Jeep Grand Cherokee

Start with what the Jeep Grand Cherokee is: a car with Petrol engine, built from 2010 to 2022, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Mark Allen.

Where it came from

The fourth-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK2) is a mid-size SUV produced by the American marque Jeep from mid-2010 to 2022. It was introduced in 2010 for the 2011 model year by Jeep. The unveiling took place at the 2009 New York Auto Show, where it received 30 awards.

Under the skin

The engine is Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 4533 lb. Drive goes through a 5-speed automatic W5A580 / 5-speed automatic 545RFE / 6-speed automatic 65RFE / 8-speed automatic 845RE / 8-speed automatic 850RE / 8-speed automatic 8HP70. The wheelbase is 2915 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

In context

In the Jeep line-up the Jeep Grand Cherokee has a clear place: it replaced the Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK); it handed the line to the Jeep Grand Cherokee (WL); the factory was Detroit, Michigan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Nissan Leaf, the Lexus LFA, the Lamborghini Aventador. Nearby in the Jeep catalogue sit the Jeep Wrangler (JK) and the Jeep Wrangler (TJ).

Owning one today

Buying one now means $10,600–$52,000 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,995–$10,983 a year. Insurance sits around $1,120–$2,490 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.