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“It's also the brand's first ever hybrid vehicle. Jeep reintroduce the Cherokee nameplate and introduced their first ever conventional hybrid powertrain.”
“And for 2026, the company is seeing fit to finally give us a fully revised model. As you can see this week, we're here in Malibu, California, driving the updated Grand Cherokee.”
“including this new feature called turbulent jet ignition or TJI. It's basically, at least what Jeep claims is the first kind of production usage of that kind of technology that allows the combustion chamber to be a lot more efficient in how it burns the fuel. And the result is significantly more power, less emissions, and less fuel consumption.”
“This is where Jeep made basically the one critical change. All Grand Cherokees now come with the bigger 12.3 in UK connectnect display. So previously the old system was 10.1 in but it was also you connect 5. This is now 2 in larger.”
“the company offered a 5.7 L Hemi V8. However, the Hemi was discontinued pretty quickly. They only offered it for like a year or two and then 2023 they discontinued it.”
“They also discontinued the 4XE powertrain, which honestly had so much power for the class. It was a speed a speedy option, like a 5 1/2 second 0 to 60 run. So, I was a little sad when Jeep discontinued the plug-in hybrid model.”
“I remember the last one that I tested around a year ago was a fully loaded Summit Reserve. That was like $75,000, which I thought was grossly overpriced. Jeep heard my complaints and a lot of everyone else's complaints, and they've significantly reduced down pricing.”
“So, really Jeep is giving us more technology, more power, uh better standard equipment, and at a price that's significantly less versus the pre-refresh models. So, it's kind of a good thing. It's a win-win.”
“Well, for 2026, I'm happy to report that the Cherokee is back, and it appears that Jeep has certainly done their homework because this model rides on their brand new Stella architecture.”
“Jeep says this model is rated to get 39 in the city, 35 on the highway, about 37 combined. That's around a 50% improvement in efficiency versus the previous generation.”
“Jeep says you have up to 30% more cargo space versus the previous generation. That's because this is built on a new platform. It's larger on the outside, which means you have 33.6 cubic feet of storage space back here.”
“Jeep says 8.7 seconds, which is pretty slow. I would estimate this car is probably going to be just under 8 seconds. So, it's going to be a little faster, I think, versus what Jeep claims.”
“Jeep basically said at the presentation to assure us that this this powertrain has been, you know, durability tested. They spent years uh testing this powertrain in extreme conditions and they also put over two and a half million miles in their testing for this powertrain.”