We’ll have to wait a while before we see it, regardless of whether it’s called The Scrambler or another name.
We know Jeep is making a Wrangler-based pickup truck and that it will be available for sale next year. Automotive News has uncovered some interesting details about that through a WARN Notice filed in Ohio at the Wrangler-building plant. WARN is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. This law requires that companies give notice to employees in advance of any mass layoffs.
The notice was filed by Hyundai Mobis North America. It employs approximately 570 people who build the chassis of the JK-model Wrangler . This JK-model Wrangler is being replaced with the new JL Wrangler. This work will take place at the large FCA assembly plant in Toledo Ohio. A portion of the complex was retooled last year for the new Wrangler. The official end of JK Wrangler will be marked by the start of layoffs in April.
However, it also marks the beginning of a significant retooling effort for this portion. Jeep revealed the new Wrangler at the L.A. Auto Show last November, and production is already underway. The Jeep-based pickup truck will be retooled to use an altered version of the Wrangler underpinnings. Automotive News also states that the truck’s launch is expected to occur in April 2019, one year after the plant shut down.
This date is most likely when the production of the pickup, which is being called the Scrambler, will begin. The official unveiling of the highly anticipated truck is expected to take place at the L.A. Auto Show in late fall, similar to the Wrangler’s. It would be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show next year, if that fails.