Jeep Treo Concept Vehicle
Published: 22nd October 2003
- Jeep® style and four-wheel drive capability in a concept that anticipates future technology
- Entry-level vehicle fits active lifestyle from city to trailhead
- Visionary design package with basic three-seat configuration
- Concept vehicle debuts at 37th Tokyo Motor Show
Premiering at the 37th Tokyo Motor Show, Jeep Treo offers a fresh new look at classic Jeep design themes, such as the seven-bar grille and prominent windshield presence. Inside, the Jeep Treo provides space for three passengers or ‘two-plus-gear’ in a cabin that creates an open feel in what is a truly compact vehicle. Underneath, Treo is based on an all-new platform designed to utilise drive-by-wire technology and a zero-emission fuel cell – or other advanced powerplant of the future – along with an electric drive powertrain that gives Treo full-time four-wheel drive capability.
Treo’s designers were challenged to look a decade or more into the future and extend the Jeep brand’s customer base. The result is an urban mobility vehicle that provides Jeep style and freedom in a clean, compact package – one that can adapt to youthful lifestyle demands, both in an urban environment and at the trailhead.
"The Treo is a vivid new interpretation of where the Jeep brand could go in the future using the freedom of fuel cell technology. It truly exemplifies the idea of ‘fluid imagination’ thinking in a stunning, unexpected package," said Trevor Creed, Chrysler Group’s Senior Vice President of Design.
"Jeep Treo has a form and a presence that challenge the brand’s traditional dimensions, but in the end, can still be viewed as being authentically Jeep."
