Introducing the 2014 Jeep WK2 Grand Cherokee

Capability: Legendary, from Jeep

Go Anywhere 4×4 programs

• Class-exclusive Jeep Quadra-Lift air suspension system with best-in-class floor clearance
• User-friendly adjustable trip peak modified with a push of a button
• Refined Jeep Selec-Terrain system provides 5 terrain settings for any highway and climate situation
• Choice of three 4×4 programs: Quadra-Trac I, Quadra-Trac II and Quadra-Drive II with rear Electronic Limited-slip Differential (ELSD)
• New Selec-Speed Control: Hill-descent Control and new Hill-ascent Control for navigating steepest grades with minimal drive enter
• Premium on-road manners courtesy of a entrance and rear impartial suspension and an ultra-stiff physique construction
• New crawl ratio of 44.1:1

Since its full redesign for the 2011 mannequin yr, Jeep® Grand Cherokee has acquired quite a few accolades for its premium on-road driving dynamics, given its exceptionally stiff physique construction and entrance and rear impartial suspension. Combining that luxurious on-road efficiency with Jeep’s seemingly endless degree of functionality ends in a driving expertise that’s unquestionably unmatched, on any highway or path. “No one provides the unimaginable steadiness of comfy, premium on a regular basis on-road driving with the lengthy checklist of true functionality options present in the Grand Cherokee,” mentioned Ray Durham, Vehicle Line Executive – Rear-wheel-drive SUVs, Chrysler Group LLC. “Features corresponding to Selec-Speed Control, Quadra-Lift air suspension and Selec-Terrain mix to offer Jeep Grand Cherokee’s discerning clients the most technologically superior, protected and ultra-capable SUV.”

The new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee options three out there 4×4 programs (Quadra-Trac I, Quadra- Trac II and Quadra-Drive II), an out there Quadra-Lift air suspension and a Selec-Terrain traction administration system, all of which instill Grand Cherokee with its legendary Jeep functionality.

Quadra-Trac I delivers full-time four-wheel drive with none switches or levers to tug. The system supplies easy operation of the automobile over a wide range of highway circumstances. This lightweight singlespeed case is each confirmed and environment friendly for enhanced gas financial system.

The Quadra-Trac II’s two-speed switch case makes use of enter from a wide range of sensors to find out tire slip at the earliest doable second and takes corrective motion. The system additionally makes use of throttle anticipate to sense fast motion in the throttle from a cease and maximizes traction earlier than tire slippage happens. When wheel slippage is detected, as a lot as one hundred pc of accessible torque is immediately routed to the axle with the most traction.

Quadra-Drive II, with a rear Electronic Limited-slip Differential (ELSD), delivers industry-leading tractive functionality. The system immediately detects tire slip and easily distributes engine torque to tires with traction. In some instances, the automobile will anticipate low traction and regulate as a way to proactively restrict or eradicate slip.

Design: Head-turning, premium craftsmanship

Aggressive but refined exterior implies functionality and luxurious

• New signature LED lighting defines Jeep® Grand Cherokee day or night time
• Award-wining Grand Cherokee inside provides much more know-how and luxurious
• Individual fashions extra readily identifiable for 2014, together with new Summit mannequin
• New soft-touch leather-based and trim, premium actual wooden and distinctive upscale colour combos

When the current-generation Jeep® Grand Cherokee made its debut, it impressed shoppers with its cohesive, upscale design that was nonetheless in a position to convey the rugged functionality anticipated in a Jeep automobile. For 2014, Grand Cherokee takes its profitable recipe to a brand new degree of opulence and energy in each exterior and inside design.

“We’ve elevated the Grand Cherokee with an much more premium, but much more rugged look for 2014,” mentioned Mark Allen, Head of Jeep Design – Chrysler Group LLC. “Jeep Grand Cherokee is as rugged and succesful as ever, boasts an opulent new design replace and is filled with premium ornamentation and technological options which are frankly surprising, however welcome, in the full-size SUV phase.”

All trim ranges of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee have been given a extra premium look, and are extra readily identifiable at a fast look. On all Grand Cherokee fashions, the higher grille is shorter in peak and the headlamps are slimmer. The decrease entrance fascia has been barely elevated and the fog lights have been raised and are extra pronounced inside the fascia design. Together, these modifications give the entrance of the Grand Cherokee a extra substantial look whereas nonetheless preserving the automobile’s floor clearance at its decrease edge.

Of course, Grand Cherokee retains Jeep’s traditional seven-slot grille and trapezoidal wheel arches.

The rear of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee options new, bigger rear lights with signature LED lighting, a bigger rear spoiler to help in environment friendly aerodynamics and a re-sculpted tailgate that gives better rear visibility, and a extra pronounced Jeep badge, now discovered immediately on the tailgate between the rear lights. Lower rear fascias at the moment are model-specific, and twin exhaust suggestions are commonplace on all Limited, Overland and Summit fashions.

On-road refinement: Premium driving dynamics

Jeep Grand Cherokee is extensively recognized for its excellent on-road driving dynamics and calmness, thanks partially to its entrance and rear impartial suspension. Variable-rate rear springs ship improved on-road dealing with and luxury that enhances the automobile’s off-road functionality. Premium on-road manners are enhanced with greater than 5,400 welds in the physique alone.

The impartial entrance and rear suspension options remoted entrance and rear suspension cradles together with variable-rate rear springs to ship improved on-road dealing with and luxury whereas complementing the automobile’s legendary off-road functionality. The rear suspension additionally permits the spare tire to be saved inside the automobile versus beneath.

Grand Cherokee’s steering additionally has been rigorously calibrated for the correct quantity of help whether or not cruising the parking zone or a twisty two-lane mountain highway. Electrohydraulic help is used on EcoDiesel and Pentastar V-6 fashions.

Dimensionally sound

The automobile’s 114.8-inch wheelbase creates beneficiant inside room and provides passengers expansive rear-seat knee and leg room, and huge entrance door openings and rear doorways open 78 levels for higher entry to the inside.

Exterior

Unique exterior styling for every Grand Cherokee mannequin

Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo fashions are recognized by its body-color grille and chrome headlight therapy. Body-color aspect mirrors and door handles are additionally Laredo exclusives. All decrease rocker trim is darkish grey. Standard wheels are five-spoke 17-inch aluminum wheels painted Tech Silver. Available aluminum 18-inch wheels with a twin five-spoke design are painted Satin Silver. The rear fascia options the new signature tail lamp design together with darkish grey decrease trim and a single chrome exhaust outlet.

Grand Cherokee Limited fashions preserve the darkish grey decrease rocker trim and add a body-color grille with chrome grille slot frames and headlight therapy. Bi-xenon headlamps with Grand Cherokee’s signature LED working lights can be found. Chrome trim outlines the decrease fascia opening and skid plate. The wheels on Limited are aluminum 18-inch with a twin five-spoke design and are completed in Satin Chrome. Polished 20-inch five-spoke aluminum wheels with Mineral Gray-painted pockets are optionally available. The Limited’s rear fascia incorporates a chrome trimmed bumper sill protector and twin chrome exhaust retailers.

All Limited (and Overland and Summit) fashions function commonplace chrome aspect mirrors and door handles.

Grand Cherokee Overland fashions function bi-xenon HID headlamps with signature LED daytime working lights, chrome tow hooks in the decrease fascia and body-color decrease fascia trim. The body-color trim carries over to the wheel arches and encompass the polished 20-inch five-spoke polished aluminum wheels with Mineral Gray-painted pockets. The decrease rocker panels and trim on the rear fascia additionally turn into physique colour.

The new luxurious Grand Cherokee Summit mannequin tops the vary and receives many distinctive styling cues. The bi-xenon HID signature headlamps are adaptive, and swivel along side the steering wheel. This improves visibility round bends and turns and is a model new security function for Grand Cherokee. High-pressure headlamp washers are commonplace.

Between the lamps is a chrome end on the higher grille’s mesh sample.

The whole decrease fascia is exclusive and incorporates a pronounced chrome trim related in design to the Grand Cherokee SRT mannequin. The entrance bumper is bigger and incorporates a slimmer opening for the projector fog lamps in contrast with different fashions. The decrease lip is a contrasting darkish grey. Larger, body-color wheel arch moldings are much like the SRT mannequin, however the Summit has a darkish grey decrease rocker trim panel with a chrome strip that runs alongside the high fringe of the rocker. This chrome accent helps to visually lengthen the aspect view of the new Grand Cherokee. Satin clear coat 20-inch aluminum wheels are a unique-to-Summit twin five-spoke design.

The rear fascia is dominated by twin rectangular exhaust retailers and darkish grey decrease physique cladding. These options are distinctive to Summit fashions, as is a brand new Summit badge on the decrease proper aspect of the tailgate.

Exterior colour choices for the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee are: Deep Cherry Red Pearl Coat, Brilliant Black Pearl Coat, Bright White Clear Coat, Pacific Blue Pearl Coat, Cashmere Pearl Coat, Billet Silver Metallic Clear Coat, Maximum Steel Metallic Clear Coat, Granite Crystal Metallic Clear Coat, Black Forest Green Pearl Coat, True Blue Pearl Coat and Auburn Pearl Coat (Summit fashions solely).

New premium LED lighting

A key exterior function of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee is its signature entrance and rear LED lighting. These distinctive lights enable Grand Cherokee to be immediately recognizable, night time or day, from a fantastic distance. Standard on Overland and Summit, and out there on Limited, are new bi-xenon high-intensity discharge (HID) headlamps (adaptive on Summit) which are outlined with signature LED working lamps. The LEDs begin at the internal higher edge at the grille, and comply with the outer fringe of the mild. A slight kink upward happens at the backside fringe of the LED lights because it nears the internal edge. This additionally permits for the Summit mannequin’s hidden headlamp washers to be positioned inside the headlamp housing versus a separate nozzle positioned on the bumper.

The signature headlamps additionally function full LED flip indicators.

Interior

Refined premium design with world-class craftsmanship

The award-winning interior of the Jeep Grand Cherokee is elevated for 2014 and is clearly one of the most technically advanced in the industry, while boasting an array of upgraded premium soft-touch materials.

“From a mechanical and technological standpoint, the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee reaches a new level of refinement, so we needed to create a premium interior that pushes the boundaries of interior design even further,” said Klaus Busse, Head of Interior Design – Chrysler Group LLC. “Inspired by locations around the globe, we employed colors, tones and textures that not only portray the go-anywhere nature of Jeep, but that also enhance the luxury experience.

Immediately noticeable is the revised center stack featuring the new 5-inch or 8.4-inch touchscreens. Controls for radio and climate are found below the screen and have easily identifiable knobs and buttons. Following the integrated center stack down onto the center console reveals a new T-handle shifter for the eight-speed transmission. This advanced e-shifter is wrapped in leather and gives Grand Cherokee a leading-edge feel to the cockpit.

Another recognizable change is a new three-spoke steering wheel. Wrapped in leather, it features sections of real wood on Overland and Summit models. All Grand Cherokee models will have standard paddle shifters mounted on the back of the steering wheel.

The new steering wheel perfectly frames the new customer configurable multiview gauge cluster that now features 7-inch Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) technology on every Grand Cherokee model. This screen allows drivers to select from a multitude of layouts and information that can be displayed in the center of the gauge cluster, enhancing personalization of the interior.

Designers took inspiration from legendary locations from around the world when creating the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee’s interior. Each Grand Cherokee model has its own unique style of luxury and ambiance based on materials and color patterns.

Grand Cherokee Laredo and Limited interiors were inspired by the cultures and environments of Morocco and New Zealand. The Black interiors were inspired by the Moroccan lifestyle seen at night with its warm metallic golden accents. The seats, instrument panel, consoles and door panels are a Black monotone and feature a Miknasa Walnut interior trim finish.

The New Zealand interior is two-tone Black and Light Frost. Nador Brown Walnut interior trim finish with light anodized driftwood adorns the instrument and door panels and eases the contrast between the two-tone upper and lower interior.

Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited models have a slight gold hue to their brushed aluminum look and add Capri leather seating, bright sill scuff plates and bright metal accents to the bottom edge of the wood interior finishes.

Open-pore wood is one of the prominent design cues found on the dash and doors of Grand Cherokee Overland models, and adds a distinct touch of modern luxury along with three interior color choices unlike anything ever seen in a Jeep vehicle. Wood trim is also found on the top portion of the leatherwrapped steering wheel.

A new interior color scheme, Jeep Brown and Indigo Blue, is inspired by the blue-hued dark gray walls of Mount Vesuvius, and features two-tone perforated Nappa leather seating with contrasting bright piping and stitching. The dark, rich Indigo Blue leather is found on the seat backs and bottoms, steering wheel, the center of the front armrest and the lower instrument and door panels. Dark Jeep Brown is found on the upper half of the stitched-leather instrument panel, the inner edges of the seat bolsters, the outer edges of the front center armrest and on the door upper panels. Contrasting bright stitching also lines the door panels and center arm rest. Open-pore brown Zebrano wood with contrasting silver trim is found on the instrument panel door panels.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is the Jeep Brown and Light Frost interior derived from the geographic diversity found in the Asian country of Nepal. The perforated Nappa leather seats, center console, and the lower instrument and door panels are finished in Light Frost with the steering wheel and upper instrument and door panels finished in Jeep Brown. Open-pore brown Zebrano wood with contrasting silver trim is found on the instrument panel door panels, and the trim surrounding the shifter, dash vents and door handles takes on a silver hue.

The Grand Cherokee Overland is also available with a Black Nappa leather interior with open-pore Nador Brown Walnut wood trim and contrasting silver trim.

A final touch to the interiors in Overland models is the addition of ambient rear-seat footwell lighting.

Grand Cherokee Summit models continue to carry the torch for premium interiors in the SUV segment. Premium Natura-Plus leather seating with heated, ventilated and memory front seats are featured in Summit, and are available in Black or Jeep Brown with copper accents. The Jeep Brown interior is inspired by the warm brown and amber hues seen in the Grand Canyon in the southwestern United States. Summit Brown open-pore wood is found on the instrument and door panels, and copper leather stitching adorns the leather-covered instrument panel, seats, doors and center armrest.

Also unique to Summit is a suede-like material covering the A-pillars and headliner, and bright trim surrounds the door-mounted speaker grilles.

Another impressive feature found on Summit models is a 19-speaker, 825-watt high-performance Harman Kardon surround sound audio system. This state-of-the-art system features a 12-channel amplifier and three sub-woofers, and surrounds the occupants in high-definition sound.

The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee is still a utility vehicle, and several storage and convenience features have been designed into the rear cargo area including a grated, protective floor accented with a durable and bright finish. The spare tire has a dedicated space underneath the cargo floor that also contains two removable bins ideal for storing beverages or muddy gear. Also in the rear cargo area is a storage unit with a re-chargeable flashlight. Grocery hooks are placed on each side of the rear cargo compartment, and cargo capacity with rear seats up is 36.3 cu. ft. and 68.3 cu. ft. with rear seats folded flat.

Safety and Security: Class-leading number of advanced features

The new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee offers more than 60 advanced safety and security features – highest in its class.

New safety features include Forward Collision Warning with Crash Mitigation and Selec-Speed Control, which includes both Hill-ascent Control and Hill-descent Control, assisting drivers with climbing and ascending steep grades.

Among Grand Cherokee’s 63 advanced safety and security features are standard electronic stability control (ESC) that delivers four security features to improve overall vehicle handling and performance both on- and off-road: Electronic Roll Mitigation (ERM) reacts and applies brakes during extreme situation, while available Selec-Speed Control and Hill-start Assist (HSA) work with standard trailersway control (TSC) to enhance off-road and towing capabilities.

In addition, standard front-row active head restraints, standard full-length side-curtain air bags and standard seat-mounted side thorax air bags offer enhanced occupant protection to passengers in the event of a collision.

Advanced Technology: Segment-leading offerings

A host of technologies for connectivity, convenience, safety and security

• Introducing Uconnect Access Via Mobile – Direct, one-touch connections with emergency service providers, roadside assistance dispatchers and vehicle information specialists
• Advanced embedded cellular technology delivers breakthrough cloud-based voice texting, Bing connected search and on-demand Wi-Fi hot spot capability
• New premium navigation with 3D landmarks, one-shot voice command recognition and SiriusXM Travel Link
• Signature LED exterior lighting improves visibility
• New Uconnect 8.4-inch center-stack display and customer configurable multiview gauge with 7- inch Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) screen
• Available seat-back Blu-ray DVD system (late availability) and high-performance Harman Kardon 825-watt audio system with 19-speakers

An eight-speed transmission and EcoDiesel engine are not the only new technologies in the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee – 5-inch and 8.4-inch touchscreens, Forward Collision Warning with Crash Mitigation, adaptive head lamps (Summit only), the latest generation of Uconnect Access and a customizable dynamic gauge cluster heighten Grand Cherokee’s premium nature while also adding state-of-the-art safety features.

The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee is the first Jeep product to receive Uconnect Access.

“The easy-to-learn, easy-to-use interface found on the new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee has become a hallmark of the Uconnect brand,” said Marios Zenios, Vice President – Uconnect Systems and Services, Chrysler Group LLC. “Customers will see this manifested again in the advanced connectivity features available in the new Grand Cherokee – a safe vehicle made safer by our emphasis on handsfree functionality.”

Advanced safety features such as Forward Collision Warning (FCW) system with Crash Mitigation alerts the driver if they’re approaching a vehicle in front too quickly, and Adaptive Cruise Control will keep the Jeep Grand Cherokee at a driver-selected distance from the vehicle in front when cruise control is engaged.

Uconnect Access Via Mobile (for North American markets)

The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee’s unique Uconnect Access system is based on powerful embedded cellular technology that leverages Chrysler Group’s strategic partnership with Sprint. The advanced service-delivery platform affords the kind of stability that enables direct communication when it’s needed most.

Some competitive systems use built-in cellular capability to connect with concierge call centers. Others alert emergency services personnel directly, but they do so through mobile phones, which are subject to unstable connections or, when collisions occur, breakage.

Uconnect Access connects vehicle occupants directly with police, fire department or ambulance service dispatcher with the push of the “9-1-1” button on the Grand Cherokee’s rear-view mirror.

Uconnect Access applies the same logic to roadside assistance. One push of the “ASSIST” button summons help directly from Chrysler Group’s roadside assistance provider, or the Vehicle Customer Care Center.

Further peace of mind comes from Theft Alarm Notification, which alerts owners via SMS text message or e-mail whenever their vehicles’ security alarms are activated. For the greatest convenience and flexibility, up to five people can be notified.

Additional Uconnect Access security features include the ability to remotely sound a vehicle’s horn and flash its lights – measures enabled by the Uconnect mobile app that could serve as potential crime deterrents or simply to locate a vehicle at night or in a crowded parking lot. For even more convenience, remote door-locking and unlocking and remote start can be performed with the Uconnect mobile app or via the Jeep owners website.

From the behind the wheel, Uconnect Access is an efficient tool that reduces driver distraction with various means of managing in-vehicle connectivity – the newest of which is Uconnect Access Via Mobile.

In the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, customers can put away their smartphones, keep their hands on the steering wheel and still interact with their devices in the ways to which they are accustomed. Media apps from Pandora to iHeart Radio to Slacker are all available via voice command – a function of Uconnect’s powerful, cloud-based voice recognition capability.

Flexibility is such that, with Pandora, for example, drivers can register their “likes” and “dislikes” for music using steering-wheel controls, with the app’s graphics displayed on Uconnect’s distinctive 8.4- inch touchscreen.

Additional convenience is achieved when Uconnect sync’s a customer’s existing app so their favorite artists and stations will be readily available.

Handsfree (for North American markets)

Uconnect Access also allows the driver to execute many of the normal functions such as climate, audio and Bluetooth, all by voice. The cloud also enables voice texting, a breakthrough feature of Uconnect Access. Again leveraging the Sprint network, paired, Bluetooth-equipped cell phones that use the Message Access Protocol (MAP) can:

• Receive a text message
• Announce receipt of the text
• Identify the sender
• Read the message aloud

To respond, drivers can simply dictate. The cloud helps the system’s voice-recognition system assemble the response and “read” it back for accuracy before sending. Verbatim. No memorizing preapproved messages such as, “I’m on my way.”

And it can all be done handsfree.

The same advanced voice-recognition protocol simplifies the often-problematic process of entering navigation-system destinations with both hands on the wheel. In the new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the system will accept continuous, single-sentence instructions, such as: “Navigate to Arches National Park, Moab, Utah.”

On-road travel is made easier by new 3D maps with graphic representations of well-known landmarks and terrain features.

What if the drivers are unsure of the destination? They can pull over and use the Grand Cherokee as a Wi-Fi hot spot. Or keep driving and access the powerful Bing search engine via voice command. Uconnect navigation then calculates a route, but if the driver wants to provide a heads-up, the system stores the destination’s telephone number for handsfree calling.

Technology for even more safety and security

Jeep engineers also integrated advanced safety features in the new Grand Cherokee to help prevent crashes and protect occupants. A Forward Collision Warning system with Crash Mitigation alerts the driver with a flashing light atop the instrument panel and an audible tone when the vehicle senses that it is approaching too quickly to the vehicle in front. It is intended to alert the driver to react to the situation to prevent a possible crash. Crash Mitigation pressurizes the braking system in anticipation of a panic stop. This allows the driver to have full braking power as soon as they press the pedal to help prevent a collision. If the driver does not react to the Forward Collision Warning audible/visual alert the system also will provide a brake pulse followed by partial braking to help the driver avoid or mitigate a pending collision. The driver is still required to apply the brake to stop the vehicle.

Adaptive cruise control will keep the Jeep Grand Cherokee at a driver-selected distance from the vehicle in front when the cruise control is engaged. This allows a safe distance between vehicles with enough time for the driver to react should the vehicle in front slow rapidly. The adaptive cruise control system automatically adjusts the Grand Cherokee’s speed using the throttle and brakes to maintain the pre-subscribed distance.

Daytime running lights (DRL) are now standard on all models, and Grand Cherokee Summit models now come standard with adaptive bi-xenon high-intensity discharge (HID) headlamps that swivel in the direction of a turn. This allows drivers better nighttime visibility in turns.

One of the key exterior features of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee is its signature front and rear lightemitting diode (LED) lighting. These unique lights allow Grand Cherokee to be instantly recognizable, night or day, from a great distance. Standard in Overland and Summit, and available on Limited, are bixenon headlamps (adaptive on Summit) that are outlined with LED running lamps. The LEDs start at the inner upper edge by the grille, and follow the outer edge of the light. A slight curve upward occurs along the bottom row of the LED lights as it nears the inner edge. This also allows for the hidden headlamp washers to be placed within the headlamp housing as opposed to a separate nozzle located on the bumper.

The signature headlamps also feature full LED turn indicators.

The LED lights in the rear tail lamps follow the same pattern as the headlamps. A red ring of LED lamps follow the outline of the stop lights and illuminates when the headlamps are on. The lower portion of the tail lamp assembly is outlined in chrome and houses the reverse lights.

Technology for convenience

Immediately noticeable upon entering the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee’s cabin are new touchscreens integrated into the center stack. Standard on Laredo and Limited models is a new 5-inch touchscreen that controls audio, climate, phone and other vehicle functions such as the heated seats or how long the headlamps stay on after the ignition has been turned off. The high-resolution screen is intuitive to use, yet Jeep designers still installed redundant controls for audio and climate below the touch screen.

Standard on Overland and Summit, and available on Laredo and Limited models, is an 8.4-inch touchscreen that controls navigation, audio, climate, phone, vehicle functions and the new Uconnect Access system. This system provides large, easy to read graphics with intuitive, easy to use controls.

The most looked at area of the interior, the instrument cluster, was also given a premium high-tech appearance with the new dynamic gauge cluster. Featuring a customer configurable multiview 7-inch Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal display, the cluster can be configured one hundred different ways for the ultimate, driver-customized experience. Navigation, audio and fuel economy info, as well as Selec-Terrain modes and warning indicators can all be displayed in the 7-inch screen, keeping the driver’s eyes – and attention – closer to the road.

Enabled by LED technology more commonly found in consumer electronics, the display’s pixel illumination is more precisely controlled, which makes for “blacker” blacks and more vivid colors. Such advancement allows crisper graphics, which are critical to the kind of instant recognition drivers need to maintain proper focus on the task at hand: driving.

Front-seat occupants aren’t the only ones who benefit from high-tech displays. Second-row passengers can treat themselves to video entertainment via an available seatback Blu-ray video system (delayed availability). This new system will play standard DVDs as well as Blu-ray discs, and has inputs for high definition media interface (HDMI) cables or RCAs for each screen integrated into the seat backs. Wireless headphones are included as is a wireless remote.

For the ultimate audio experience, Summit models feature a 19-speaker, 825-watt Harman Kardon audio system. Renowned as being a leader in the audio industry, this amazing Harman Kardon system features:

• 9 tweeters
• 5 mid-range speakers
• 2 mid-woofers
• 3 subwoofers
• 12-channel Class D amplifier

Manufacturing: Built in Detroit

The new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee is built at the 3-million-square-foot Jefferson North Assembly Plant (JNAP) in Detroit, which has been the site of Grand Cherokee production since its introduction in 1992. To meet consumer demand, a third crew of 1,100 workers was added at JNAP in the fourth quarter of 2012.