Jeep lands 75th Anniversary Editions

No brand loves a limited-edition as much as Jeep, so it was inevitable it would launch limited-run models to celebrate its 75th birthday this year, and 75th Anniversary Edition versions of the Renegade, Cherokee, Wrangler and Grand Cherokee are rolling into Aussie showrooms now.

Each 75th model has lashings of bronze-painted highlights (a nod to the bronze Jeep badge on the front of the first civilian Jeep, the 1945-1949 CJ-2A), plus unique exterior colours, interior trims and minor spec improvements.

Jeep might be throwing the party, but you’ll have to pay for the presents. The extra 75th gear adds between $1500 and $3000 to the price of the model on which it's based.

If you want the cool military-green paint offered on each, you’ll pay an extra $500, and all 15 of the special (two-door) Wranglers coming to Australia are painted in the extra-cost Sarge Green.

Like any party, however, numbers might swell, and so it is with the 75th Anniversary numbers. Zac Loo, Jeep’s Australian product planner, said at the launch that if a buyer wanted a Wrangler 75th Anniversary Edition in one of the other colours available in the US, FCAA will order it in.

The Jeep Grand Cherokee 75th Anniversary Edition is available with either the petrol or diesel V6 and is based on the Limited model.

Inside, this birthday special gets Morocco Black leather trim with debossed (that is, recessed) 75th Anniversary front seat logo, tangerine monotone accent stitching on the seats, centre console and door armrests, and Moroccan Sun painted interior elements.

The 75th edition also adds a new transmission shifter, grille, headlights and front fascia, previewing changes we’ll see with the MY2017 Grand Cherokee in October.

The exterior is treated to bronze 20-inch alloy wheels, bronze roof rails. bronze '75th Anniversary' badging, bronze rear step pad applique, bronze grille throats and bronze lower fascia surround, plus black side window surrounds.

Two hundred examples of the Grand Cherokee 75th Anniversary have been ordered for Australia, with paint colours including Recon Green, Brilliant Black, Bright White, Billet Silver and Granite Crystal.

The Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited 75th Anniversary editions are based on the Overland, and are adorned with bronze 17-inch alloys, Rubicon rock rails, body-colour grille with bronze grille throats and headlight rings, Jeep badging in bronze with orange accents on the front and 75th Anniversary bronze badges on the front guards.

The cabin is treated to McKinley black part-leather seats 'Linen to Black' ombré mesh seat inserts, debossed 75th Anniversary front seat logos, tangerine and pearl dual-tone accent stitching for the seats and centre console lid and a McKinley black vinyl centre console lid and front door armrest.

There's are also Moroccan Sun painted interior elements, front (and rear, for Wrangler Unlimited) door pull handles with black bolt heads, a passenger-side dash grab handle with black bolt heads and 75th Anniversary logo, painted air-vent surrounds, Mopar slush mats and a 6.5-inch touch-screen radio with satellite-navigation.

The 75th Wranglers are painted in Sarge Green, Black, Rhino, Mojave Sand, Bright White, Billet Silver or Granite Crystal, with 90 earmarked for Australia (15 two-doors and 75 four-doors).

The Jeep Cherokee 75th Anniversary Edition is based on the Longitude trim level and treated to bronze 18-inch alloys, bronze roof rails, bronze grille throats, bronze lower front fascia surround, bronze lower rear fascia applique and black side window surrounds.

If you haven’t had your fill of bronze, don’t worry because there’s more. Jeep badges front and rear are in bronze with an orange accent, and the front doors wear 75th Anniversary bronze badges.

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The interior has an 8.4-inch Uconnect touch-screen (in place of the Longitude’s five-inch monitor), a nine-speaker Alpine amplified sound system including subwoofer, Morocco Black cloth interior trim with Linen to Black ombré mesh cloth seat inserts, Moroccan Sun painted interior elements, and tangerine and pearl dual-tone accent stitching for the seats, instrument panel, door armrests and centre console lid.

A total of 100 75th Anniversary Cherokees have been shipped in, available in Recon Green, Brilliant Black and Bright White.

The Jeep Renegade 75th Anniversary Edition is based on the Longitude trim level, and it of course come with the bronze treatment too.

The colour appears on the 18-inch alloy wheels, roof rails, grille throat rings, front fog light surrounds, lower rear fascia applique, tail-light surround and Jeep badges front and rear (with orange accents). Bronze Renegade and 75th Anniversary badges are stuck onto the front doors.

Inside, the Renegade’s black cloth seats have 'Linen to Black' ombré mesh seat inserts, tangerine and pearl dual-tone accent stitching on seats and centre console and Moroccan sun painted interior highlights.

The Renegade 75th is available in Jungle Green, Alpine White and Black, and 180 examples have been built for Oz.

Since the start of 2014, Jeep has released 15 limited-edition models (including the 75th Anniversary models) based on its mainstream vehicles, making it one of the least limited purveyors of limited-edition models.

2016 Jeep 75th Anniversary Edition pricing (plus ORCs):
Renegade 75th Anniversary Edition — $33,500
Cherokee 75th Anniversary Edition — $45,000
Wrangler 75th Anniversary Edition — $51,000
Wrangler Unlimited 75th Anniversary Edition — $55,000
Grand Cherokee 75th Anniversary Edition (P) — $64,500
Grand Cherokee 75th Anniversary Edition (D) — $71,500