Five Reasons To Buy 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee

July 6, 2011 - PRLog -- 1. ALL-WEATHER CAPABILITY

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Trail prowness… build quality… excellent road manners… satisfying luxury.

No one else offers Grand Cherokee’s choice of three 4×4 systems:

■Quadra-Trac 1-a full-time, single-ratio all-wheel drive system.
■Quadra-Trac II-adds a low-range mode and intelligent traction to vary applied torque from front to rear. This isn’t available on competitors.
■Quadra-Drive II-for extra off-road mastery, this adds an electronic limited-slip differential at the rear. Again, it’s a combination that can’t be found on our competitors.

Class-leading Jeep Selec-Terrain System-available on Quadra-Trac II and Quadra-Drive II systems, this modulates traction characteristics for rock, sand, mud and snow conditions-plus performance suspension tuning with the Sport mode to amp up the on-road pace.

Explorer offers a Terrain Management System-this serves a similar function to Select-Terrain though it can’t make up for the lack of a two-speed transfer case.

Selec-Terrain features a five-position control (vs. only four on Explorer) and interactions with 12 different vehicle systems (again, more than Explorer) for safer ride and handling characteristics.

No one else offers Jeep Quadra-Lift Air Suspension-which can raise Grand Cherokee’s ground clearance to nearly 11 inches for off-road work or drop it 1.6 inches below standard height for easy passenger entry or accessing the roof rack.

No one else offers V8 power-with 5.7 liters 360 hp and 390 lb-ft of torque. Best-in-class.

No one else offers Grand Cherokee’s range (565 miles) with V6 power… a testament to the brand’s practical and common sense heritage. Best-in-class.

2. SUPERIOR “FUN-TO-DRIVE” HANDLING

In the city andon the highway. Grand Cherokee performs like a true athlete: complete confidence, no wasted motion and inning form. Suspension engineers know there’s a fine line for delivering ride comfort yet still giving the driver enough road input to know how the vehicle is behaving. Grand Cherokee has it with the kind of steering feel and lateral stability at higher speeds expected from Autobahn cruisers.

Grand Cherokee under the skin features high strength steel construction and 5,400 welds. The result: a stiffer body for truer, more predictable handling on the road and in emergency situations.

No one else offers such poise in combination with off-road authority.

3. WORLD CLASS LUXURY AND CRAFTMANSHIP

From a design perspective, its presence is pure Jeep. Clean and authentic, Grand Cherokee turns heads for its modern, sleek styling that maintains the feel of over 60 years of tradition.

There’s not an automotive critic out there who hasn’t admired Grand Cherokee’s visual presence-very much today, but with squared-off fender arches and seven-slot grille plus other design cues of the Jeep gene pool.

■ Just as a side not, Car and Driver named Grand Cherokee’s headlamps to its list of “10 Best Design details”- they admired the “American cool” of the headlamp’s miniature seven-slot grille.

Others in its class don’t have the same traditions to uphold and with each new revision are running to generic crossover designs.

Inside there is nuance, invention and luxury, plus a second row of seating with more leg room than any other in its class and reclining seat backs.

■ Go ahead and compare Grand Cherokee’s interior quality with the Lexus RX series. Grand Cherokee can stand up to the Lexus-then devastate it in on-road manners and slaughter it off-road.
■ Ward’s Auto gave Overland Summit its 10 Best Interiors award-calling it the “ultimate comfort-mobile for the Rubicon Trail.”

Explorer, Pilot and Highlander offer 3rd row seating. Grand Cherokee does not. Kids-small ones-like the 3rd row. Adults do not. The reduced number of customers looking for minivan passenger loads-more than five occupants-likely will know that Grand Cherokee has seating for five before seeing you.

■ Sirius is standard on Grand Cherokee with a one year subscription free. Satellite radio costs extra on Explorer and Equinox. A three month subscription is standard on Highlander and RX 350.
■ Heated exterior mirrors are standard on Grand Cherokee-not so on Explorer, Pilot and Equinox
■ Power Lumbar support is standard on the Grand Cherokee- not so on Explorer and Equinox
■ Only Grand Cherokee offers a fold flat front passenger seat for handling extra-long cargo

4. SAFETY

The insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gives the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee top scores of “Good” in frontal offset, side impact and rear crash tests, as well as in roof strength tests. Because of its good performance, it gets a “Top Safety Pick” designation.

■ Honda Pilot doesn’t make the cut due to roof strength results

Grand Cherokee offers customers peace of mind with over 45 safety and security features.

On the passive safety front, Grand Cherokee features a full complement of advanced airbag protection and over 50 percent of the vehicle structure is high strength steel for improved protection.

Keeping families safe involves a number of accident avoidance features, including a Forward Collision Warning, Adaptive Cruise Control, blind Spot Monitoring, and Rear Cross-Path Detection. These are standard on Summit and available on Limited and Overland models.

Also in the active safety realm and as evidenced in tests, Jeep engineering has come shining through with excellent avoidance characteristics and braking power.

5. LEADING TECHNOLOGY

Grand Cherokee’s Uconnect offers:

■Streaming Bluetooth
■Navigation with real-time traffic information
■In-vehicle Internet
■Integrated backup camera

Ford has made a lot of noise with its telematics, yet Uconnect is just as capable as the Ford SYNC and it’s still ahead of GM’s OnStar despite GM’s updates to the system.

Technologyis only cool when it’s easy to use. The MyFord Touch infotainment system is proving difficult to use for many customers. As a result, Ford dealers say that they are inviting buyers back into showrooms a week after purchasing for a series of free tutorial sessions.

■ These come on the heels of Consumer Reports assertion that the system is distracting and complicated. It says it “connot recommend” any Ford product with the infotainment device, which must be used in order to access a number of advanced climate and basic audio functions.

Keyless Enter-N-Go-Got yourkey with you? Then a pull on the door handle lets you in a locked Grand Cherokee. A press of a button and the brake pedal starts the engine.

■ It’s cool technology that works-but you can’t get it on Explore, Pilot or Equinox.

What are you waiting for? Come check out the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee at Norman Chrysler Jeep Dodge today or visit us online at http://normanchryslerjeepdodge.com.

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