2023 Jeep Grand Wagoneer L Series III: Test Drive | The Daily Drive

2023 Jeep Grand Wagoneer L Sequence III

Class: Premium Giant SUV

Coloration: River Rock

Seating capability: 7

CG Report Card

Room and Consolation	A
Energy and Efficiency	A-
Match and End	A
Gas Economic system	C-
Worth	B-

Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different automobiles in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim degree evaluated, and should not replicate Client Information’s impressions of your entire mannequin lineup.

Huge & Tall Consolation

Huge Man	A
Tall Man	A

Huge & Tall consolation rankings are for entrance seats solely. “Huge” score primarily based on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” score primarily based on 6’6″-tall male tester.

Drivetrain
Engine Specs	510-horsepower 3.0-liter
Engine Sort	Turbocharged 6-cylinder
Transmission	8-speed computerized
Drive Wheels	4WD

Miles pushed: 109

Noticed gas economic system: 14.7 mpg

Driving combine: 60% metropolis, 40% freeway

EPA-estimated gas economic system: 14/19/16 (mpg metropolis/freeway/mixed)

Gas sort: Premium fuel

Base worth: $113,095 (not together with $2000 vacation spot cost)

Choices on take a look at automobile: Particular paint ($695), Heavy Responsibility Trailer-Tow Package deal ($1370), Rear-Seat Leisure Group ($2595), 22-inch alloy wheels with “Black Noise Pockets” ($1595), embossed inside accents ($1695)

Worth as examined: $123,045

Fast Hits

The good: Roomy and comfy, premium-level trim

The great: Highly effective and refined drivetrain

The not so good: Dear–even for the category, requires premium gas

Tom Appel:

Enjoyable truth: The phrase Jeep doesn’t seem on the Wagoneer or Grand Wagoneer exterior. This as a result of Jeep advertising and marketing of us need to set up the large SUVs—roughly—as a stand-alone model, and since there was some fear that the automobiles had been provided at a worth level larger than most Jeep clients would settle for.

Jeep is making an attempt to do rather a lot with its huge SUV duo, together with overlaying an enormous space by way of market place. With simply two fashions, Jeep has positioned itself towards the likes of the Chevrolet Tahoe on the low finish, and the Cadillac Escalade up prime. In between, the panorama is crowded, and consists of the Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon and Yukon Denali, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, and the Toyota Sequoia.

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Jeep does this by breaking the phase into two, with the Wagoneer overlaying mainstream manufacturers (Chevy, Ford, Toyota), and the Grand Wagoneer taking up the likes of Cadillac and Lincoln. As you may count on, the value vary coated by the large Jeeps is huge.

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For 2023, the entry Wagoneer “Sequence I” begins at $63,595 together with vacation spot. This in rear-wheel drive, standard-length guise. In 4WD long-wheelbase “L” trim, the Grand Wagoneer Sequence III Obsidian begins at $113,693. All costs embrace a $2000 vacation spot cost.

That’s nearly a 100-percent worth unfold from prime to backside, and will present a way of all the bottom Jeep is making an attempt to cowl with this automobile.

We’re going to take a look at the posh Grand Wagoneer in the present day, which is obtainable in 4 trim ranges for 2023: Sequence I (about $93,000), Sequence II ($99,000), Sequence II Obsidian ($105,000), Sequence III ($112,000), and Sequence III Obsidian.

Notice that for 2024, the usual Sequence II is dropped, leaving the Sequence II Obsidian alone in the midst of the Grand Wagoneer lineup. No different vital updates are in retailer for ’24.

New for 2023 is Jeep’s “Hurricane” 6-cylinder engine. The turbocharged 3.0-liter powerplant replaces the 6.4-liter “Hemi” beneath most Grand Wagoneer hoods, and represents a major energy bump over the outdated V8. Rated at 510 horsepower, the Hurricane engine cranks out 39 extra horsepower than the retired Hemi. And, most often, per the EPA, the brand new engine outperforms the outdated engine by at the very least 1 mpg.

Sequence I vehicles are nonetheless powered by the Hemi V8, and shall be in 2024, as nicely. All Grand Wagoneers come commonplace with 4WD. Notice {that a} less-powerful model of the Hurricane engine is now commonplace on the non-Grand Wagoneer, changing a 5.7-liter model of the Hemi V8.

Client Information not too long ago spent per week behind the wheel of a 2023 Jeep Grand Wagoneer L Sequence III loaded to a cool $123,045, which is firmly in—and even barely above—totally trimmed Cadillac Escalade cash. So how does the Grand Wagoneer evaluate to the luxury-brand huge SUVs? Let’s break this down…

Inside, the largest, baddest Jeep holds its personal, maybe even leads. The Grand Wagoneer cabin feels bigger and roomier than that of the Escalade or Lincoln Navigator, and is about as nicely completed, which is to say it appears to be like fabulous. Our take a look at Jeep’s perforated-leather seats and piano-black and bright-metal accents current a cultured entrance, which feels each luxurious, and barely restrained. Construct high quality, too, seems excessive grade.

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There may be loads of passenger area in each seating row, and entry to the front-two rows is mostly easy. Even entering into the three^rd-row is comparatively simple, the place youthful and nimbler passengers will discover loads of area, as will adults with a way of journey.

The Grand Wagoneer cabin is quiet underway, although maybe not as quiet because the class-leading Escalade. That mentioned, simple dialog between all three seating rows is feasible, which is saying one thing. When it comes to journey and dealing with the Jeep falls considerably in need of the surprisingly nimble Navigator and the supremely composed Escalade. Not that the Grand Wagoneer fails on this regard, however steering is mostly with out really feel, and the truck feels huge and floaty in routine driving. As for journey management, the large Jeep usually looks like a luxurious automobile, however wallows more-, and suffers influence harshness extra, than the large Cadillac. We do commend Jeep for the Grand Wagoneer’s surprisingly tight steering radius, which takes a few of the ache out of negotiating parking garages and tight metropolis streets.

The brand new Hurricane engine, nevertheless, often is the Grand Wagoneer’s ace within the gap. The turbocharged six mates nicely with the usual 8-speed computerized transmission, and supplies clean, easy acceleration from a cease, and loads of refined muscle for passing and merging. Moreover, the engine sounds nice. When pushed, the Hurricane mill emits a refined, premium-sounding growl, which fades utterly away at freeway pace.

In principally metropolis driving, we noticed 14.7 mpg, a bit shy of the EPA mixed estimated of 16, however nonetheless higher than the 13.5 mpg we noticed in a take a look at 2022 Grand Wagoneer outfitted with the outdated Hemi V8. Throughout a current analysis of a standard-wheelbase 4WD Lincoln Navigator we noticed 15.1 mpg, so the large Jeep is now taking part in in the identical effectivity ball park on the different premium huge rigs.

Only a fast notice to reaffirm that the Jeep’s obtainable McIntosh audio system is an audiophile’s delight, and is commonplace on higher Grand Wagoneer trim ranges. Make sure the system out when you select to check drive a Grand Wagoneer.

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What the Grand Wagoneer lacks in chassis sophistication and premium-brand cachet, it makes up for in powertrain refinement and cabin lodging. Whereas the value is excessive—and maybe a bit too excessive for a class upstart–Jeep is presently providing money again on the automobile, and sellers appear prepared to barter. Additionally, stepping all the way down to a lesser Grand Wagoneer—or higher-end commonplace Wagoneer—will go far in reducing the acquisition worth, whereas nonetheless affording shoppers the entire area, consolation, and Hurricane energy, these huge Jeeps have to supply. If you happen to’re buying huge rigs, you should definitely make time to check drive the Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer.

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