I just looked up the Wagoneer and the 2-door Jeep Cherokee. I think both of those are a little too long. Vehicles with only 2 doors that are big enough to have 4 doors really aren't SWB vehicles, imo. That would mean the original 2 Trooper should be in there, but technically it's certainly not short enough.

Only 2 doors, but certainly not short...


What I was really going for with this thread are those little trucks that are seldom made anymore for some reason (at least in the USA), that end up being legendary little wheeling machines. If you look at the majority of the entries, we have a lot to choose from, but very few of these vehicles are available any more. And the "new school" of SWB SUVs tend to be a little wimpy, imo.

Everything today is either:

A) A pick-up truck
B) A wimpy grocery getter hardly qualified enough to be a stout SWB 4x4 (i.e. RAV4 and CRV)
C) A full sized 4-door SUV

It really seems the only vehicle made in any significant number today (in the US) that fits this criteria is the Jeep Wrangler.

I think the whole point of this thread for me was to get a nice list of those vehicles that fit into that "legendary little wheeling machine" category.

I just don't know why we don't have stuff like this anymore...except for Jeeps.

Bart