Anything with the Jeep logo on it is a 'true' jeep. Purists piss me off. The company decided that selling only one vehicle was a bad idea, they could make a few more and make more money, what's wrong with that? At least they still offer a jeep that has the capabilities the old ones do.
I get the same flack when I talk to older idiots about my hemi. They're response is: well its only a semi hemi because it's not a fully hemispherical head blah blah blah. I tell them that it makes a lot of damn power and torque and is pretty darn good as far as gas engines are concerned. The original hemi rewrote the rule book on engines, just because this one doesn't isn't a reason to dog on it.