They were not the best sellers but now they are desireable. Funny how that works.
I think it'll be a repeat of history. I personally want one but I want a Jeep with a smaller/shorter truck bed, not a full truck bed. My bet is that what goes to production will be too big, too much overhang in the rear, and won't be different enough from a Ford Ranger or Tacoma for example. So, Jeep truck sales will do good for a year, then the Ford Ranger will make it's comeback in 2019/2020 and Toyota will do something with the Tacoma line to fight the incursion into it's sales, and then Jeep will stop making the Jeep truck again. 30 years later people will again say "They were not the best sellers but now they are desirable. Funny how that works."
I agree with the outcome. My perspective is that a Jeep is a jeep, and trying to make a Jeep in to a truck, is just tough in the market. A guy takes his wife out looking for a "truck" and goes to the Jeep dealership, then they go look at any other truck and realize that the interior is nicer on a non-Jeep truck, and discuss the foolishness in taking a $40K vehicle off road, so why are we looking at a Jeep truck again?