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Third up for a Detroit unveiling is the Jeep Renegade. SUVs are going to have to get smaller and more economical, and this is a dinky little thing: 3,885mm long, 1,598mm wide and 1,431mm high. An aluminium-bodied two-seater with a cut-down speedster-style windscreen, minimal bodywork and interior trim and a hose-clean cockpit, it’s powered by a new small-capacity Bluetec diesel engine in combination with battery pack and 85kW electric motors driving each axle.

This hybrid set up is said to be capable of giving over 110mpg. A dune buggy like this would be too hardcore for many buyers, but it might just suggest the route Chrysler could take with a new-generation Wrangler .