Jeep Grand Cherokee: Six PHEV is billed as V8 . replacement

Jeep car To be away from the V8and a twin-turbo six plug-in hybrid could sit on top instead Grand Cherokee scope instead.

Jim Morrison, the brand’s North American boss, in an interview with Advocacy agencyrule out the prospect of any performance variant of the redesigned SUV packing a V8 engine.

Nor will he commit to returning the Trackhawk nameplate to Grand Cherokee line. This nameplate was used on a version of the upcoming WK2, equipped with a 6.2-liter turbocharged V8 with flamethrower.

In addition to saying “makes sense” for the four-cylinder plug-in hybrid powertrain used in the three-row Grand Cherokee L – it is revealed only in the guise of two rows – Jeep’s boss suggests that it won’t sit atop Grand Cherokee orders for long.

When asked if the non-hybrid version of Stellantis’ New Storm As Morrison reports, a 3.0-liter twin-turbo six will be available on the Grand Cherokee, which Morrison says has little to do with the 4xe having so much torque.

That indicates that the previously announced plug-in hybrid version of the Hurricane six is ​​making its way into the Grand Cherokee instead.

Morrison also alluded to wanting to maintain the pulling power of the Grand Cherokee, one of the best in its class in the US, and hinted that Jeep may have “another solution” for towers.

“You know, I don’t want to let anything happen,” he said, referring to the pull rating.

In the US, the WL Grand Cherokee has 3265kg of braking power with the naturally aspirated 5.7-liter V8 petrol engine available.

The naturally aspirated 3.6-liter V6 has a towing capacity of 2813kg and the four-cylinder four-cylinder has a towing capacity of 2721kg.

Only the V6 and PHEV have been confirmed in Australia for the local WL range.

Jeep has yet to announce which vehicles will use the Hurricane six plug-in hybrid and what its output will be, but it will almost certainly produce more power and torque than the standard versions. and high capacity debuted in Wagoneer L and Grand Wagoneer L.

The Hurricane six’s standard output tune produces 313kW of power and 635Nm of torque, while the high output tune produces 375kW and 678Nm.

Extended length Wagoneer L and Grand Wagoneer L are not available at all with the V8s powering their standard-length brethren: the 5.7-litre mild-hybrid with 292kW and 547Nm, and the 6.4-litre with 351kW and 616Nm.

“If you wanted a Jeep V8, I’d buy one sooner,” said Mark Allen, Jeep’s head of exterior design. this early year.

The company has previously pledged to have a 4xe variant for all of its models by 2025. It is now offering 4xe versions of the vehicle. Locality, Extend and Wranglernot available here though.

In addition to continuing to roll out plug-in hybrids, Stellantis is investing in pure electric propulsion for the Jeep brand.

In March, Stellantis launched an electric small SUV that will go on sale globally in 2023, and introduced several large SUVs in a steel chassis last July.

It will go all-electric in Europe by 2030, and that same year it is aiming for electric vehicles to account for 50% of its sales in North America.

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