NEW OPTIONS TOUTED
FOR WRANGER JEEP
Copyright 2004 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ April 30th 2004 ]
Daimler
Chrysler has announced a new options package for
the Wrangler Rocky Mountain Jeep. New features
include: 4.0L Power Tech I-6 engine, 5-speed manual
transmission, command-trac part-time four-wheel
drive transfer case Dana 44 rear axel, 30" Goodyear
GS-A tires, graphite fender flares, diamond plate
sill guard, two tone cloth seats, classic round
halogen fog lamps, silver center stack bezel,
15x8 inch alcoa cast aluminum wheels, full-size
spare with matching wheel, tow hooks, and AM/FM/CD
with overhead speaker pods.
Jeep
replaced Land Rover as the vehicle of choice for
Paramount Pictures' buxom adventurer Lara Croft.
In the film, Angelina Jolie, who portrays Croft
in Paramount's sequel Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle
of Life, sat behind the wheel of a customized
Rubicon, a modified version of Jeep's Wrangler
off-roader. The Croft character briefly drove
a Land Rover Defender in the first Tomb Raider
in 2001.
The customized
Tomb Raider Wrangler was available to consumers
in limited numbers when launched, a move that
enabled the marketing pact between the automaker
and Paramount to extend beyond the traditional
three month campaign to more than a year. A replica
of the actual Rubicon jeep used in the movie is
now on display in Coventry Museum along with Austin
Powers' Union Jack painted E type Jaguar and James
Bond's Vanquish.
Had my
travel expenses been approved you would have scored
an exclusive tour report from Coventry Museum
and interview with curator Joe Elliott, but since
my bosses wallet is tighter than a ducks ass you'll
just have to take yourself!
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