WJ- 1999+ Grand Cherokees
ZJ- 1993-1998 Grand Cherokees
XJ- All Cherokees
YJ- 1988-1995 Wranglers
TJ- 1997+ Wranglers
MJ- All Commanchees
KJ- All Liberties

there are more but those are the main ones, all jeep models have some kind of *J designation

 

all jeep models have some kind of *J designation

actually not all, 2nd gen liberties were KK, 05-10 grand cherokees were WK, 11-present grand are WK2, , patriots i believe are MK, etc

 

When the post you are referring to was posted, back in 2002, none of the vehicles you mention existed.

 

That's exactly what I was looking for Thanks, ART

 

What the hell do they stand for?

My parents van is a Dodge Grand Caravan ES. I like to think that ES means extra **** because the ES model is the higher end model.

 

remember the horizons with "GLH"? Goes Like He//.

those engineers must have fun naming the new cars... big ol' kegger!!! "now WTF do we name this 1???" other drunken engineer "WTF sounds good!!!!"

 

well es is just a trim level on the van, a *J designated an entire model or model generation, all car companies have designations for their cars theyre just not as widely used as jeep

 

But what does the M K W X Y T actually stand for?

 

Found a definitive list;
CJ is a CJ of course, Civilian Jeeps.
XJ = "down-sized" Cherokee
ZJ = '93-'98 Grand Cherokee
WJ = '99+ Grand Cherokee
SJ = old full-size Wagoneer/Cherokee
MJ = Comanche Pick-up (XJ-based p'up)
TJ = '97+ Wrangler
YJ = '87-'95 Wrangler
DJ = old Postal/Dispatch Jeeps, based on CJ5's
VJ = original Jeepster
KJ = Liberty or the '02+ Cherokee if you're outside the US
MB/GPW = old/early WWII flat fender Jeeps, i think the Willy's were MB's and the Fords were GPW's?
FC150/170 = forward-control Jeeps, these were funky pick-ups, no clue what the number represented, but I know it's not the wheelbase
C101 = '62-'71 Jeepster/Commando
C104 = '72-'73 Commando

Then there's the "J-Series" trucks which were the full-size Jeep pick-ups, these were the J10 and J20. The number designated it's payload capacity, ie: 10 = 1/2 ton, 20 = full ton. The "M-Series" trucks were the military versions of the J-Series.

I think that's all of them?

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Jason, aka: Jeepin.com

 

and the 05-10 Grand C is WK, 11- is WK2, 07- wrangler is JK, patriot MK 2nd gen liberty KK, etc

 

Forgot the LJ. A long version of a TJ.

 

this was really brought back from 2002????????????????????????



wow.

 

Lol..... Im kinda curious now though..... did they arbitrarily just grab a letter or was there some kind of system to it?

 

Holy zombie thread.
How did you even find this 10 year old thread?

 

by a little something most people dont like to use called the "search feature".

:rofl:

 

Oh damn, I didn't even look at the post dates. :laugh:

 

Wowwwwwww. I was 12 when this thread was started Lol.

But im also curious as to what they stand for

 

Hi guys. I know this thread is 21 years old, and hasn't been used since 2012, but I too am curious what they stand for. 🤖

 

I was also just wondering about that. Good thing I didn’t need to use the search tool to find this info.

Now, headed back to where I live in the WK2 forum.

 

Except perhaps for the early days, model codes don't stand for anything, they are not acronyms or abbreviations. They are simply model codes jeep uses for development and production.

Technically a WK2 model does not exist, but we needed something to differentiate between the pre and post 2011 Grand Cherokee models so we made up WK2. It has become the convention.

There are also MK, BU, MP, XK, WL, and KL model codes.