![]() ![]() The Hurricane engine saves weight, makes more power than the Hemi 6.4-liter V-8 used in lesser Wagoneer models, and provides greater driver comfort while towing, as the additional torque available from the twin-turbo engine requires less driver focus to maintain momentum. Avert your eyes and you’ll feel better about this fun. Exercising those 510 Hurricane Horses illustrated four mpg efficiency on the instrument cluster. The Ram’s nav screen imaging was far better as well. The large Jeep was reasonably quiet, but not as road quiet as the recent Ram 2500 - a shocker, plus the GW lacked the lane change cameras that the Ram featured. The boxy rear hatch was a magnet for road grime. Misses: the fixed rear console screen - for rear occupants’ climate and heaters - proved to be an impediment to accessing floor articles. In any mode, the ride is placid and well-damped - even when summoning those 510 horses. Night vision is an option, like Cadillac offers, while the adjustable air-ride suspension helps with towing (up to 9,860 pounds) and off-roading, as if you would ever attempt such an endeavor with a passenger wagon touting a sticker price of $107,300. You can flop second- and third-row headrests out of your line of sight with a button up front. The rear camera gets cleaned when you wash the rear window. The digital mirror lets you select camera or mirror images behind you, or trailer assist images. The 23-speaker McIntosh audio system is very special. ![]() The excellent massaging seats have their own touchscreen controls - for both front occupants. Hits: the big Jeep has its own passenger info-tainment screen that the driver cannot see, so your navigator can savor their own level of travel engagement. Wheels, window trim, front fascia, everything was black, or looked black, until you caught the Ember Pearl in the light when it revealed itself as several colors all at once. Painted a distinctive Ember Pearl finish ($645), plus wearing optional Obsidian Carbon Black appearance trim ($5,495), the Grand Wagoneer L looked to be completely black from twenty paces. Named the Hurricane - do you sense them with Stellantis engines Hemi, Hellcat, Hurricane - the smooth motor shoots the three-tons-plus “L” from 0-60 mph faster than any of its rivals, plus it gives the big Jeep horsepower bragging rights, beating the GM V-8 by 90 horses and the Lincoln’s twin-turbo V-6 by 70 horsepower.īacked by an eight-speed automatic and available with several AWD/4WD systems, our Obsidian-level Grand Wagoneer L earned EPA estimates of 14/19 mpg, with realized economy of 15 mpg on the super-slab, and 18 mpg in rural road commuting. The new engine is a 3.0-liter, in-line six-cylinder with twin turbochargers that creates 420 horsepower in regular Wagoneers, or a whopping 510 horsepower in the Grand Wagoneer. Having stated that, the Jeep’s longest products also have some of the largest cargo holds, swallowing up to 131 cubic feet of traveling gear with the second and third row seats folded flat - a 10% improvement over the regular length Wagoneer’s.Īlong with the longer three-row SUVs comes a new powerplant to improve towing capacity as well as rendering a one mpg gain in the EPA mileage estimates. Side by side, the Grand Wagoneer’s proportions look notably different as the rear overhang behind the rear axle is easily the largest of the pack. ![]()
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