There was a time when wooden cars were a common sight across the entire American landscape. While those tables are most are often found on station wagons (RIPs), another vehicle that famously wore them decades ago :The’s the original Jeep Grand Wagoneer. The Birth of the Present big carriage the models may have fulfilled some aspiration for exterior wood panels. While Stellantis hasn’t offered that option on the full-size SUV, a company called Motive (H/T to auto blog) got you covered. But you have to Acts quickly and has some deep pockets.
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Currently, there is a small aftermarket for the new Grand Wagoneer and the wood paneling. There is a company in Texas called Wagonmaster will sell you wooden molds for the Grand Wagoneer for $1,900. But it’s not like what Motive is doing. The company is selling something call Performing Arts Grand Wagoneersand Motive only produces them in limited quantities.
The process begins with ordering your Grand Wagoneer through Motive, who will then deliver the vehicle to Irvine, California-based on the automotive design company Aria. This is where the magic begins. Once at Aria, artist Stuart Lyman hand painted Wood grain art on the sides of Grand Wagoneers. Once Lyman is finished, a transparent protective layer will be applied.
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Buyers will be able to choose between three different trims. The first is called the Classic Woody Edition and more closely resembles Grand Wagoneers of yore. It gets white exterior paint with dark walnut woodgrain art. Then there’s the Grand Adventure Edition which gets woodgrain art described as “rough-sawn.”
If you want something that isn’t as bright, you can go for the Grand Touring Edition, which can be had with dark woodgrain art. Or you can go all out and have your Grand Wagoneer custom painted in whatever woodgrain art you’d prefer.
The variants aren’t all just woodgrain art, either. The Grand Adventure gets 20 inch Heritage wheels with BF Goodrich all-terrain tires while the Grand Touring gets 22 inch Vossen alloy wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires which is a very interesting tire choice for something this huge. That’s in addition to special options like performance accessories and outdoorsy accessories.
If these things appeal to your nostalgia you better act quick. Motive is only 45 examples; 15 of each edition. And they aren’t cheap at $150,000 a pop. The good thing is that Motive is making a donation to the Hagerty Driver’s Foundation for each Grand Wagoneer that’s sold.
