Jeep Grand Cherokee test drive since 2010 SUV
Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland: appearance deceiving
Recently, Grand Cherokee appeared in the press park of the Chrysler representative office in the Overland set with a 3-liter diesel engine. In addition, official information was released that now the cheap diesel Grand in the LAREDO configuration ... ... Officially in Russia there will be no accessible only expensive Overland. Is it worth overpaying for him?
The diesel should gurgle
I knew what I would do in front of the test: I would take a skirt from the front bumper and put it in the trunk so as not to interfere. When the time of the test came, I was confused: there was no skirts that she was on an ordinary Grand. In appearance, the new skirt was already with fog lights integrated inside and, it seems, to get rid of it, the help of a whole car service will be required. Test a jeep with a low -hanging bumper act of vandalism. Especially considering that inspiration that a wonderful Mercedes three -liter diesel with excellent lower classes gives off -road. As much as 519 hm torque.
So we drove out into nature by car of Jeep brand with an entry angle of only 23.3 degrees. Trying to stay as calmly as possible. The main task was not to succumb to the persuasion of Mr. Diesel and keep himself in his hands for the sake of preserving plastic.
But everything is in vain! For some reason, the work of exactly the same three-liter diesel under the hood of Mercedes GL and ML is not so capturing. There he works in German, as an economical and painful mechanism. Only in Grand Cherokee, the Daimler diesel becomes poetic. At low speeds, he gurgles, like a ship's motor from a longboat, and on a left pedal rushes forward, going to the peak of the moment from 1600 rpm, while giving no more than 13 liters of diesel fuel. By the way, if I were the owner of the gasoline Grand Cherokee, I would probably go to the subway three days a week so that the children have money for kinder surgery. Still, diesel on large SUVs is indispensable today.
Do not touch the body Thomas Haush, the head of the European branch of Chrysler, did not lie when he said that Jeep was the last truly American brand. It is for this that she is respected in Europe. Go to Greece, Germany or Croatia, meet Wrangler, Grand or even Commander everywhere, and to meet Tahoe, Explorer or Hummer will have to organize a search expedition.
The nationality and truth of the American car are under the protection of Congress. Chrysler is legally prohibited from financing new body decisions, so the frame welded to the bottom of the frame and a hefty central tunnel are responsible for the rigidity of the Grand design. For the same reason, the driver’s landing is so high that his eyes are at the level of a solar visor. Fans of panoramic glazing this Bether style will have a great amp. Immediately after the Second World War, the congressmen also adopted an amendment, which excludes the brakes from the basic equipment and announcing them with an additional option for European countries. Thanks to all these timely accepted restrictions on Jeep to this day, a living legend recognized on both continents remains.
We will combine these advantages with the Mercedes diesel, long hood and soft manners and get a really extraordinary car. Moreover, his transmission in the Overland configuration includes as many as three differentials of increased friction: front, central and rear, and still reduced transmission 1: 2.7.
And we still torn the skirt on the off-road, clinging to some kind of bump. And only then it became clear that it could be unfastened, you just won’t immediately understand how it is, as it were, licked with foglights.
Summary: Removing someone's skirt, do not be distracted by passing thoughts. The truth is that the driver of the jeep will easily remove any.
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
A source: Magazine 4x4 [January /2009]
