Black pack offered on Grand Cherokee Limited

JEEP has introduced that its Black Look Group is now accessible on Grand Cherokee Restricted variants, providing what it says is a “sport and stealth look”.

Black highlights and accents change the usual chrome garnish on the Restricted variant, together with the addition of a dual-pane sunroof, head-up show, inside dealing with digital camera (seven-seat solely), 20-inch gloss black alloy wheels and black roof rails.

The Black Look Group is on the market on five- and seven-seat Grand Cherokee Restricted variants from $4250 together with GST and LCT.

All exterior colors are supplied along with the Black Look Group, together with Vivid White, Velvet Pink, Diamond Black, Silver Zynith, Midnight Sky, Rock Mountain, Hydro Blue and Baltic Gray.

Priced from $77,950 plus on-road prices, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is powered solely by Jeep’s 3.6-litre Pentastar V6 petrol engine paired with an eight-speed automated transmission.

Variant-dependant Quadra-Trac I and II four-wheel drive techniques can be found, as is the American model’s Selec-Terrain multi-mode off-road stability and traction management system and Quadra-Raise air suspension association, which supplies the mannequin 276mm of floor clearance and 610mm of water wading capabilities.

Customary gear on all variants contains heated, electrically adjusted entrance seats with energy lumbar assist, the most recent 10.1-inch Uconnect 5 touchscreen multimedia unit with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto plus over-the-air updates and peak adjustable energy tailgate.

On the security and driver help entrance are automated LED headlights, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise management with stop-and-go operate, lively lane administration, automated emergency braking (with pedestrian and bike owner detection), drowsy driver detection and site visitors signal recognition.

Australia was used as a part of Grand Cherokee’s validation program with greater than 60,000km of native testing in harsh and distant environments.

In Australia, the mannequin vary competes with the likes of the Land Rover Defender (from $96,170 +ORC) and Volkswagen Touareg (from $89,240 +ORC) within the SUV Giant over $70K market phase.

It’s hoped the addition of the Black Look Group (BAG) for Restricted variants will assist Jeep to rekindle curiosity within the Grand Cherokee, whose gross sales have declined significantly over the previous 18-24 months.

Appreciable worth will increase on many fashions within the present Jeep portfolio have seen the American model’s gross sales figures fall to near-record lows, with complete year-to-date (YTD) gross sales tallying simply 2937 items (or 0.4 per cent of the general market).

Of that complete, Jeep has bought 951 Compass small SUVs, 16 Cherokees, 658 Wranglers, 805 Grand Cherokees, and 507 Gladiator utes.

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