Name: New Jeep Grand Cherokee models and Specifications
Brand: Jeep

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A 2.0-litre petrol engine is paired with an electric motor in this plug-in hybrid SUV. It’s reasonably quick (0-62mph takes 6.3 seconds) and can officially manage 31 miles on pure battery power.

2.0 Turbo 4xe PHEV

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This trim comes with loads of standard equipment, including 21in alloy wheels, four-zone climate control, massaging front seats, a digital rear-view mirror and a head-up display.

Summit Reserve

Jeep only makes SUVs, but it has plenty of them for you to choose from. So, whether you want something rugged enough to ford streams and climb mountains, or a more luxurious and family-friendly car, it has something to suit you.

Despite its all-American image, Jeep is actually owned by Fiat, meaning Jeeps often share parts with cars from the Italian giant; the entry-level Renegade, for example, has plenty in common with Fiat’s 500X.

However, perhaps the most widely recognised Jeep is the Wrangler, a model that has a dedicated fan base and which closely resembles the original Jeep which saw service in World War 2.

The brand’s future plans include new small and large SUVs, plus the introduction of fully electric models.

JEEP

GRAND CHEROKEE

2.0 Turbo 4xe PHEV Summit Reserve 5dr Auto

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2.0 Turbo 4xe PHEV Limited 5dr Auto

Jeep Grand Cherokee

Introduction

Performance & drive

Interior

Passenger & boot space

Costs & verdict

The biggest issue with the Jeep Grand Cherokee is that it's not really designed for the European market. In the UK, plug-in hybrids (<a href="https://www.whatcar.com/news/plug-in-hybrid-cars/n22743">PHEVs</a>) only really make sense if you’re looking to save money on <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/news/company-car-tax-calculator">company car tax</a>&nbsp;and rivals offer drastically lower bills because of their lower CO2 emissions and longer electric ranges.

For context, a <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/land-rover/range-rover-sport/4x4/review/n74">Range Rover Sport</a> P440e will cost company car drivers less than half the amount in salary sacrifices, despite having a slightly higher list price.

The Grand Cherokee doesn’t make a whole heap of sense if you’re buying privately, either, mainly because it’s predicted to depreciate more quickly than its <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/best/luxury-suvs/n17036">luxury SUV</a> rivals – not just the Range Rover Sport, but also the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x5/4x4/review/n38">BMW X5</a> and the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/lexus/rx/4x4/review/n137">Lexus RX</a>.

Cheaper trim levels will soon be offered, which will at least make the asking price a little more palatable. And the Summit Reserve version that’s on sale right now is incredibly well equipped, with 21in alloys, four-zone climate control, massaging front seats, a digital rear-view mirror and a head-up display included.

The model was awarded a five-star safety rating by <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/news/the-safest-cars-on-sale-today/n19724">Euro NCAP</a> and&nbsp;scored particularly high marks for crash protection of children&nbsp;in the back. You also get lots of aids to prevent you from having an accident in the first place, including automatic emergency braking (<a href="https://www.whatcar.com/news/what-is-aeb-and-how-does-it-work/n3283">AEB</a>), Intersection Collision Assist and traffic-sign recognition.&nbsp;

Rather less impressive is the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whatcar.com/new-car-deals/make/jeep">Jeep</a> reliability record. It finished bottom out of 32 brands&nbsp;in the 2022&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whatcar.com/news/2022-what-car-reliability-survey/n23397">What Car? Reliability Survey</a> (below even Land Rover). The Grand Cherokee wasn’t on sale at the time of the survey, so could potentially be much more dependable – but it seems unlikely.

Unlike the Range Rover Sport, the Grand Cherokee doesn’t have a CCS port for quick charging of the battery. It can accept a maximum of 7.4kW, meaning a full (0-100%) charge using a regular home wallbox will take around three hours.

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If you’ve fully charged the battery and switch to EV mode, the Jeep Grand Cherokee can theoretically do 30&nbsp;miles on pure battery power. In the real world, 20-25 miles is more realistic – and that’s assuming you're not barrelling down a motorway (it can do 80mph without any help from the petrol engine).

If you choose Hybrid mode instead, the car will decide for itself when to deploy the petrol engine and when to run on the electric motor. Assuming there’s charge in the battery, that largely means electric power in urban environments, with the petrol engine firing up to assist on faster roads – especially uphill ones.

It's very noticeable when the switch happens, because the four-cylinder petrol engine is decidedly buzzy – not silky like the six-cylinder engines in rival plug-in hybrids (<a href="https://www.whatcar.com/news/plug-in-hybrid-cars/n22743">PHEVs</a>), including the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x5/4x4/review/n38">BMW X5</a> and the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/land-rover/range-rover-sport/4x4/review/n74">Range Rover Sport</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Grand Cherokee isn’t as quick as those rivals when you floor the accelerator pedal, although it can do 0-62mph in a very respectable 6.3 seconds.

So far, we’ve driven it on smooth roads in southern Spain, and ride comfort was fairly impressive. There’s a bit more shimmy at motorway speeds than in the best rivals, but bigger obstacles, including speed bumps, are dealt with impressively. The UK’s potholed roads will&nbsp;prove more of a challenge.

You wouldn’t expect a <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/best/luxury-suvs/n17036">luxury SUV</a> to corner&nbsp;like a <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/best/hot-hatches/n17005">hot hatch</a>&nbsp;but even by class standards it feels quite heavy and doesn’t like being asked to change direction quickly. It certainly prefers munching miles on a long, straight road to meandering along a country lane.

It's seriously impressive off road, though. Thanks to standard air suspension with five-stage adjustable ride height, it has up to 275mm of ground clearance. That’s almost an exact match for the Range Rover Sport P440e and significantly more than most other rivals.

A short front overhang means it has a higher maximum approach angle than the Sport, although its maximum wading depth is lower (600mm vs 900mm).

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Who invented the luxury SUV? You’ll get a different answer depending on who you ask, but Jeep certainly believes it was first to market. Not with the Jeep Grand Cherokee we’re reviewing here, but with the Wagoneer back in the early 1960s.

The Grand Cherokee is, though, the natural successor to the Wagoneer, which was on sale in the US more than five years before the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/land-rover/range-rover/4x4/review/n17353">Range Rover</a> was launched in Britain. It’s a near five-metre-long SUV designed to cosset you when driving on the road, but also get you to places a mountain goat might think twice about venturing. In essence, it's America’s answer to the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/land-rover/range-rover-sport/4x4/review/n74">Range Rover Sport</a>.

In some countries, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is available with V6 and V8 petrol engines, but in the UK it’s sold exclusively as a <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/news/plug-in-hybrid-cars/n22743">plug-in hybrid</a> (PHEV) called the 4xe, which&nbsp;pairs a 2.0-litre petrol engine with an electric motor. Assuming you’ve fully charged the battery, you’ll officially be able to do 30&nbsp;miles without burning a drop of petrol. And&nbsp;when you’re less bothered about efficiency, it's pretty quick.

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At present, you can only buy the Grand Cherokee in lavish Summit Reserve guise, but cheaper versions will be offered in the near future.

Assuming you plan to drive your SUV primarily on the road (which, let’s face it, the majority of us do), the Jeep Grand Cherokee's rivals also include the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/audi/q7/4x4/review/n87">Audi Q7</a>, the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x5/4x4/review/n38">BMW X5</a> and the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/lexus/rx/4x4/review/n137">Lexus RX</a>. In this review, we’ll be finding out how the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/new-car-deals/make/jeep">Jeep</a>&nbsp;flagship squares up against those peers in all the areas that matter most to buyers – from performance and handling to boot space and running costs.

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The interior of the Jeep Grand Cherokee&nbsp;has all the right ingredients, including acres of leather, open-grain wood and piano-black finishes. However, it doesn’t have the upmarket ambience of a <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/land-rover/range-rover-sport/4x4/review/n74">Range Rover Sport</a> or the rock-solid build quality of an <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/audi/q7/4x4/review/n87">Audi Q7</a> or <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x5/4x4/review/n38">BMW X5</a>. It is, on the whole, a little disappointing for a <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/best/luxury-suvs/n17036">luxury SUV</a>.

The driving position is good, though, thanks to a comfortable, supportive seat and lots of electric adjustment. You don’t feel quite as far from the road as you do in some rivals (you’ll either like that or you won’t) but otherwise there’s little to grumble about when it comes to the fundamental seating position.&nbsp;

The air-con controls are set fairly low down on the dashboard, meaning you have to cast your gaze a long way from the road to see them. At least they’re physical (rather than touch-sensitive)&nbsp;so you soon learn to find them by feel.

Less impressive is the infotainment system – especially given the model's price and the competition it’s up against. The 10.1in touchscreen is small by modern standards, which in turn means some of the icons are quite dinky. The definition of the screen could also be better.

There's another 10in touchscreen on the passenger side of the car, which is polarised so the driver can't see what's&nbsp;displayed on it. That&nbsp;means whoever you’re ferrying around can help input sat-nav directions&nbsp;or even plug a PlayStation into the HDMI port and play Gran Turismo.

You get <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/advice/owning/what-is-android-auto/n1194">Android Auto</a> and <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/advice/owning/what-is-apple-carplay/n1193">Apple CarPlay</a> as standard, along with a punchy McIntosh sound system, but overall the infotainment set-up is one of the least impressive in the class.

Luxury SUV is very good&nbsp;off road, but is pricey and can't compete with the best European rivals

At almost five metres long, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is, unsurprisingly, a practical car compared with, say, a <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/ford/fiesta/hatchback/review/n106">Ford Fiesta</a> or <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/volkswagen/golf/hatchback/review/n17371">VW Golf</a>. However, compared with other <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/best/luxury-suvs/n17036">luxury SUVs</a>&nbsp;it doesn’t really excel.

For starters,&nbsp;like the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/land-rover/range-rover-sport/4x4/review/n74">Range Rover Sport</a>&nbsp;it’s only offered in five-seat form in the UK. The <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/audi/q7/4x4/review/n87">Audi Q7</a> and the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/volvo/xc90/4x4/review/n99">Volvo XC90</a> are available as <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/best/7-seat-cars/n2344">seven-seaters</a> – as is the slightly pricier <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x7/4x4/review/n19102">BMW X7</a>.

And while there’s plenty of leg room in the back, head room is restricted by the standard panoramic glass roof. A six-footer will probably find their head touching the ceiling if they sit upright.&nbsp;You can get around that to an extent by reclining the rear seatbacks&nbsp;for a more laid back seating position.

The floor is rather high relative to the seat bases, so taller rear passenger will feel as though their knees are being pushed up towards their chins, with minimal under-thigh support as a result. Foot space under the front seats could be more generous too.

Front space is more impressive, and two&nbsp;six-footers won’t feel remotely cramped. There are also loads of storage areas dotted around the interior.

The boot certainly isn’t small – it’s bigger than in the <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/lexus/rx/4x4/review/n137">Lexus RX</a>&nbsp;– but the Range Rover Sport and Audi Q7 can carry significantly more clobber. The rear seats can be folded down in a 60/40 split when you need to carry more.

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The Grand Cherokee is great off road, but costs too much to make up for numerous shortcomings compared with the best European rivals.

<h2>What we're looking for:</h2><ul><li>Logical and beautifully built interior, with great infotainment</li> <li>More than enough space for five passengers or, even better, seven</li> <li>Strong performance along with impressive efficiency</li> <li>Composed handling that limits any feeling of unwieldiness</li></ul>

We class a luxury SUV as being anything where our pick of the range costs more than £70,000 – and at this price point, buyers' expectations are high. So, as well as all of the qualities that make regular SUVs such well-rounded choices –&nbsp;such as decent space for passengers and luggage, a classy interior and robust materials – we also want a cosseting ride, the latest driver assistance technology and enough space to really stretch out.

The Land Rover Discovery proves that you don't need to spend a lot of money to get a luxurious SUV, but if you've got a bit more to spend, the Audi Q7 is perennially popular among buyers, and with good reason. Or, at the very top of this market, there are newer additions such as the BMW X7 to consider.

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<h2>What we're looking for:</h2><ul><li>Plenty of space for all passengers</li> <li>Large boot with lots of clever storage solutions</li> <li>Good fuel economy and running costs</li> <li>All-round comfort</li> <li>High-quality interior finish</li></ul>

We define a large SUV as anything longer than 4.5 metres. These cars aren’t usually particularly cheap to buy or lease, so in return we expect a roomy cabin, a lengthy list of standard equipment and excellent cruising refinement.

A few models in this class are two-wheel drive, but the vast majority have four-wheel drive for at least a modicum of off-road ability.

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<h2>What we're looking for:</h2><ul><li>Usefully long electric-only range</li> <li>Exceedingly frugal</li> <li>Cheap company car tax rates</li> <li>Smooth switching between electric and petrol power</li></ul>

If you're not ready to commit to a fully electric vehicle&nbsp;but have the capacity to charge your car at home or at work, a plug-in hybrid could be the perfect compromise. Electric batteries paired with a petrol or diesel&nbsp;engine means you'll never be left short of charge&nbsp;but can capitalise on cheap running costs, thanks to a surprisingly long electric-only range.

There's plenty of choice, too, whether you're after a sporty saloon like the BMW 3 Series, the 330e variant of which providing up to 36 miles of electric-only driving on a full charge, or a large load-lugging large SUV, including the Volvo XC90 T8, which claims an extraordinary&nbsp;113mpg.

Throw in competent handling and driving prowess, despite the added weight of the electric batteries, and a plug-in hybrid&nbsp;makes a compelling case for frugal buyers.&nbsp;

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