Fiat Chrysler unveils new three-row Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV

DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is increasing its in style Jeep Grand Cherokee lineup with a brand new three-row mannequin, which the corporate believes will widen the car’s enchantment in an more and more aggressive SUV market.

The Grand Cherokee L marks the fifth-generation of the SUV since its debut practically 30 years in the past. A 3-row Jeep has been greater than a decade within the making. Jeep exited the section in 2010 after lackluster gross sales of a car known as the Commander.

“There’s high-demand in a Grand Cherokee three-row. We all know we’re going to do extraordinarily effectively,” Christian Meunier, Jeep’s world president, stated throughout a media briefing. “We’re going to enhance our management rather a lot.”

The 2021 Grand Cherokee L is recognizable as a Jeep however contains a new exterior design with horizonal LED daytime working lights, a wider seven-slot grille and different design components that debuted final yr on the corporate’s Grand Wagoneer SUV idea. It’s constructed off a brand new Fiat Chrysler car structure, which additionally will underpin a redesigned two-row Grand Cherokee and a brand new plug-in hybrid model.

Fiat Chrysler stated the three-row car will go on sale within the second quarter, adopted later this yr by the two-row and plug-in fashions. The corporate declined to launch pricing for the L mannequin, however it should possible be above the present Grand Cherokee at $34,000 and beneath the upcoming Wagoneer, a bigger three-row SUV that is anticipated to go on sale this yr beginning at about $60,000.

Meunier stated there can be “vital differentiation” between the three-row Grand Cherokee mannequin and the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer mannequin, an upcoming luxurious Jeep that can high $100,000.

By the top of subsequent yr, Jeep is predicted to increase its lineup from six autos to 9, together with the Grand Cherokee L and Wagoneer autos.

The Grand Cherokee L will come customary with a 3.6-liter V-6 engine with 290 horsepower and 257 lb.-ft. of torque. A 5.7-liter V-8 engine rated at 357 horsepower and 390 foot-pounds of torque additionally can be out there. The corporate stated the brand new Grand Cherokee will provide hands-free driving know-how in late-2021 on 2022 model-year autos.

The inside of the Grand Cherokee L options 8.4-inch or 10.1-inch touchscreen shows in addition to a ten.25-inch frameless digital driver info display behind the steering wheel. It can provide greater than 110 security and security measures, together with 360-degree encompass view and evening imaginative and prescient cameras, in line with the corporate. Will probably be out there in six-seat and seven-seat configurations.

The following-generation Grand Cherokee fashions can be constructed at a brand new meeting plant that the corporate is ending in Detroit. Fiat Chrysler invested $1.6 billion to construct a 790,000-square-foot paint store and to transform the 2 authentic Mack Avenue engine crops into the brand new meeting plant.