Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK)

Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK)

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MarqueJeep
ProductionJuly 2004 – March 2010
Engine3.7 L PowerTech EKG V6 / |2 =  •Stroke: 3.58 in |2 =  •Stroke: 3.62 in |3 =  •Bore: 3.27 in |4 =  •Power: 215 hp @3800 rpm |5 =  &

This is the catalogue record of the Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK), one of 51 models Jeep has placed in the historical record and one of more than seventeen thousand cars the MotorJury library tracks. The record places its introduction in 2004. The photography on this page is hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons under an open licence, with the photographer credited on every frame.

The era it was born into

To read the Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK) properly it helps to place it in its decade. The 2000s were the decade of electronics — stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids arrived while platform-sharing consolidated the industry into a handful of giants. Any car launched into that world was shaped by it — by what materials, engineering and regulation allowed, and by what buyers of the day demanded. Its direct contemporaries in this catalogue, introduced within three years of it, include the Hyundai Hyundai Tucson, the Suzuki Motor Corporation Suzuki Swift, the Chrysler Chrysler 300 — the cars a buyer of the period would actually have cross-shopped.

The numbers, read closely

On paper, the Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK) reads like this: the record lists its engine as 3.7 L PowerTech EKG V6 / |2 =  •Stroke: 3.58 in |2 =  •Stroke: 3.62 in |3 =  •Bore: 3.27 in |4 =  •Power: 215 hp @3800 rpm |5 =  &; kerb weight is recorded at 2005 Euro 3.0 CRD (Diesel)   2210 kg / / Limited 4WD 5.7 L: 4735 lb NOTE: 2WD not available in Europe & UK; drive goes through 5-speed 545RFE automatic / 5-speed W5A580 automatic; the layout is Front-engine, rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. Every figure above is a manufacturer specification carried by the Wikipedia infobox or the open Wikidata record for this model — nothing on this page is estimated, and where a source is silent the row simply does not appear.

Its place in the Jeep story

Within Jeep's own catalogue the Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK) sits alongside the Jeep Wrangler (JK), the Jeep Wrangler (TJ), the Jeep Gladiator (2005), the Jeep Wrangler (JL). The record names the Grand Cherokee (WJ) as its predecessor and the Grand Cherokee (WK2) as its successor, fixing its place in the model line's chronology. Design is credited to Mark T. Allen (2001). Assembly is recorded at United States: Detroit, Michigan / Austria: Graz (Magna Steyr) / Venezuela: Valencia (Carabobo Assembly).

How this catalogue works

This library is generated, verified and rebuilt from the open record on every deploy. The catalogue skeleton comes from Wikidata, specifications from Wikipedia's infoboxes under CC BY-SA, photography from Wikimedia Commons under each file's own licence, and the ownership data from United States federal safety records. Nothing is written by hand and nothing is invented: every fact on this page traces to a public source, and every page is rebuilt nightly as those sources improve. Errors in the source record will appear here too — and disappear the night the source is corrected.

From catalogue to ownership

The catalogue records what the Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK) was; the ownership database records what it is like to own. MotorJury computes a verdict for every model year the United States federal record covers — complaints, recalls, real economy — refreshed nightly, with no opinions involved. If this car reached the American market, its verdicts are in there.

Specifications

Transmission5-speed 545RFE automatic / 5-speed W5A580 automatic
LayoutFront-engine, rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive
Body style5-door SUV
Kerb weight2005 Euro 3.0 CRD (Diesel)   2210 kg / / Limited 4WD 5.7 L: 4735 lb NOTE: 2WD not available in Europe & UK
Wheelbase109.5 in
AssemblyUnited States: Detroit, Michigan / Austria: Graz (Magna Steyr) / Venezuela: Valencia (Carabobo Assembly)
DesignerMark T. Allen (2001)
PredecessorGrand Cherokee (WJ)
SuccessorGrand Cherokee (WK2)
Catalogue IDQ15977237

Specifications come from the Wikipedia infobox for this model (CC BY-SA) and the open Wikidata record, and are shown only where a source actually carries them — nothing here is estimated. Figures are manufacturer specifications, not measured results.

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