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From the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee turns into the newest Chrysler Group automobile to earn ‘Top Safety Pick’ standing
- Chrysler Group LLC holds greater than 20 p.c of the whole IIHS 2010 Top Safety Picks within the mid-size SUV phase and greater than 12 p.c general
- Chrysler Group demonstrates continued management in occupant safety and general automobile engineering functionality
- All-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee delivers legendary Jeep functionality, uncompromised on-road expertise and greater than 45 security and security measures
[June 2, 2010, Auburn Hills, Mich.] Chrysler Group LLC introduced at present that the all-new 2011 Jeep® Grand Cherokee has acquired a Top Safety Pick award by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) – the very best ranking the group bestows.
“The all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee is the primary manufacturing automobile to launch since our alliance with Fiat and a ‘Top Safety Pick’ is a good way to begin our 2011 product offensive,” mentioned Scott Kunselman, Senior Vice President – Engineering, Chrysler Group LLC. “IIHS” recognition of 5 merchandise underscores Chrysler Group’s engineering functionality and management in occupant safety.”
The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee joins the 2010 Dodge Journey, 2010 Dodge Avenger, 2010 Chrysler Sebring, and the 2010 Jeep® Patriot (outfitted with obtainable seat mounted air bag) as 2010 Top Safety Picks, based on IIHS.
“The all-new 2011 Grand Cherokee gives shoppers with enhanced security and safety, along with legendary Jeep functionality and a premium driving expertise,” mentioned Mike Manley, President and CEO – Jeep Brand. “With greater than 45 totally different security and safety methods working in concord – together with Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Electronic Roll Mitigation, Active Head Restraints, Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Warning and a Blind-Spot/Rear Cross-path detection system – our new Jeep Grand Cherokee will enable clients to learn from a brand new stage of safety, on- and off-road.”
Chrysler Group autos symbolize greater than 20 p.c of the whole mid-size SUVs awarded Top Safety Pick standing by IIHS to automakers and greater than 12 p.c of the general Top Safety Picks in all segments. The awards acknowledge cars with ESC that carry out properly within the Institute’s front-impact, side-impact, rear-impact and new for 2010, roof-strength evaluations.
“Vehicles that earn ‘Top Safety Pick’ meet the very best requirements for crash take a look at efficiency,” mentioned IIHS president Adrian Lund. “This award implies that patrons of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee are getting state-of-the-art security for the very best safety in the commonest sorts of crashes, and digital stability management, which our analysis reveals will help forestall crashes altogether.”
The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2010 Jeep Patriot, 2010 Chrysler Sebring, 2010 Dodge Avenger and 2010 Dodge Journey embody a two-fold strategy to safety-passive options mixed with accident-avoidance options. Standard or obtainable security and security measures on all 5 autos embody ESC with traction management, Brake Assist and Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), driver and front-passenger energetic head restraints, entrance seat-mounted facet airbags and superior multi-stage entrance airbags.
Chrysler Group’s 5 Top Safety Picks embody a two-fold strategy to safety-passive options mixed with accident-avoidance methods. The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2010 Jeep Patriot, 2010 Chrysler Sebring, 2010 Dodge Avenger and 2010 Dodge Journey additionally characteristic the corporate’s new energetic head restraint system for front-seat occupants. This new system augments the top restraints means to reduce neck accidents brought on by rear-impact accidents. In the occasion of a rear impression, the top restraints deploy to take away the house between the occupants head and the restraint to assist reduce whiplash sort accidents.
All-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Nearly twenty years in the past, Jeep invented the premium sport-utility automobile phase with the introduction of the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Now, greater than 4 million gross sales later, Jeep delivers an all-new Grand Cherokee that balances legendary Jeep functionality with improved, subtle on-road dynamics that ship a premium driving expertise.
Capability highlights embody a alternative of three 4×4 methods, new Jeep Quadra-Lift Air Suspension and Selec-Terrain methods, and towing functionality of seven,400 lbs. On-road dynamics are improved courtesy of recent unbiased entrance and rear suspension methods and a brand new physique construction that dramatically will increase torsional stiffness for decreased Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) ranges.
The design of the all-new Jeep Grand Cherokee boasts an all-new sculpted physique and athletic profile that outline a smooth exterior and aerodynamic finesse. CommandView® – a brand new dual-pane panoramic solar roof – extends from the windshield to the rear of the automobile. A world-class inside design is highlighted by premium soft-touch inside supplies for all fashions. The inside gives shoppers with greater than 4 inches of elevated rear-seat knee and leg room, and 17 p.c extra cargo quantity.
Chrysler Group’s all-new 290-horsepower 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine boasts an 11 p.c enchancment in gas financial system for the Jeep Grand Cherokee, delivering as much as 23 mpg and over 500 miles on one tank of gasoline. The all-new flexible-fuel engine is normal on the Grand Cherokee, and options Variable-valve Timing (VVT), double overhead camshafts and a high-pressure die-cast aluminum cylinder block in a 60-degree configuration.
Numerous superior expertise options are provided, together with stay cellular TV (FLO TV), SIRIUS Backseat TV and Uconnect Web, which transforms the automobile right into a ‘scorching spot’ to ship the Internet on to the automobile.
The all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee can be obtainable in 3 fashions: Laredo, Limited and Overland.
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4×2 pricing begins at $30,995 – $495 decrease than the outgoing mannequin. Laredo 4×4 pricing begins at $32,995 – $465 decrease than the outgoing mannequin.
More than 45 security and security measures can be found within the all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, together with normal Active Head Restraints, full-length side-curtain and seat-mounted facet thorax air baggage, Electronic Stability Control, Electronic Roll Mitigation, Hill-start Assist, and Trailer-sway Control. A Blind-spot/Rear Cross-path detection system and Adaptive Cruise Control with Forward Collision Warning can be found.
Following is a listing of security and security measures obtainable within the all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee:
- Active Head Restraints: Deploy within the occasion of a rear collision. Restraints are designed to scale back accidents by minimizing the hole between the top restraint and the passenger’s head
- Active Turn Signals: Turn sign flashes 3 times when stalk is depressed for one second to point a lane change
- Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC): The system decreases the automobile’s pre-set cruise-control pace when closing in on one other automobile in the identical lane, or when one other automobile pulls into the identical lane. The system will speed up to the pre-set pace when the automobile in entrance hastens or strikes into one other lane. ACC will keep a driver adjustable distance between the automobile and the one in entrance of it, permitting using cruise management in gentle visitors with out having to repeatedly regulate settings
- Advanced Multi-stage Air Bags: Inflates with a pressure applicable to the severity of the impression. Meets FMVSS 208 superior air bag necessities for smaller, out-of-position occupants
- Anti-lock Brake System (ABS): Senses and prevents wheel lockup, providing improved steering management below excessive braking and/or slippery situations
- Anti-lock Brake System with Rough-road Detection: Anti-lock brake system is able to detecting if the automobile is driving on a tough highway by the oscillations within the wheel pace alerts. When tough highway is detected on off-road surfaces or trails, ABS enters a special strain management the place it is going to maintain the brake strain for longer pulses
- BeltAlert: Activates a chime and/or illuminates an icon within the instrument cluster to remind the motive force and entrance passenger to buckle up if a automobile is pushed with out belted front-seat occupants
- Blind-spot Monitoring (BSM): Uses twin ultra-wideband radar sensors to assist the motive force when altering lanes, or if being handed by or passing unseen autos. The system notifies the motive force of auto(s) of their blind spot by way of illuminated icons on the sideview mirror and with a driver-selected audible chime
- Brake Assist: In an emergency brake state of affairs, the system applies most braking energy, minimizing the stopping distance
- Brake-traction Control System (BTCS): Helps to maintain driving wheels from spinning throughout acceleration from a cease or throughout gradual speeds by making use of particular person brakes to the slipping wheel(s)
- Brake Override: When a disagreement exists between the throttle and the brake, the brake sign causes the engine controller to scale back engine energy, permitting the operator to cease the automotive
- Child Seat Anchor System: LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) is designed to ease set up of suitable aftermarket baby seats
- Constant-force Retractors (CFR): Regulates the pressure exerted on the occupant by the seat belt, after which regularly releases seat-belt webbing in a managed method
- Electronic Roll Mitigation (ERM): An extension of Electronic Stability Control (ESC). Uses enter from ESC sensors to anticipate if the automobile is liable to coming into a possible roll state of affairs, then applies the brakes individually and modulates the throttle place as wanted
- Electronic Stability Control (ESC): Enhances driver management and helps keep directional stability below all situations. Provides the profit in crucial driving conditions resembling turns, and is effective when driving on blended floor situations together with snow, ice or gravel. If there’s a discernible distinction between driver enter by means of the steering wheel and the automobile’s path, ESC applies selective braking and throttle enter to information the automobile again on to the motive force’s supposed path
- Energy-absorbing Steering Column: The manual-adjust steering column makes use of two hydroformed coaxial tubes that may transfer relative to one another to permit the column to maneuver ahead for enhanced power absorption throughout a crash. The power-adjust steering column employs a calibrated bending aspect that deforms throughout column stroke for optimum power administration
- Enhanced Accident Response System (EARS): Makes it simpler for emergency personnel to see and attain occupants within the occasion of an accident by turning on the inside lighting and unlocking doorways after air bag deployment. Also shuts off stream of gas to the engine
- Express Up/Down Windows: One-touch powered specific up/down window button situated on the entrance driver and passenger-side door
- Forward Collision Warning (FCW): Using forward-facing radar sensors, this technique detects when the automobile could also be approaching one other automobile too quickly and alerts the motive force so the motive force can decide what motion have to be taken so as to forestall the automobile from a collision
- High-intensity Discharge (HID) Headlamps: Provide roughly 3 times the sunshine output of standard reflector lamps for improved nighttime illumination
- Hill-descent Control (HDC): Allows easy and managed descent on tough or slippery terrain with out the motive force having to the touch the brake pedal. Applies the brakes to every wheel individually when wanted to scale back ahead movement when negotiating steep grades
- Hill-start Assist (HSA): Assists drivers when beginning a automobile from a cease on a hill by sustaining the extent of brake strain utilized for a brief time period after a driver’s foot is faraway from the brake pedal. If throttle isn’t utilized inside a brief time period after the motive force’s foot is faraway from the brake pedal, brake strain can be launched
- Keyless Enter-N-Go: When a person enters the automobile, digital sensors detect if the automobile key fob is current. The automobile will then enable the person to push a button to begin the automobile with out having to insert the important thing into the ignition
- Knee Bolsters: The decrease instrument panel and the glove-box door are designed to correctly place the occupant throughout impression, enabling air baggage to work successfully
- Navigation System: Voice-activated navigation system obtainable with real-time visitors to supply exact steerage to vacation spot by means of using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite tv for pc expertise
- ParkSense® Rear-park Assist System: Assists at low speeds in reverse to detect stationary objects. Consists of audible warnings for the motive force and has a show within the Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) built-in into the instrument cluster
- ParkView™ rear back-up digital camera: Provides a wide-angle view of the world instantly behind the automobile, giving the motive force better peace of thoughts earlier than reversing at low speeds. Contains grid line to assist the motive force when maneuvering into parking areas or slim areas. Also aids in lining up a trailer to the automobile’s trailer hitch, when so outfitted. The picture is displayed on the navigation display screen when the transmission is shifted into Reverse
- Power Tilt-and-telescoping Steering Column with Memory: Allows steering column to tilt and transfer towards or away from the motive force to realize a protected and cozy distance from the superior multi-stage entrance driver air bag, if deployed
- Rain Brake Support: Uses the ESC pump to often push brake pads frivolously in opposition to brake rotors in wet situations so as to hold rotors dry
- Rain-sensing Wipers: A driver comfort characteristic that routinely senses moisture on the windshield and prompts wipers
- Ready Alert Braking: Anticipates conditions when the motive force might provoke an emergency brake cease and makes use of the ESC pump to set brake pads in opposition to rotors so as to lower the time required for full brake utility
- Rear Cross Path (RCP): In car parking zone conditions, this technique warns drivers backing out of parking areas of visitors shifting towards their automobile. It prompts any time the automobile is in Reverse. The driver is notified of auto(s) crossing behind the automobile by way of illuminated icons on the sideview mirror and with a driver-selected audible chime
- Remote (fob) Operated Windows (entrance home windows – down solely): Enable a person to chill down their automobile passively by opening entrance home windows remotely
- Remote Keyless Entry: Locks and unlocks doorways and activates inside lamps. If the automobile is provided with a safety alarm, the distant additionally arms and disarms that system
- Remote Start: Conveniently begins the engine and prompts key consolation settings primarily based on ambient situations by utilizing the important thing fob whereas sustaining automobile safety
- Rollover Crash Sensing: Senses a rollover and deploys seat-belt pretensioners and/or normal full-length side-curtain air baggage as wanted
- Seat-belt Pretensioners: During a collision, impression sensors provoke entrance seat- belt pretensioners to take away slack within the seatbelt system, thereby decreasing the ahead motion of the occupant’s head and torso
- Sentry Key® Engine Immobilizer: Utilizes an engine key that has an embedded transponder with a preprogrammed safety code to discourage automobile theft. When the hot button is inserted into the ignition, the controller sends a random quantity to the transponder and the engine is allowed to begin. If an incorrect secret’s used, the engine will shut off after just a few seconds
- Signal Mirrors: Signal lamp constructed into the housing of exterior mirrors permits flip alerts to be considered from the entrance, in addition to the edges and rear of the automobile so as to alert oncoming visitors and pedestrians
- SmartBeam® Headlamps: Headlamp system adjusts to ambient gentle and oncoming visitors to ship most lighting
- Standard Full-length Side-curtain Air Bags: Extend safety to all outboard front- and rear-seat passengers. Each facet air bag has its personal impression sensor that autonomously triggers the air bag on the facet the place an impression happens. This sort of air bag is housed within the headliner simply above facet home windows
- Standard Seat-mounted Side Thorax Air Bags: Provide enhanced safety to the motive force and entrance outboard passenger in sure impacts. Each facet air bag has its personal impression sensor that autonomously triggers the air bag on the facet the place an impression happens. Standard facet air baggage are housed throughout the outboard facet of every entrance seat
- Three-point Seat Belts: Front outboard seating positions and all rear seating positions have lap and shoulder belts
- Tire-pressure Monitoring (TPM): Informs driver when tire strain is just too low. Pressure-sensor modules throughout the valve stems of all 4 highway wheels ship steady radio-frequency alerts to a receiver and the system
- Trailer-sway Control (TSC): Reduces trailer sway and improves dealing with in hostile towing situations brought on by crosswinds and visitors. The system displays the automobile’s motion relative to the motive force’s supposed path, then applies alternating brake strain to gradual the automobile after which will increase the strain on one entrance wheel so as to counteract the sway induced by the trailer
- Uconnect Phone: In-vehicle, voice-activated communication system that permits clients to speak on their Bluetooth suitable telephone together with your palms on the wheel and eyes on the highway. The built-in phonebook sync characteristic routinely downloads as many as 1,000 telephone e-book entries from supported telephones, which may then be chosen by merely saying contact title
* When outfitted with obtainable Electronic Stability Control
2014 Grand Cherokee
New options embody Front Park Assist, Forward Collision Warning with Crash Mitigation and Uconnect Access with 9-1-1 name and roadside help
Auburn Hills, Mich., Jan 14, 2013 – The new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee presents shoppers greater than 60 security and security measures together with normal all-speed traction management and digital stability management (ESC) that improves general automobile dealing with and efficiency each on- and off-road. Available Selec-Speed Control, new for 2014, permits the motive force to regulate the speed of hill ascent and descent with out having to the touch the pedals. Standard trailer-sway management (TSC) enhances towing capabilities and retains the automobile and trailer aligned taking place the highway. Safety and security measures obtainable for the primary time on the Jeep Grand Cherokee embody Forward Collision Warning with Crash Mitigation, Selec-Speed Control (late availability on EcoDiesel and V-8 fashions) and Uconnect Access with 9-1-1 name and roadside help. Blind-spot Monitoring (BSM) and Rear Cross Path detection (RCP) – which help drivers when altering lanes or in car parking zone conditions – are additionally obtainable. In addition, normal front-row energetic head restraints, normal full-length side-curtain air baggage and normal seat-mounted facet thorax air baggage provide enhanced occupant safety to passengers within the occasion of a collision. The following is a whole checklist of 63 security and security measures obtainable within the all-new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee:
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