Fiat Chrysler unveils new three-row Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV

DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is increasing its well-liked Jeep Grand Cherokee lineup with a new three-row mannequin, which the corporate believes will widen the car’s attraction in an more and more aggressive SUV market.

The Grand Cherokee L marks the fifth-generation of the SUV since its debut almost 30 years in the past. A three-row Jeep has been greater than a decade within the making. Jeep exited the section in 2010 after lackluster gross sales of a car referred to as the Commander.

“There is high-demand in a Grand Cherokee three-row. We know we are going to do extremely well,” Christian Meunier, Jeep’s world president, mentioned throughout a media briefing. “We are going to improve our leadership a lot.”

The 2021 Grand Cherokee L is recognizable as a Jeep however includes a new exterior design with horizonal LED daytime operating lights, a wider seven-slot grille and different design parts that debuted final 12 months on the corporate’s Grand Wagoneer SUV idea. It is constructed off a new Fiat Chrysler car structure, which additionally will underpin a redesigned two-row Grand Cherokee and a new plug-in hybrid model.

Fiat Chrysler mentioned the three-row car will go on sale within the second quarter, adopted later this 12 months by the two-row and plug-in fashions. The firm declined to launch pricing for the L mannequin, however it is going to possible be above the present Grand Cherokee at $34,000 and under the upcoming Wagoneer, a bigger three-row SUV that is anticipated to go on sale this 12 months beginning at about $60,000.

Meunier mentioned there might be “significant differentiation” between the three-row Grand Cherokee mannequin and the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer mannequin, an upcoming luxurious Jeep that may prime $100,000.

By the top of subsequent 12 months, Jeep is anticipated to broaden its lineup from six automobiles to 9, together with the Grand Cherokee L and Wagoneer automobiles.

The Grand Cherokee L will come customary with a 3.6-liter V-6 engine with 290 horsepower and 257 lb.-ft. of torque. A 5.7-liter V-Eight engine rated at 357 horsepower and 390 foot-pounds of torque additionally might be out there. The firm mentioned the new Grand Cherokee will provide hands-free driving know-how in late-2021 on 2022 model-year automobiles.

The inside of the Grand Cherokee L options 8.4-inch or 10.1-inch touchscreen shows in addition to a 10.25-inch frameless digital driver info display behind the steering wheel. It will provide greater than 110 security and safety features, together with 360-degree encompass view and night time imaginative and prescient cameras, in accordance with the corporate. It might be out there in six-seat and seven-seat configurations.

The next-generation Grand Cherokee fashions might be constructed at a new meeting plant that the corporate is ending in Detroit. Fiat Chrysler invested $1.6 billion to construct a 790,000-square-foot paint store and to transform the 2 authentic Mack Avenue engine vegetation into the new meeting plant.