Jeep Is Bringing Back Its Iconic Scrambler, and That’s Just the Start

This week, Stellantis announced a $70 billion turnaround plan through which its brand portfolio will mount an aggressive product push bringing 60 new vehicles through 2030.

While some releases like the Dakota pickup and the Ramcharger SUV are well-known at this point, there are more than a few other model announcements that arrive as complete surprises.

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Among them is a new Jeep Scrambler. Burning brightly but briefly back in the 1980s, the iconic nameplate is now set to make a return for the first time in decades.

An ’80s icon is making a return

The confirmation comes courtesy of the 2026 Investor Day presentation, wherein Stellantis laid out its FaSTLAne 2030 initiative. Among the planned additions for other models in the lineup, there’s a graphic denoting a Wrangler Scrambler variant is inbound.

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Now, admittedly, there’s little else to go on for the time being. However, if past vehicles are anything to go by, the new Scrambler stands to be pretty sweet.

Namely, because it has the potential to bring a two-door truck to the Jeep lineup once again. When the Scrambler originally hit the market in 1981, it was effectively a CJ-7 stretched to offer pickup truck utility.

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And since that time, Jeep has remained interested in the idea. From early SEMA concepts to Easter Jeep Safari builds like the JK-8 Independence and 392, the brand has looked to the Scrambler both in spirit and in name, rethinking the pickup truck in more ways than one.

Toward that end, it is worth pointing out that Jeep has previously applied the badge to a build based on the Gladiator. As much as it begs to be a single-cab, then, it could very well end up being a four-door similar to its stablemate.

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Jeep’s truck gets an SRT version

If there’s any consolation to be had about the possibility of Jeep using the Scrambler badge on anything other than a two-door, it’s that the new Wrangler variant also heralds an SRT version.

Yes, you read that right. As part of Stellantis’s efforts to bolster its enthusiast appeal, the outfit gets free reign to exercise its performance expertise across the portfolio, even beyond the Dodge and Ram divisions.

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With past Jeeps, this resulted in badass fire-breathing models like the Grand Cherokee SRT and its even more potent Trackhawk sibling. Considering those SUVs touted V8s rated for 475 horsepower and 707 horsepower, respectively, the Scrambler SRT shouldn’t be lacking in its giddyup.

Moreover, both of those examples boasted plenty of go-fast goodies beyond their powerful engines. Between special sport-tuned suspension, beefy Brembo brakes and extra sticky rubber, SRT’s overhauls cut much deeper.

Suffice to say, then, that a tuned Jeep pickup is a prospect that’s equal parts enticing and unique. No matter the truck’s final cab configuration, not even the Wrangler can lay claim to an SRT badge on the back.

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More to come

Beyond the return of the Scrambler, Stellantis’s plans for the Jeep brand also include new SRT Grand Cherokee and Grand Wagoneer variants. While we’ll have to wait for more updates, clearly, there’s a lot to look out for on the horizon.

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