Good news for those of you who felt itchy about waiting until the Detroit auto show to open its doors to the press on Monday to learn about the 2014 Grand Cherokee, as a comprehensive image gallery along with the first info on the refreshed Jeep model were shared on the internet today.
In its current form, the Grand Cherokee has only been in the market since summer of 2010 (as a 2011 model in North America) or about two and-a-half years, yet the facelift brings notable changes to the mid-size model beginning with its appearance.
The front end of the Jeep has been redesigned and now sports newly shaped headlamps similar in styling to those of the latest Chrysler 300 and a less flashy seven-slot grille along with a new bumper.
At the back, we find a new set of LED tail lamps and a redesigned tail gate and bumper that help give the Grand Cherokee a little bit more character on this end.
Inside, the center stack was redesigned and features new HVAC controls and available touchscreens (in 5-inch and 8.4-inch forms) for the infotainment systems, while there's also a new steering wheel and instrument cluster with a 7-inch color TFT vehicle information screen. The transmission lever is also new and was designed after the one used on the Chrysler 300.
Under the skin, Jeep has introduced a new 8-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters on all available engines, including the new for the U.S. market 3.0-liter V6 turbo diesel, which is said to return an estimated 30mpg highway (7.8 lt/100km).
Full details on the 2014 Grand Cherokee will be released on Monday.
Photos: Jeep via VWVortex
23 Comments:
Is there a special secret prize for the most ugly, diluted and disproportionate car that every car designer is trying to win for the past 2-3 years?
Audi backlights, Chrysler 300C frontlights, Audi A8 Gear Stick and BMW Steering hahah
but looks nice anyway
Wow I really like this new 300C, way to go Chysler!
Very tastefully done. I wish Jeep had a longer wheel based model sorta on the Durango length. And those chrome wheels gotta go.
looks older than last one - design fail i'm afraid.
oh shit, its face looks like it just got beaten up really bad, swelling mouth, drooping eyes..it's beyond ugly.
Looks nice..very European.... finally in diesel
Great interior!!!!!
front looks like some chinese copycat....
very bad move....
Way to ruin a great design. 300C front, Durango rear. Not good.
These lights looks so awful, over-styled, not in the right place/car! Would take the Durango over this Jeep every day, every time...
Yeah, very over-styled, like most European cars now - all looks the same!
This 4x4 sure rides high. Or is that just the air suspension maxed out?
i have to disagree with all the comments, the current gc was getting a little outdated. these headlights though inspired by the 300 and tie in the brands no way match the 300 and definitely have their own character. im sick of seeing all these comments about copied audi for led drls. give it a rest, so has the whole auto community and everyone seems to like the way they look and how they actually improve visibility. just stop all the complaining. everyone copies, and even in that sense, these have no character lines matching an audi vehicle. this current redesign makes a more imposing suv and thank god for the mild interior refresh. the 8 speed was much needed and the uconnect touch a great addition to bring it in line with competitors
I think there's something to the complaints. There is a design sense that the grill which should be farther forward has been recessed in a flush-mounted sort of way, and not only more slanted, but accompanied by thinner headlamps and underpinned by a less aggressively stance'd front bumper. All three form a frumpy, oddly proportioned front end that is far more feminine, in an unattractive way.
There is nothing wrong with having audi-esque headlamps. There's something very wrong, however, with their execution of LED outlined head lamps on this car. It seems the business is to have them for the sake of having them. But these, however, are not attractively applied, and the shine is sloppy, undirected, unrefined, and jarring. Jeep is the most important product with the highest brand cache in Fiat's stable, aside from Ferrari, and they can't mess with the genetics of the GC like this refresh.
Best part of a car refresh is reading the snooty complaints from the euro haters and the morons picking out parts that look familiar with other car manufacture parts... keep it up guys!!!!
Car? Jeeps make Cars? Huh... interesting.
However it can go off-roading without getting stuck.
Well said.
Lets return to this discussion after the transmission in your Durango blows up at 60k.
quick buy the old jeeps before this one comes out
Don't you imagine that the tranny in his Durango is the same one found in the Cherokee?
Well said!
Don't like all these Audi inspired fancy LED-Lights Armageddon, they blind me on daytime and look cheap!
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