It shared a platform with Jeep’s Compass and the Dodge Caliber, but was positioned as the most rugged and off-road-capable of the three. The Patriot was available with either front-wheel drive ...

The result is the wheels ... 44 front and rear axles, each with lockers, making it the only Jeep trim that leaves the factory ready for the outdoors. Rubicon versions of the JL, TJ, and JK ...

The original four-wheel ... the Jeep trademark, and the first civilian Jeep, 1945’s CJ-2A, went on sale and was aimed at farmers and others in need of a vehicle that could work off-road.