Signs of life by Jeep. The Grand Cherokee comes to us in a new way. The marriage is divorced but long, most splinters are swept away, and Chrysler is now part of the Fiat family. But the last contractions of the liaison with Daimler still reverberate. Because when the new Jeep Grand Cherokee comes also to us at the turn of the year, then rolling the SUV on a Chrysler platform or a soil group from Italy by the band, but uses even the Builder of the current Mercedes-Benz M-class. Mogul runs smoothly ironed the German genes the Americans do well: with the new platform of the Gelandeganger in each dimension is a little bigger, without having to go out of shape.

“The suspension is solid, the turning circle is shrunk a little, the body is pleasantly stiff and in the upmarket variants there is now even a suspension, even the Moguls, the American-friendly Highway” call, reasonably smooth iron. Only short bursts on fast following end joints can’t stand the Grand Cherokee and is confirmed by a massage program for the Passengers. Also, the brake obviously has trouble with the 2.5-tonne truck. Would not any shame that you would lack the bite, but a little more finesse. The chapter DaimlerChrysler completes though and so some Manager in Detroit will learn just Italian of the Grand Cherokee not developed but still Fiat directed. Technical basis of the great Jeep model is the Mercedes M-class.

Compared to its predecessor, the Grand Cherokee has grown while, the turning circle is shrunk but even a little. More wood than in the Western saloon inside, the Chief of the Indians a bit on Mercedes makes also. Especially in the top version overland, which starts in December sales in Austria, there are therefore more vinyl, leather and wood as in a chic Western style saloon.

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