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Report: 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee base price plummets by over $3,000

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Filed under: Car Buying , SUV , Jeep If you’ve just purchased a new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee , you have our sincere congratulations, but you also might not want to read this post any further. The 2012 Grand Cherokee, which goes on sale next month, will reportedly benefit from a $3,220 price decrease versus the 2011 model. This means that the base Laredo trim level with two-wheel drive will now carry an MSRP of $26,995. It also means that the resale value of your 2011 model has likely just taken a pretty severe whack

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Jeep Grand Cherokee to get 3.0L diesel V6 in North America by 2013

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Filed under: SUV , Europe , Jeep , Diesel , Off-Road Autoblog just heard it straight from the Italian-Canadian horse’s mouth: The hot new Jeep Grand Cherokee in North America will – somewhere between soon and the end of 2013 – be getting the same recently improved 3.0-liter V6 turbo-diesel engine that Europe gets. In the Grand Cherokee, this oil-burning powerplant is good for 237 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque, the latter of which is fully delivered between 1,800 and 2,800 rpm. This is music to all Jamboree and Rubicon fanatics everywhere. It has not been decided whether or not there might be a special six-speed manual shifter offered alongside the W5A580 five-speed overdrive automatic transmission, and an eight-speed automatic is in the works, as well.

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Chrysler looking to boost Japanese sales by 21% with launch of new Grand Cherokee

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Filed under: Japan , Crossover , Chrysler , Jeep 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Click above for high-res image gallery The Jeep Grand Cherokee is selling like hotcakes here in the States, with sales of the new crossover up 130 percent in January. Chrysler hopes the Grand Cherokee will find similar success overseas, with Automotive News reporting that the automaker is hoping the new Jeep will help boost sales by 21 percent in Japan. By the numbers, this means that Chrysler is counting on the Grand Cherokee to bump sales up from 2,350 units in 2010 to something closer to 3,000 in 2011, with the Jeep accounting for anywhere between 500 and 1,000 of those transactions. That’s only a few days worth of sales here in the United States, but considering the fact that Jeep sold only 88 units in all of 2009 in Japan, being able to move 1,000 units is indeed a big step forward

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Jeep Grand Cherokee with 3.0L diesel V6 to bow in Geneva

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Filed under: SUV , Geneva Motor Show , Chrysler , Jeep , Diesel 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Click above for high-res image gallery Chrysler would like to sell a healthy quantity of Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs in Europe, but the Auburn Hills, MI-based automaker knows that won’t happen without a diesel option. That’s why Team Pentastar will unveil a new 3.0-liter oil burner early next month at the Geneva Motor Show . The new mill packs 241 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque; more than enough grunt to motivate Jeep’s handsome ute. The new mill will feature Fiat’s MultiJetII technology, making the new engine cleaner and more efficient, with 10 percent more horsepower and eight percent more torque than Chrysler’s outgoing CRD offering.

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Chrysler fixes Grand Cherokee handling issue identified by Consumer Reports

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Filed under: SUV , Etc. , Safety , Chrysler , Jeep 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Click above for high-res image gallery According to Consumer Reports , Chrysler has addressed a handling issue with the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee that the publication discovered during independent testing. During a double-lane-change emergency maneuver, CR testers noted a considerable amount of skidding and hopping at the very limit of traction.

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Cadillac CTS-V, Jeep Grand Cherokee named 2011 Internet Car and Truck of the Year

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Filed under: Coupe , Sedan , Performance , Crossover , Cadillac , Jeep , Off-Road 2011 Cadillac CTS-V and 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Click above for high-res image galleries The Internet Car and Truck of the Year voting jury has just announced its pair of winners for 2011, and top honors go to both the Cadillac CTS-V and Jeep Grand Cherokee . For 2011, the CTS-V is offered in a trio of body styles, all of which boast a 556-horsepower supercharged V8 and seriously good driving dynamics. Likewise, the 2011 Grand Cherokee remains one of the best off-road vehicles in its class, and points the way forward for the “new Chrysler .” In addition to the vehicles picked by the Internet Car and Truck of the Year jurors, the motoring public was able to cast its vote for the “Average Joe” awards.

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