12/31/2022 0 Comments Jeep 4x4 limitedWhen the driver pushes the Sport mode setting, the Grand Cherokee is transformed into a sporty SUV. The test car also came equipped with the Off Road Adventure Package ( a $1,795 option) which features Quadra-Lift air suspension. Unfortunately, in the real world, plan on 15 and 22 respectively. This engine is rated at 17 City / 24 Highway. It is mated to an 8-speed paddle-shifting manumatic transmission, with overdrive that shifts smoothly, and quickly. That’s quite a feat considering that the Grand Cherokee weighs nearly 5,000lbs. of torque, this powerplant was more than enough to make the Grand Cherokee feel strong and powerful, and made passing on two lane highways, and merging onto highways a snap. Our test car was equipped with the 3.6 liter Pentastar V-6. Next is a 290-hp, 3.6-liter V-6 (regular gas), a 360-hp, 5.7-liter V-8 (regular gas) and the incredible 470-hp, 6.4-liter Hemi V-8 (premium gas). The Grand Cherokee offers four engines to choose from, starting with a 240-hp, 3.0-liter V-6 diesel. Modern Grand Cherokees are mostly thought of as luxury SUV’s that folks in the Snow Belt especially covet for their ability to get through the rough winters, and not the rock climbing, stream fording, and incline/decline terrain gobbling vehicle it can be. But if we flash forward to today, the vast majority of Jeep vehicles never see any service off-road, especially if you’re talking about the luxury models like the Grand Cherokee. If there is one thing you can say definitively about Jeep is that they know off-road. And millions of soldiers drove them, or drove in them. Millions of them were built, and they saw action in the forests of Europe, and the sands and jungles of Asia in World War II, as well as Korea, and even Viet Nam. 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4×4 By Ken Glassman The Jeep came into existence during World War II, when the US Government needed a small agile 4-wheel drive vehicle that could get through mud, snow, and sand, and carry 4 soldiers, crawl up and down hills, ford small streams, tow a light artillery piece, and be reliable and easy to service.
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