Geneva Rocks: Jeep Debuts Diesel-Powered Wrangler Rocks Star

Geneva Rocks: Jeep Debuts Diesel-Powered Wrangler Rocks Star

Geneva Rocks: Jeep Debuts Diesel-Powered Wrangler Rocks Star

Wrangler owners all know that they’ll 1 day wake up with the sudden urge to bolt on a couple thousand dollars’ worth of aftermarket parts. And in these precious disorienting seconds, Chrysler wants to them to default to mouthing the word, “Mopar”—hence the mission of this yellow Jeep landing in Geneva.

Beyond its awkward Rocks Star name, this is your standard Wrangler Rubicon softtop with half doors, only with a kickin’ 2.8-liter turbo-diesel 4-cylinder banned from our residence turf. The college-bus-yellow color scheme carries over to the steering-wheel spokes, air-vent trim, and passenger grab handle, although the wheels, grille, gas cap, and the rest of the interior go black.

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A light bar/hoop fixed to the bottom of the A-pillars signifies you can’t fold down the Rocks Star’s windshield, but in return you’ll get 4 square LED lamps mounted higher and proud of the glass. We know how considerably Wrangler owners hate square lights—witness the anti-square headlamp vitriol slung at the YJ—so that is a real gamble. A distressed-looking U.S. Army–style star and circle on the hood might make up for the nonround lights, although. Even though Chrysler is not adding the diesel to Mopar’s U.S. catalog, the rest of the components ought to be offered soon.

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Geneva Rocks: Jeep Debuts Diesel-Powered Wrangler Rocks Star

Geneva Rocks: Jeep Debuts Diesel-Powered Wrangler Rocks Star

Wrangler owners all know that they’ll one particular day wake up with the sudden urge to bolt on a couple thousand dollars’ worth of aftermarket components. And in those precious disorienting seconds, Chrysler wants to them to default to mouthing the word, “Mopar”—hence the mission of this yellow Jeep landing in Geneva.

Beyond its awkward Rocks Star name, this is your basic Wrangler Rubicon softtop with half doors, only with a kickin’ 2.8-liter turbo-diesel 4-cylinder banned from our residence turf. The school-bus-yellow color scheme carries over to the steering-wheel spokes, air-vent trim, and passenger grab deal with, while the wheels, grille, gas cap, and the rest of the interior go black.

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A light bar/hoop fixed to the bottom of the A-pillars means you can not fold down the Rocks Star’s windshield, but in return you will get 4 square LED lamps mounted high and proud of the glass. We know how much Wrangler owners hate square lights—witness the anti-square headlamp vitriol slung at the YJ—so that’s a genuine gamble. A distressed-looking U.S. Army–style star and circle on the hood might make up for the nonround lights, even though. While Chrysler is not adding the diesel to Mopar’s U.S. catalog, the rest of the parts must be offered quickly.

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Geneva Rocks: Jeep Debuts Diesel-Powered Wrangler Rocks Star

Geneva Rocks: Jeep Debuts Diesel-Powered Wrangler Rocks Star

Wrangler owners all know that they’ll one particular day wake up with the sudden urge to bolt on a couple thousand dollars’ worth of aftermarket parts. And in these precious disorienting seconds, Chrysler wants to them to default to mouthing the word, “Mopar”—hence the mission of this yellow Jeep landing in Geneva.

Beyond its awkward Rocks Star name, this is your basic Wrangler Rubicon softtop with half doors, only with a kickin’ 2.8-liter turbo-diesel 4-cylinder banned from our home turf. The college-bus-yellow color scheme carries over to the steering-wheel spokes, air-vent trim, and passenger grab deal with, whilst the wheels, grille, gas cap, and the rest of the interior go black.

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A light bar/hoop fixed to the bottom of the A-pillars indicates you can not fold down the Rocks Star’s windshield, but in return you will obtain 4 square LED lamps mounted higher and proud of the glass. We know how a lot Wrangler owners hate square lights—witness the anti-square headlamp vitriol slung at the YJ—so that’s a true gamble. A distressed-looking U.S. Army–style star and circle on the hood may make up for the nonround lights, although. While Chrysler is not adding the diesel to Mopar’s U.S. catalog, the rest of the parts should be offered quickly.

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Geneva Rocks: Jeep Debuts Diesel-Powered Wrangler Rocks Star

#CUMMINSSOON: Cummins Diesel-Powered Nissan Titan Teased

Nissan is firing up the diesel-powered rumor mill again. Soon after years of teasing a Cummins/Nissan truck hookup that in no way seems to come to fruition, the maker took to the Twittersphere today with an image that strongly suggests the 2 have been busy acquiring busy.

Featuring the official logos of both Cummins and Nissan, the image is accompanied by the intentionally provocative and viral-prepared hashtag #CUMMINSSOON. (Note: The 1st ‘s’ is crucial if you hope to apply it to the appropriate subject.)

5 liters of turbocharged diesel power. Are you prepared for this? #CUMMINSSOON pic.twitter.com/xseq7KnIGe

— Nissan (@NissanUSA) October 13, 2014

You do not need to be Freud to figure that 1 out. Or maybe you do. Whatever the case, this on-again/off-once more partnership has been going on considering that Nissan told us they have been taking into consideration a diesel for the Titan back in 2008. Of course at that time, the new Titan was slated to be a badge-engineered version of the Ram, and Chrysler’s bankruptcy quite considerably squashed those plans, leaving Nissan with an aging Titan to nurse till a new model could be readied.

Rapidly forward to 2013, when it shared some details on a 5.-liter Cummins V-8 turbo-diesel mill that is most likely the basis for the engine that will in the end see the light of day in the Titan. (Just a handful of months ago, Nissan let us drive a Frontier powered by a 2.8-liter Cummins V-6 turbo-diesel, also.) Given the “soon” element of the hashtag, had been figuring the oil-burner will show up on the 2016 Titan, which is due quickly and likely will be a heavily re-worked version of the current truck.

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Apparently the union is not exclusive, as rumors indicate that this engine could discover it’s way under the hood of the Toyota Tundra as effectively. But with the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel winning fans and posting impressive efficiency numbers, the time is proper. Let’s just hope the diesel Titan delivers.

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#CUMMINSSOON: Cummins Diesel-Powered Nissan Titan Teased