![]() Mark Allen, Jeep’s head of design, said current Grand Cherokee owners made it clear they didn’t want the SUV to get too big with its redesign, and it’s evident that Jeep listened. The SUV is about 2 inches longer, 3 inches wider and one-half inch taller than the 2010 model, but its wheelbase has grown by 5.3 inches to 114.8 inches overall, resulting in more backseat legroom. In keeping with its looks, the new design cuts through the air better, with a 0.37 drag coefficient compared with the old model’s 0.41. ![]() The old Grand Cherokee’s design was blocky, but the new model looks like it was shaped by a wind tunnel. It’s clearly a Grand Cherokee, but it has a sleekness that its predecessor lacked. The 2011 Grand Cherokee pulls off the challenging feat of possessing a clear design connection with its predecessor while looking completely new and modern. Let your brain wrap itself around that concept for a moment, and it becomes clear how much the Grand Cherokee has evolved. It’s a no-excuses SUV if there ever was one and, in effect, takes on Land Rover at its own game. Those things aside, the new Grand Cherokee manages to provide on-road driving refinement that can go toe-to-toe with the best that the crossover segment has to offer - and it does so without sacrificing its considerable off-road capabilities. It couldn’t come soon enough for Chrysler, which is desperately in need of new products to give consumers a new reason to walk into its showrooms.Īn off-road-capable midsize SUV perhaps isn’t the best type of vehicle to debut when the car-buying public has set off a seismic shift toward crossovers, but it’s what the automaker has to put in the game right now. ![]() It’s been a long time coming, but the redesigned 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee is finally here.
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