In a great digital experiment, Wired reporter Andy Greenberg played the roll of “crash-test dummy” as two hackers took him for the ride of his life in this late-model Jeep.

This mantra is perhaps best exemplified (at least for today), by the incredible amount of work [Stephen Robinson] did to convert a real Jeep Cherokee into a remote control toy.

Two hackers were able to take remote control of a Jeep as a journalist drove at 70 mph on a St. Louis road, and Chrysler has quietly issued a software patch to fix the security flaw.

On June 1, 2025, in Rus, Jaén, Spain, an RC Jeep Gladiator was filmed climbing a spiral staircase. The video shows the miniature vehicle skillfully navigating the tight turns with impressive traction.