Official pics of the new Liberty

[Sleeping Dog]

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/

[pskhaat]

Too much like the Dodge.

I prefer the looks of the old Liberty.

[FJ Cruiser]

I like it, looks like a mini commander.

I'm sure it shares the same platform as the Nitro

[JPFreek1]

Sure looks a lot like the Patriot as well. Sharp looking vehicle though, me likey!

[flyingwil]

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]

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]

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?

[calamaridog]

There looks to be more useable cargo space which is my main complaint about our Liberty.

[durango_60]

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]

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 ) 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.