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Vehicle family
Wrangler
Wrangler replaced the CJ name while preserving the removable-door, open-top formula through four distinct chassis-code eras.
1987–present · YJ · TJ · JK · JL / JOL -
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Wrangler's four chassis-code eras
Square headlights, coil springs, four doors, electrification, and factory extreme-performance variants each changed Wrangler without erasing its open-body identity.
YJ · TJ · JK · JL · provisional -
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Cab-over trucks, compact pickups, and crossovers
Forward Control, Comanche, Liberty, Commander, Compass, Patriot, and Renegade show how much Jeep history exists outside the CJ/Wrangler spine.
The other branches · provisional -
Vehicle family
CJ / Universal Jeep
The civilian line carried the wartime layout into farms, trails, and recreation, then evolved into the direct ancestor of Wrangler.
1945–1986 · CJ-2A / CJ-3A / CJ-3B · CJ-5 / CJ-6 · CJ-7 / CJ-8 -
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Forum evidence is evidence—with a label
G503, CJ3B.info, eWillys, FSJ communities, JeepForum, and Wrangler communities preserve registries, first-hand recollections, and specialist details that formal sources often omit.
Community archives · provisional -
Vehicle family
Gladiator / J-series
The Gladiator name belongs to both the original full-size SJ pickup family and the modern Wrangler-derived JT.
1962–1988; 2020–present · SJ Gladiator / J-series · JT -
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Rare is a scoped claim
Slat-grille MBs, CJ-8s, early independent-front-suspension Wagoneers, Jungle Jeep prototypes, Trackhawk, and Wrangler 392 are notable for different and non-comparable reasons.
Significant vehicles · provisional -
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Two Gladiators, decades apart
The original Gladiator/J-series shared the SJ platform with Wagoneer. The modern JT is a Wrangler-derived pickup that revives the name without continuing the same chassis.
Pickup lineage · provisional