The car: VWerks Red Jacket Jeep. The power: 285 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque from a 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 (same engine and output as a stock 2012 Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited).

For the Red Jacket edition, only one color would suffice, and Motor City Rod Shop, in Melvindale, Michigan, rolled the Jeep into their paint booth where it received a base coat of silver.

But sometimes you just want the kind of visceral brashness that creates shock and awe. This is where a vehicle like the VWerks Red Jacket Jeep ($115,000) fits in nicely. VWerks is a custom builder in ...

Alfa Romeo badly needs a volume seller, and Jeep might be about to give it one. ... Update: 04/11/23 8:30 p.m. ET: The post has been updated regarding Alfa Romeo’s response to The Drive.