Maybe someone posted this before but- looks like even Fiat is caught up in the "US hates diesel" craze.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/14/no-d ... h-america/The one good point is Chrysler is going with their modern, innovative Pentastar V6 ( direct inj, turbocharged ) and that the 3.8 was just being used to tide things over timing wise.
One other point was in the comments the fact that the automatic transmission is used in Wrangler and how "unoffroading" that makes things! Everyone knows for effective wheeling the automatic is the way to go! Fiat will be offering a six speed auto behind that awesome engine....
Roland