Commander to be discontinued?

[Barefoot]

"The future of the hulking Jeep Commander SUV introduced a little over a year ago looks bleak.

Auto analysts and other industry officials say the Commander, a boxy three-row SUV built at Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, is likely to be discontinued after the 2009 model-year.

"We removed the Commander from our forecast" after the 2009 model year, said Jeff Schuster, forecasting analyst with California-based J.D. Power and Associates. J.D. Power and other auto forecasting firms gather information from suppliers and other industry sources privy to automakers' future production plans.

Another automotive analyst, who didn't want to speak on the record, shared a similar forecast.

A United Auto Workers official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed to The Detroit News that the union understands the Commander will go out of production in 2008, likely after the 2009 model year."


Full article-

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...701200386/1148

[Moses]

damn...............

[CJ6np435]

Didn't read the article but not suprising
has reality finally hit Jeep, Fuel will never be cheap again
Commander is pure ugly .... like a Volvo
sorry my rant just don't like em!

[Jeeptheone]

Jeep would have been better making a true 7 seater like the disco 3. Sat in the 3rd row of both the disco and the Commander and there is no comparrison. Price is the main thing going for the Commander over the disco. I dont mind the Commander or the Grand.

Pitty it will go out of production especially with GM bringing the Hummer 3 to Aust.

JTO

[iwantawrangler]

jeep commander is bloody nice, great competion for hummer 3

[kyro]

prob turn the plant into making the new TJ's

[Jeepdownunder]

Originally Posted by kyro

prob turn the plant into making the new TJ's

Replace it with this. At least it looks like a Jeep and not a copy of bloody late model Range Rover....