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Old 19th September 2022, 17:40   #1
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2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs

The latest iteration of the Jeep Grand Cherokee made its debut last year. The SUV has now been caught testing in India.

2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs-image5.jpg

Two test mules of the Grand Cherokee were spotted in Sawantwadi in Maharashtra. The SUV looks very similar to other off-roaders in Jeep’s line-up. It has an upright front fascia with a typical 7-slat grille, which is flanked by slim LED headlights.

2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs-image4.jpg

Inside, the Grand Cherokee comes equipped with a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system and a digital instrument cluster.

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In the international market, Jeep offers the Grand Cherokee with three engine options. These include a 3.6-litre Pentastar V6 petrol with 294 BHP and 348 Nm, a 5.7-litre V8 producing 357 BHP and 528 Nm and a 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder, turbo-petrol plug-in hybrid that makes 375 BHP and 637 Nm.

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The SUV comes equipped with Quadra-Lift air suspension, Quadra-Drive II active transfer case with an electronically controlled limited-slip differential and a sway bar disconnect system.

2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs-image0-1.jpg

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Old 19th September 2022, 17:47   #2
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re: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs

Oooh La La!
It seems Jeep is more serious about the Indian market than initially anticipated.
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re: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs

That's some news. With their flopped Renegade move, I thought they dont have a big plan for India. They seem to be aiming for premium segment and not going to compete in lower segments. IMO that's a better positioning of Jeep brand in India.
Hope they will bring their 4xe cars from Wrangler and Cherokee family too to India.

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I'm afraid of the price they will launch it at.
Compass and meridian are over priced and almost 40lakhs on road. These models might be launched at twice the price of existing models or more.
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Ford has made way for Jeep? While its unit economics for Ford, Jeep seems to be thinking differently?
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re: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs

More pictures of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee.

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re: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs

This is a perfect car to fill the void that is created due to ford exiting and we having no option than the fortuner. FCA should price this properly around 50 lacs. This is a perfect car i am planning to buy here in USA too. The new 2022 model has everything that was missing in the older models. The old ones were too basic and the interiors were clearly showing an age.
Even though the new Grand Cherokee is still a bit basic as compared to competition here in the USA what makes it a great but is the perfect combination of engineering basics (powertrain and chassis) coupled with space, road feel and bearable premium interiors plus features.
For India this is a way better option than fortuner and even the endeavor if offered with the same specs as the US. 3.6 Pentastar with 8 speed ZF if the award winning combination of the decade for FCA.
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If 180 bhp Meridian costs 45+ lakhs OTR, I have no hope this 300+ bhp will come anywhere lesser than 70 to 75 lakhs OTR (still optimistic). So expectations of 50 lakhs is not realistic.
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If 180 bhp Meridian costs 45+ lakhs OTR, I have no hope this 300+ bhp will come anywhere lesser than 70 to 75 lakhs OTR (still optimistic). So expectations of 50 lakhs is not realistic.
Maybe they'll give the same 167 bhp engine again. It is available in Hector/Safari starting at 18 lakhs. They put the same engine it in Compass costing up to 35 lakhs. People keep buying it. Then they launched *cough* elongated Compass *cough* Meridian with same engine and priced it to 45 lakhs. People are also buying it. Might be time to push that to 55 lakhs with Cherokee, just to see if people will still buy it.

Nice engine dumping ground for them.
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re: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught testing in India. Edit: Launched at 77.5 lakhs

Great to see more options versus the usual Audi / BMW / Mercedes in the Luxury SUV space. We now have players like Volvo, Lexus, Jaguar-Land Rover etc. and Jeep. They better price it correctly because the car has a lot of fans.

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Maybe they'll give the same 167 bhp engine again.
Out of the question. It is just "adequate" in the Meridian itself. No way Jeep will shoehorn an engine into the Grand Cherokee just for India where the volumes will be minimal. It'll be cheaper for them to offer the global engine (versus the engineering cost of shoehorning the 2.0L diesel).
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The rear end of the Jeep Grand Cherokee resembles the 2022 Brezza or maybe the 2022 Brezza is inspired by the Grand Cherokee
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Definitely will be an expensive proposition, probably more than Wrangler. To the untrained eye, this could be mistaken for Meridian. Its a shame that Jeep will not have any products sitting below Compass. Would be good to catch a drive in their next camp.
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The rear end of the Jeep Grand Cherokee resembles the 2022 Brezza or maybe the 2022 Brezza is inspired by the Grand Cherokee
Brezza always had a soft corner for Jeep - remember the front grille of previous Brezza and also how some owners used to modify it to look like Jeep.

On another note, the 2nd engine option of 5.7 V8 - hope that is a Diesel engine

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On another note, the 2nd engine option of 5.7 V8 - hope that is a Diesel engine
I hate to be the bearer of fabulous news but that's a normally aspirated petrol Hemi V8.

How much "fun" is extractable out of it in a truck chassis is still questionable though.

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Maybe they'll give the same 167 bhp engine again. It is available in Hector/Safari starting at 18 lakhs. They put the same engine it in Compass costing up to 35 lakhs. People keep buying it. Then they launched *cough* elongated Compass *cough* Meridian with same engine and priced it to 45 lakhs. People are also buying it. Might be time to push that to 55 lakhs with Cherokee, just to see if people will still buy it.

Nice engine dumping ground for them.
That would be suicidal for Jeep - they haven't had a good rep with quality issues on Compass and stratospheric pricing. And this opportunity to fill the void left by Ford is something they will not want to lose out on. Cherokee may not sell as much as the Endeavor sold (I don't think they are comparable at all esp BS6 Endeavor) but what ever numbers, its money for Jeep and chance to position one of their most well known brands.

But the overall front design of Jeeps lately has become meh! This smallish almost flat or inward sloping grill simply does not have the same effect as the older grills had. The rear also seems too sophisticated - overall the rugged look of their designs seems to be getting lost.

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