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  1. 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
  2. Research story
    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
  3. Research story
    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
  4. 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
  5. Research story
    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
  6. 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
  7. Research story
    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
  8. Research story
    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