---
title: "Please, Jeep, Make the Wrangler Pickup Like This"
description: "Everyone’s dream Wrangler truck is hiding in plain sight."
date: "2016-01-13"
modified: "2019-05-27"
authors:
  - name: "Max Goldberg"
    job_title: "Associate Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1644/please-jeep-make-the-wrangler-pickup-like-this"
categories:
  - "Jeep News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Jeep"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "pickup"
  - "Wrangler"
---

# Please, Jeep, Make the Wrangler Pickup Like This

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For decades, Jeep enthusiasts have longed for a Wrangler pickup. So much so that offroad garages have made a whole business of slapping boxes on the back of Wranglers. However, the unimaginable has happened: [Fiat-Chrysler has confirmed a Jeep Wrangler pickup](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a27874/jeep-wrangler-pickup-truck-coming-in-2017/>) is indeed under development. According to FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne, the stars will align in late 2017, when the truck goes into production in step with the fourth-gen Wrangler Jeep. Although Marchionne states the new pickup will have very similar styling and DNA to the current wrangler, we are still a little nervous as to what will roll off the platform floor in Ohio. If we had our druthers, the new rock-crawler would look—and act—a whole lot like the Jeep you see here: the current [AEV/Filson Wrangler Brute Double Cab](<https://www.aev-conversions.com/vehicles/filson-edition>).

![011216\_aevfilsonbrute\_art\_1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/011216_aevfilsonbrute_art_1.jpg>)
**AEV Conversions**

Designed and fabricated in Detroit, AEV Conversions’ Jeeps are the beefier, badder versions of the Wranglers that come off the assembly line. First, the Jeep’s measurements are stretched, resulting in a 139-inch wheelbase and 216-inch total length. With tons of upgrades like a 3.5-inch Dualsport SC suspension, a 6.4-liter engine swap and steel bumpers, these super Wranglers are a Jeep enthusiast’s dream. If all this badassity weren’t enough, the interior of the Brute is beautifully upholstered in leather and heavy-duty twill from heritage outoor-apparel brand [Filson](<https://www.filson.com/>). When all is said and done, this 470 horsepower Wrangler pickup is capable of scaling a mountain and rolling up to Winged Foot Golf Club all in one foul swoop.

![011216\_aevfilsonbrute\_art\_2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/011216_aevfilsonbrute_art_2.jpg>)
**AEV Conversions**

Although we are well aware the new Wrangler pickup will not be at the same caliber as the $130k Brute, we nevertheless hope they derive a lot of inspiration from it. One of the biggest complaints of Wrangler owners is the vehicle’s lack of power, so we can only hope that FCA tosses a few dozen (or hundred) extra ponies into the new rig. In addition, the bed [design](<https://www.epconcommunities.com/gallery/>) of the Brute is a gorgeous continuation of the cab that we would love to see carry over to the factory pickup. Please, FCA. Please make it so.

![011216\_aevfilsonbrute\_art\_3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/011216_aevfilsonbrute_art_3.jpg>)
**AEV Conversions**

![011216\_aevfilsonbrute\_art\_5.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/011216_aevfilsonbrute_art_5.jpg>)
**AEV Conversions**

## Author
Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm.

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