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?What is the Jeep Renegade Desert Hawk?s Paris auto show debut"?

Jeep?s little ute, a kissing cousin to the Fiat 500X, is built in Melfi, Italy, a quick trip over land and sea from Tunisia. Which is presumably why Jeep has decided to introduce the limited-edition Desert Hawk package at Paris. A riff on the off-roady Trailhawk package, the Trailhawk?s Desert Sand paint job offers a key to what this wee ute?s all about. In addition to the map of Moab on its hood, the Renegade also gets a U.S. Army?style star decal, presumably to remind the French of George S. Patton?s role in ridding North Africa of Erwin Rommel. Perhaps in a past life, Patton fought among Utah?s red rocks. He probably did. Inside, the Desert Hawk features black leather-and-cloth seats with white accent stitching and embroidered logos. For a Renegade, it?s pretty loaded, featuring Uconnect infotainment with a 6.5-inch display, dual-zone automatic climate control, standard navigation, and FCA?s new Jeep Skills app, which offers information on vehicle attitude, wheelslip, and g-force loads while providing a selection of annotated trail maps. A four-cylinder 2.0-liter diesel and a nine-speed autom...