The offer is now complete and to have the best by far motorization for the Jeep Grand Cherokee. The large diesel Indians comes with 190 or 240 HP and in three equipment variants.
Six months after launch of the new model range, the offer is now complete. While only the two petrol engines were available each in the top facilities of "Overland", the two additional equipment Laredo now come (base) and limited and the diesel engine of the Jeep fans impatiently expected.
The new diesel comes, now it should have spread, by VM motori from Italy. An old friend for Jeep, because already the Cherokee XJ, the Grand Cherokee ZJ and WJ and currently the Jeep Wrangler and be equipped with VM diesel engines. In the new Chief Indians the most potent unit that has to have been in a diesel jeep comes however: with 241 HP and 550 nm of torque to the three-liter V6 turbo engine from any current competition hiding.
The Multijet II injection technology to the six-cylinder comes from jeeps of new mother Fiat, and two performance levels are offered in the future. In Laredo, the base model, 190 PS and 440 nm will take up the VM diesel in the future with. The standard consumption (8.3 liter) changes to the limited diesel with 241 HP, but the performance: two seconds faster the 241 PS model to 100 (8.2 seconds) as his temperament braked brother storms, the maximum speed is 191 km/h for the weaker and 202 km/h for the more powerful engine.
As for decades lived in Jeep, the Laredo is equipped already so neatly, that you must miss anything essential. However, the better terrain technology is reserved the limited and the top equipment overland. Only the Grand Cherokee can be with the Quadra-lift pump referred to air spring suspension to up to 27 cm ground clearance, as well as animate with the Quadra-Drive drive and its automatic Differentialsperen to sovereign climbing. For the limited, the better terrain technology costs extra charge, at the overland series. The Laredo, whether diesel or V6 gasoline engine, comes only with steel springs and the simpler Quadra-Trac drive.
Always series: the already known by the v6 gasoline engine and there is sometimes some unharmonisch working five speed automatic transmission. Prices start at a quite popular level: the Jeep Grand Cherokee 42,300 euros 3.0 CRD Laredo, 48.850 euros of limited and 57.650 euros all inclusive version overland.
For comparison, from the base diesel models of VW Touareg, Mercedes M class and BMW X 5 - you may now for the first time without red call to as competitors for the Jeep Grand Cherokee - separate the Jeep between 6,400 and 12,200 euros...
