, looks like a mini commander.

I'm sure it shares the same platform as the Nitro
JPFreek1
04-04-2007, 04:14 PM
Sure looks a lot like the Patriot as well. Sharp looking vehicle though, me likey!
flyingwil
04-04-2007, 04:19 PM
I bet insurance will be high on it with the soft top. Everyone I know with a convertable has had their car broken into through the soft top in the past 2 years. Not too sure if I like it or not.
cshontz
04-04-2007, 06:29 PM
I bet insurance will be high on it with the soft top. Everyone I know with a convertable has had their car broken into through the soft top in the past 2 years. Not too sure if I like it or not.

My god, man. Where do you live?! ;)

I like its appearance better than the old Liberty, though I like it less because it looks so similar to the Nitro. I prefer it when platform sharing is less obvious. I dig the canvas roof, but overall the whole thing seems uninspired. A friend and I were just talking about this - we think DCX would do better with the Jeep brand if they kept its products niche instead of trying to fit in to the mainstream.
DaveInDenver
04-04-2007, 06:42 PM
I think I liked the old one better. I happen to think that Commander-type front looks pretty bad. Am I the only one that's seeing the Griswold Family Truckster influence in these new car headlights?

http://www.ajga.org/Newsletter/TheAJGALink/8-5-05/images/Truckster.jpg

http://media.truckblog.com/ai/2006/924.jpg

http://wikicars.org/images/en/4/4b/2007_Commander_brownleft.jpg
calamaridog
04-04-2007, 07:27 PM
There looks to be more useable cargo space which is my main complaint about our Liberty.
durango_60
04-04-2007, 07:28 PM
Am I the only one that's seeing the Griswold Family Truckster influence in these new car headlights?

And this is a bad thing??? The Griswold Family Truckster is the greatest expedition vehicle of all time!!!
The Swiss
04-23-2007, 09:38 PM
I bet insurance will be high on it with the soft top. Everyone I know with a convertable has had their car broken into through the soft top in the past 2 years. Not too sure if I like it or not.The roof is cool (and I am not saying this because I actually have been working on the mechanism of it :D) It is pretty tough, heavy duty, padded canvas, reinforcement bar about every foot or so, a lot stronger than the soft top of a Wrangler or similar. It seals/operates more like a glass sunroof, no way to pull it out of the tracks. Obviously it could be slit open with a knife, but then it would be a lot easier to smash a window and open the door rather than climbing on the roof, trying to cut a hole, pray the bars apart and squeeze through.

I really like the new Libby, looks IMHO a lot better than the old one. Only thing that to me was a kind of disapointing was the design of interior, especially in gray. Looks very plastic and a kind of cheap (not jeep ;)) Hopefully this were just the pre-production models and the series will look better.
gary in ohio
04-23-2007, 10:58 PM
They really messed up the liberty, It was a nice little jeep, now is a mini commander and looks just like the nitro. WHY does DaimlerChrysler needs so many of the same class of SUV's?
You have the nitro and durango on the dodge side. Chrysler has the aspen and PT
jeep has the patriot, liberty, compass, cherokee and comander plus the real jeep wranglers.

No wonder they have having issues.
maximumrob
04-24-2007, 12:51 AM
I like the new Libby because my wife likes it! I'd much rather her like THAT than some stinkin' Tahoe that costs 40 grand and drinks fuel like no tomorrow. She loves her current Liberty and she'll probably get one of the new ones, too.

God help the day she says she wants a full size SUV. Ugh.
maximumrob
04-24-2007, 12:51 AM
argh, double post!
805gregg
05-09-2007, 10:57 PM
I like the looks of it but I wouldn't part with my diesel KJ.
2006KJSPORT4x4
05-09-2007, 11:38 PM
I'm content with mine. I like having a spare on the back and not looking like a down graded Commander...but that is just me...pretty cool idea for the roof though. Just not sure how functional it would be up in the white north or with a huge Expedition rack on the roof rails...
jerdog53
05-24-2007, 03:54 PM
They really messed up the liberty, It was a nice little jeep, now is a mini commander and looks just like the nitro. WHY does DaimlerChrysler needs so many of the same class of SUV's?
You have the nitro and durango on the dodge side. Chrysler has the aspen and PT
jeep has the patriot, liberty, compass, cherokee and comander plus the real jeep wranglers.

No wonder they have having issues.

Correct! All it is is a Nitro rebadged!