If you assume a small batch of photos that landed on a Jeep Wrangler online forum today are legit, meet the all-new, fully redesigned 2018 Jeep Wrangler. As we ascertained from spy photos of the new Wrangler, the vehicle seen here appears to be a faithful rendition of the traditional Jeep profile. Can you spot the minor changes compared with the current JK-generation Wrangler"
Posted to JL Wrangler Forums by user FS90, these images are a little on the grainy side. This, purportedly, is the 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, the top dog of the Wrangler lineup. It’s unclear where the black-and-white images came from, but site admins of the JL Wrangler Forums believe they’re legit. Absent our independent confirmation of the images? source, we remain skeptical, although the vehicle they portray seems to fit what we expect from the 2018 Wrangler. The front grille seen here still features Jeep’s traditional round headlights, but they squeeze into the edges of the outer grille slots, a feature last seen on the Jeep CJ that preceded the Wrangler and ended production in 1986. The upper portion of the grille leans back in a kink, a design flair found on the original YJ-generation Wrangler of 1987 to 1995 that was softened for the TJ generation of ’97?’06 and disappeared entirely on the flat-faced JK that made its debut in 2007.

As folks on JL Wrangler Forums have pointed out, the photos depict a fold-down windshield, as evidenced by the...