JM U-Series

The U-Series was Jacobson Motors' first utility vehicle, a pickup truck.

It was the most successful vehicle produced by the company, spanning 5 generations.

## Body and chassis

### Class

Pickup Truck

After all previous successes, Jacobson started the production of his first utility vehicle, a pickup truck, called the U5. The name is a combination of (U)tility and 19(5)0. This naming convention spans all of the U-Series Models, as it was a successful model line. However, this model year was known for being too fast, the engine was too powerful. It still sold well nonetheless, spanning from 1958 to 1967, an incredible 9 years. However, at this point, it was time for a change, and its production run ended, as it was definitely in need of an update.

It is considered the best car made by Jacobson Merkler.

Trim Levels

* Base
* Plus
* Ultra Plus

## Body and chassis

### Class

Pickup Truck

After the success of the U5, Robert decided to try to make the next generation of the U-Series. This was called the U7, and it was made from 1978 to 1982. It was successful, like it’s predecessor.

Trim Levels

* Base
* Plus
* Ultra-Plus

## Body and chassis

### Class

Pickup Truck

After the success of the U5 and U7, and after Robert’s son, Jason, stepped up on July 29, 1986, Jason wanted to, again, continue the success of the U-Series with a new generation, called, like all the other U-Series vehicles, by the specific naming scheme, in this case, becoming the U8. Produced from 1987 to 1990, the U8 saw a massive amount of trim options, making it incredibly popular. It also introduced a semi-new naming scheme: The U8 Series, or Base Series, or the smallest, Single-Cab series trucks. The U80, or King Cab series, and the U800, or Crew-Cab Series. Each of these also had a Heavy-Duty variant (with D at the end of the Series Name), a Medium-Luxury Variant ( with a + at the end of the Series Name), or the Ultra-Plus variants, which had Ultra-Plus at the end of the Series Name. The U8 was a huge success, and a great introduction for Jason Merkler.

Trim Levels

## Body and chassis

### Class

Pickup Truck

In 1993, Jason started the next generation of the U-Series once more, with the U9, from 1993 to 1997. It introduced a new naming scheme again, but less trims, in order to simplify the overall amount of model trims and lessen confusion. These variants were: The U9, or Base Model, the U90, or Base King-Cab, the U900, or Base Crew-Cab, the Heavy-Duty Variants of each (Adds XT to the end of the Series Name), and the Luxury Variants of each (which added LXT to the end of the Series Name). Once again, like all the other U-Series pickup trucks, the U9 was a success.

 U9XT
 U90
 U90XT
 U900
 U900XT
 U9LXT
 U90LXT
 U900LXT

## Body and chassis

### Class

Pickup TruckSUV

The U-100 was the next generation U-Series pickup truck. Produced from 2000-2009, it was mostly successful. It simplified the naming scheme even more. The variants were: the U-100, or Base Model Variant, the U-120, or King-Cab Variant, the U-145, or Crew-Cab Variant, the U-240 UTX, or Heavy-Duty Variant, and the U-2300 LX, or the Luxury Variant.

 U-120
 U-145
 U-240 UTX
 U-2300 LX

**SUV Variant**

Jason decided to add a new model. The U-H100 was an SUV variant of the U-100. It came in several variants: U-H100, or the Base-model. U-H250, or a larger variant, U-H100LX, or Luxury, U-H250LX, or Luxury variant U-H250, and the U-H100 S, or Sport Model. It was somewhat successful, and ran from 2000-2009.

 U-H250
 U-H100LX
 U-H250LX
 U-H100 S