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All-new 4.7-liter V-8 engine delivers elevated horsepower and torque, improved gasoline financial system
Refreshed exterior and inside design stays true to its genuine Jeep® character with signature seven-slot grille, trapezoidal wheel openings and a spotlight to wealthy particulars and craftsmanship
Jeep Grand Cherokee is obtainable with all-new SIRIUS Backseat TV
Even extra progressive, premium facilities can be found, together with MyGIG Multimedia Infotainment System, HID auto-leveling headlamps and heated first- and second-row seats
New soft-touch instrument panel and door panels
Innovative Hill Descent Control that solely Jeep® engineers may ship
New York, Apr 4, 2007 – The Jeep® model unveiled at this time the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee that options an all-new 4.7-liter V-8 engine that delivers a 30 % enhance in horsepower, a ten % enhance in torque and improved gasoline financial system in contrast with the engine it replaces. The 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee additionally affords a refreshed inside and exterior design and a bunch of progressive premium facilities, together with one not discovered on different full-size sport-utility automobiles (SUV) on the highway at this time – SIRIUS Backseat TV. The automobile will arrive at Jeep dealerships beginning this fall.
“With the addition of a Jeep-engineered Hill Descent Control, a selection of 5 engines, two four-wheel-drive programs and extra premium facilities than ever earlier than, the new Jeep Grand Cherokee provides extra functionality and refinement to the benchmark full-size SUV that created the luxurious SUV market when it debuted in 1992,” mentioned John Plecha, Director — Jeep Brand Marketing and Global Communications.
Only Full-Size SUV with Five Engine Offerings
The 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee is the solely automobile with a selection of 5 engine choices:
- Award-winning 3.0-liter widespread rail diesel V-6 engine – Now accessible on Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited and Overland
- 3.7-liter V-6 engine – Standard on Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo
- All-new 4.7-liter V-8 engine – Standard on Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
- 5.7-liter V-8 HEMI® engine – Available on Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, customary on Overland
- 6.1-liter HEMI V-8 engine – Standard on Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
All-new for 2008 is the 4.7-liter V-8 engine that gives higher gasoline financial system, energy and torque than the earlier 4.7-liter engine, whereas at the similar time delivering enhancements in refinement.
The new 4.7-liter V-8 incorporates two spark plugs per cylinder (the solely Chrysler Group engine to take action, aside from the 5.7-liter HEMI), elevated compression ratio, improved cylinder-head port circulate and a brand new combustion system. The result’s 291 horsepower (217kW), a 24 % enhance, and 322 lb.-ft. of torque (437 N-m), a 6 % enhance over the earlier 4.7-liter V-8 engine. And, like the engine it replaces, the new 4.7-liter V-8 engine is flex-fuel succesful, which supplies clients the capability to make use of as much as an 85 % focus of ethanol (E85) to gasoline their automobiles.
Improvements in the new 4.7-liter V-8 end result from important revisions to the induction system, a light-weight piston/rod meeting and diminished accent drive noise via decrease accent drive velocity. Engine smoothness at idle is enhanced with a brand new cam design, two spark plugs per cylinder and a valve-lash adjuster system. The new 4.7-liter V-8 additionally is provided with digital throttle management.
First to Offer All-new SIRIUS Backseat TV
The Chrysler Group will probably be the first and solely auto producer to supply SIRIUS Backseat TV in its 2008 mannequin 12 months automobile lineup, together with the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
SIRIUS Backseat TV options three channels of revered youngsters’s TV that includes a lot of the most well-known children’ programming, together with Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network. Rear-seat passengers will have the ability to watch reveals equivalent to Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana” and Cartoon Network’s “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.”
SIRIUS Backseat TV operates by way of an in-vehicle satellite tv for pc video receiver and two small roof-mounted antennas. Programming is displayed on the automobile’s second-row (besides minivan: second- and/or third-row) video display screen, and channel identify, program title and ranking will probably be broadcast and displayed on the display screen. For added flexibility, rear-seat passengers can take pleasure in SIRIUS Backseat TV whereas front-seat occupants take heed to SIRIUS Satellite Radio. The system will be operated from both the rear-seat leisure unit or the radio head unit. In addition, when the automobile is in park, programming will be displayed on the MyGIG display screen for front-seat viewing.
Innovative Premium Amenities
Along with SIRIUS Backseat TV, the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee consists of quite a lot of premium facilities which are new for 2008, together with the new MyGIG Multimedia Infotainment System that has a built-in navigation, audio, leisure and communication system. MyGIG allows clients to make use of touch-screen or voice instructions to regulate all of the options, and features a 20-gigabyte exhausting drive the place music and pictures will be saved. There’s area reserved on the exhausting drive for roughly 1,600 songs; that’s over 100 hours of music. There is also a voice-memo recorder characteristic. MyGIG helps real-time visitors info, accessible via SIRIUS Satellite Radio, and may present an alternate drive route based mostly on present visitors.
Also new on the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee are high-intensity discharge (HID) auto-leveling headlamps. HID auto-leveling headlamps present roughly thrice the gentle output of typical reflector lamps for improved nighttime illumination. The auto-leveling characteristic robotically adjusts the headlamps to the automobile pitch relying on the load and variety of passengers in the automobile. This characteristic additionally advantages oncoming visitors as the system prevents drivers from being distracted by glare from the headlamps. The auto-leveling characteristic is simply accessible with HID headlamps.
ParkView Rear Back-up Camera (with or with out navigation), ParkSense® Rear Back-up System, SmartBeam® headlamps, rain-sensing wipers, reminiscence seats and mirrors, iPod connectivity and 18-inch chrome-clad aluminum wheels are also a part of the automobile’s accessible options and choices.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee additionally options three new security and safety applied sciences for 2008: Hill Descent Control, Hill Start Assist and Trailer Sway Control.
Jeep-engineered Hill Descent Control
Jeep engineering designed the Hill Descent Control system to imitate the downhill management and adaptability afforded by the ultra-low gearing present in a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with its 4:1 ratio switch case and 6-speed handbook transmission. This gearing supplies for six speeds of managed hill descent.
Operational in the 4WD Low place, Hill Descent Control supplies downhill help at a managed charge of velocity with extra precision and smoother operation than merely utilizing the brakes. By technique of digital brake management, Hill Descent Control dietary supplements the gear discount and engine braking {that a} conventional mechanical low-range switch case supplies. Unlike most of its rivals, the new Grand Cherokee with Hill Descent Control affords extraordinarily clean transitions between speeds and permits the driver to make use of the throttle and brakes with out turning the system off, with a clean and managed return to the preset velocity after the driver releases the throttle or brakes.
In the Grand Cherokee, as soon as Hill Descent Control is activated with a push of a button in the centre stack, preset speeds will be chosen through the use of the transmission shifter. For ease of operation, after the Hill Descent Control button is engaged, Grand Cherokee’s Hill Descent Control is activated and deactivated robotically, as the system senses adjustments in topography. The system works whether or not the automobile is pushed in ahead or reverse.
The preset most speeds are:
1st gear: 1 mph (1.6 km/h)
2nd gear: 2.5 mph (4 km/h)
third gear: 3.75 mph (6 km/h)
4th gear: 5.60 mph (9 km/h)
fifth gear or D: 7.5 mph (12 km/h)
Reverse (R): 1 mph (1.6 km/h)
Neutral (N): 2.5 mph (4 km/h)
Hill Descent Control was engineered to supply the smoothest transitions potential, even from a whole cease on extraordinarily steep and slippery surfaces.
Hill Descent Control is customary on all Grand Cherokee fashions besides SRT8.
Hill Start Assist
The Hill Start Assist system supplies the driver time to transition from brake to throttle to attain a clean launch on a grade. The system will maintain brake strain for 2 seconds upon the driver’s launch of the brake pedal. The Hill Start Assist system decreases wheel strain in response to growing throttle to supply a clean launch. This system is extraordinarily useful when driving in city in addition to off-road areas with steep hills.
Hill Start Assist is customary on all Jeep Grand Cherokee fashions besides SRT8.
Trailer Sway Control
Trailer Sway Control minimizes trailer sway (an alternating yaw of the automobile) and improves dealing with in hostile towing situations attributable to crosswinds and visitors, supplies trailer stability and will increase towing security.
Sensors monitor the automobile’s motion relative to the driver’s supposed path. The automobile yaw sensor acknowledges sway. Once the system determines the sway is growing and isn’t a results of the driver’s steering enter, Trailer Sway Control applies brake strain on one entrance wheel to counteract the yaw induced by the trailer and easily applies brake strain to the different wheels to sluggish the automobile. As the trailer sways to the different facet of the automobile, Trailer Sway Control will enhance strain to the reverse facet of the automobile. The expertise will proceed to use alternating brake strain and scale back engine torque till the trailer sway is beneath management.
Trailer Sway Control is included with the optionally available Trailer Tow Group.
Refreshed Exterior and Interior
With its upright and substantial posture, the Jeep Grand Cherokee’s design affords an athletic and modern look. The grille has been lengthened, and the headlamps are extra round for a extra dominant and expressive entrance view. A brand new HID headlamp, optionally available on Limited and customary on Overland, consists of an inner optic lens for the park/flip operate. Fog lamps even have additionally been lowered for enhanced efficiency. Off-road lovers will probably be happy with the new two-piece entrance fascia, permitting for the total decrease piece to be eliminated earlier than hitting the off-road trails.
On the inside, the automobile’s two-tone instrument panel incorporates a new degree of refinement with brilliant accents, a soft-touch floor and up to date styling. A brand new tilt and telescoping steering column is customary, with a brand new steering wheel that features brilliant accent bezels, which home the digital automobile info heart’s switches. The Limited mannequin’s steering wheel provides two-tone leather-based and brilliant chrome accent rings, and the Overland options an actual wooden rim for added luxurious. Also new is the up to date line of instrument clusters that characteristic new brighter LED illumination, with the Limited and Overland fashions receiving a contemporary and stylish remedy the place, when the automobile is began, the dark-tinted lens fades to disclose chrome-ringed black gauges which are surrounded by a brilliant silver accent discipline. The new ground console has improved cup holders and a brand new leather-wrapped and chrome-accented parking brake deal with. The door panels have new armrests for improved ergonomics and luxury. New for the Overland mannequin are the new saddle perforated leather-based seats that characteristic accent piping for an much more upscale look.
Front finish comparability between the 2005 and 2008 Grand Cherokee
Summary of New Features and Options for 2008
EXTERIOR
– High-intensity discharge (HID) headlamps
– Integrated headlamps with park/flip lens
– Refreshed entrance fascia and grille
– 17-inch aluminum wheels – customary on Laredo
– 17-inch machined-faced aluminum wheels – customary on Limited, optionally available on Overland
– 18-inch chrome-clad wheels – customary on Overland, optionally available on Limited
INTERIOR
– Center console, cup holders and armrests
– Four-gauge instrument cluster with LED illumination options black gauges surrounded with white pointers, silver accent discipline on Limited and Overland fashions
– Fuel Saver Mode show on automobiles geared up with 5.7-liter V-8 HEMI engine and digital automobile info heart (EVIC)
– Heated first-and second-row seats – customary on Limited and Overland
– MyGIG Multimedia Infotainment System – optionally available on Laredo and Limited, customary on Overland
– Remote begin with 3.0-Liter CRD engine – customary on Limited and Overland
– SIRIUS Backseat TV – optionally available on Limited and Overland
– Soft-touch on higher instrument panel
– Tilt and telescoping steering column with built-in Electronic Vehicle Information Center controls on steering wheel
– iPod interface – optionally available on Laredo, customary on Limited
– Eight-inch DVD display screen with rear video leisure system – optionally available on Laredo, Limited and Overland
– 115V energy outlet – optionally available on Laredo, customary on Limited and Overland
– Integrated second-row headrests
POWERTRAIN/CHASSIS
– 4.7-liter SOHC V-8 Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) (not accessible in Maine, NY, Vt., Mass., Calif.) – customary on Limited
SAFETY AND SECURITY
– Hill Descent Control System – optionally available on Laredo, customary on Limited and Overland
– Hill Start Assist – optionally available on Laredo, customary on Limited and Overland
– ParkView Rear Back-up Camera – accessible with out navigation system – optionally available Laredo, customary on Limited and Overland
– Trailer Sway Control system – optionally available on Laredo and Limited, customary on Overland
PACKAGES
– Sun & Sound Group: Power solar roof, AM/FM/six-CD
– Premium Audio Group: Boston Acoustics premium audio, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Rear 12V Power Outlet
– Trailer Tow Group: Class II receiver, four-pin wiring harness
– Trailer Tow Group: Class IV receiver, seven- and four-pin wiring harness, heavy responsibility engine cooling (4.7L solely), trailer sway damping, consists of full-size spare
– Popular Equipment Group: Heated seats, distant begin, adjustable pedals, roof facet rails, adjustable roof rail crossbars, cargo compartment cowl, 115V energy outlet, fog lamps
– Quadra-Drive II 4×4 Group: (solely accessible w/ 4.7L ” 5.7L) Quadra-Drive II, skid plates, tow hooks
– Rear Backup Camera Group: CD/DVD Audio, 6.5-in. contact display screen, USB port, music administration database, exhausting drive, backup digital camera, ParkSense
– Rear Backup Camera/Rear DVD Group: DVD, rear backup digital camera group
– Rear DVD Entertainment System Group: DVD rear leisure system
– 18-inch Chrome-Clad Wheel Group: Chrome clad over aluminum, OWL over BSW
– Navigation/Rear Backup Camera Group: MyGIG, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, rear backup digital camera, ParkSense.