Jeep Wagoneer (SJ)

Jeep Wagoneer
Overview
Manufacturer	Willys-Overland Motors Kaiser Jeep American Motors Chrysler
Also called	Jeep Grand Wagoneer (1984–1991) Jeep Simorgh (Iran, 1963–1967) Jeep Ahoo (Iran, 1967–1974)
Production	1962–June 1991
Model years	1963-1991
Assembly	Toledo Complex, Toledo, Ohio Tehran, Iran (Pars Khodro) Cairo, Egypt (AEV) Córdoba Province, Argentina (Industrias Kaiser Argentina)
Designer	Brooks Stevens
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size SUV (1963–1991)
Body style	2-door Panel truck 2-door SUV 4-door SUV
Layout	Front engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
Platform	Full size (SJ) Jeep platform
Related	Jeep Gladiator Jeep J-Series Jeep Cherokee
Powertrain
Engine	230 cu in (3.8 L) Tornado 140hp I6 258 cu in (4.2 L) AMC I6 327 cu in (5.4 L) Vigilante V8 350 cu in (5.7 L) Buick Dauntless V8 360 cu in (5.9 L) AMC V8 401 cu in (6.6 L) AMC V8
Transmission	3-speed Borg-Warner T-90J manual 4-speed manual 3-speed GM THM400 automatic 3-speed Chrysler A727 automatic 3-speed Chrysler A999 automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	110 in (2,794 mm)
Length	186.4 in (4,735 mm)
Width	74.8 in (1,900 mm)
Height	66.4 in (1,687 mm)
Curb weight	4,514 lb (2,048 kg)
Chronology
Predecessor	Willys Jeep Station Wagon
Successor	Jeep Grand Cherokee

The Jeep Wagoneer is the first luxury 4x4, sold and produced for Jeep through numerous marques from 1963 to 1991. A "sport utility vehicle" (SUV) for decades before the term was even coined, the 4WD Wagoneer saw only minor mechanical changes during its 28-year plus production run, the third longest in U.S. automotive history.

Introduced in November 1962 (1963 model year) as a successor to the Willys Jeep Station Wagon that had been built since the end of World War II, the Wagoneer pioneered the sport utility vehicle concept. In spite of its pickup truck chassis and boxy shape it was more carlike than any 4x4 on the market. Compared with offerings from General Motors, International Harvester, and Land Rover — which were producing utilitarian work-oriented vehicles with spartan truck-like interiors — the Wagoneer's luxury set it apart. Based on the Jeep SJ platform, the revolutionary Wagoneer sported an advanced overhead cam straight-six engine, and offered features unheard of at the time in any other mainstream 4WD vehicle, such as an independent front suspension, power steering, and automatic transmission.

The Wagoneer made its debut seven years before Land Rover launched its Range Rover in Great Britain, and 24 years before that upscale marque appeared in the United States. It was replaced by the smaller Jeep Grand Cherokee.

With competition from the "big three" advancing on Jeep's four-wheel-drive market, Willys management decided that a new and more advanced vehicle was needed. Conceived in the early 1960s while Willys-Overland Motors was owned by Kaiser Jeep Corporation, the Wagoneer replaced the original Willys Jeep Station Wagon, which dated to 1946 and remained in production until 1965.

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