Rare Rides Icons: The Jeep Wagoneer, The First Luxury SUV Ever (Part XV) (opens in new tab)

After the unsuccessful relaunch of the Grand Wagoneer nameplate on the ZJ platform in 1993, the storied model name was put on ice. The years rolled by as SUVs of all sizes continued to gain popularity and morph into the adjacent Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV). This was great news for Jeep, which saw its sales increase throughout subsequent two decades. During that time the Grand Wagoneer name was not entirely forgotten: Various projects aimed at resurrecting a Grand Wagoneer came and went bu...