Video: Commander in "Action"

[boise49ers]

Does anyone know if it has a rigid frame and what kind of suspension ?
At 109 inches it is kind of long, but with the Hemi it would be a bad ass tow rig and have kind of an XJ look.

 

[ACE]

Blech. Is this thing built on the Durango platform?
Wish I could afford a G-Wagon. Seen them all over LA rollin on 22"s or 24"s. That'd be my pimp-mobile.

 

[Atl XJ]

Blech. Is this thing built on the Durango platform?
Wish I could afford a G-Wagon. Seen them all over LA rollin on 22"s or 24"s. That'd be my pimp-mobile.

Another great rig to fall to DC. The '06s will be totally different and share the platform with the new ML. There goes its good offroad ability.

 

[OT]

I was hating it till I saw that it was 'Trail Rated'.

 

[JohnJohn]

Trail Ready?

According to this it's just off the Rubicon.

 

[andreas970]

I am about 60% sure this will be my new tow rig:

http://preautoshow.primediaautomotive.com/video/41/

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HAHA!
I love how after showing the shift into 4lo... they show it going through a stream you could go through in a celica... let alone in 2 wheel.

*shakes head*

 

[bjoehandley]

I'd still take a full size van if I needed that much room. Cheaper than an SUV of the same size, still holds 8 people AND their luggage at the same time (try that with a Tahoe!), and if you buy the 1500 Chevy Express you can get AWD on it too.

 

[Boatwrench]

What's the tow rating? I read 7,200 is that correct?

 

[DrMoab]

I wouldn't tow with it...Too short a wheelbase. I don't care if its ugly,slow,fast,underpowered,overpowered, or ugly...Plain and simple its just too short to pull another jeep. If you want a tow vehicle...buy a truck. IF you want to tow with a SUV buy a burb or a....ach...ach..ach...Excretion. At least they have the wheelbase to make it safe.

 

[casm]

Looking at the photos and playing devil's advocate for a moment: how much of that carnage is the result of poor off-road capability vs. the driver's abilities? One's a design issue, the other's an experience and/or judgement issue, and we don't know what percentage of either one contributed to the damage.

Having said that, I still wouldn't buy one - but that's more because I don't need seven seats than anything else. To my eye it doesn't look too bad, and if the Nissan / Toyota people have figured out over the last 20 years how to handle IFS on trail rigs then we certainly can as well.

Just my $0.02.

 

[Lucas]

I feel brainwashed after watching that video. :flipoff:

 

[bjoehandley]

If stuff like that makes it "Trail Rated", My Lebaron GTS could have worn one of those badges. I say got F/S van or Suburban or go home!

 

[Lawn Cher']

I love my Suburban, even though it has been nickel-and-diming me alot lately. On the bright side, once I fix all the stupid things it should be good to go for quite a long time.

 

[snook]

The commanders just an xj/landrover discovery but it looks pretty badass to me.