Is the ZJ Grand Cherokee a Ripoff of Giugiaro's Panda?

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Just look at this early ’80s Fiat Panda designed by Giugiaro and then look at Dan’s new ’94 Laredo and tell me that Jeep wasn’t influenced by the little Italian.

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Posted at 8:42 am in Fiat, Grand Cherokee, Jeep, Panda

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MidnightLuckey
May 7, 2009 at 6:55 pm

BullrunOldsRich, how could they have designed it in the 70′s to replace the xj is the xj didn’t debut till ’84? The ZJ was to replace the Grand Waggy. =]

D-BOI
Apr 29, 2009 at 9:15 am

these pandas are sweet i was raised in europe and my pops was in law enforecment and the police had these things they were 4×4 and could go anywhere i mean it they were little monsters!!

lifeonacloud
Mar 26, 2009 at 7:07 am

Wow that thing is ugly haha!

Resurrected_Z28
Mar 25, 2009 at 5:40 pm

The panda look like a cross between the jeep and a 94 escort gt.

buickboy92
Mar 25, 2009 at 12:25 pm

Lol funny. I like that little Panda.

1lowscort
Mar 25, 2009 at 12:12 pm

That Jeep wasn’t influenced by the little Italian.

BullrunOldsRich
Mar 25, 2009 at 9:59 am

The ZJ was designed by AMC in the 70′s as a replacement to the XJ. AMC fell in the hard times and the XJ was selling well so it was put on the shelves until Chrysler took ownership. Then once again it was to replace the venerable XJ, but since the XJ was selling so well they decided to bring both to the market.

The ZJ has nothing to do with that little Italian piece of junk, it is a direct modernization of the XJ, which was influenced by VW golf (one of the world’s best selling cars at the time) and Renault’s cars.