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The Chrysler Grand Commander? That’s what Allpar.com expects from the China-exclusive Jeep with seating for seven, codenamed K8 and riding on the FCA Compact Wide vehicle architecture of the Cherokee.
Introduced in April 2018 at the Beijing Auto Show, the Grand Commander is manufactured in the PRC by GAC Fiat in Changsha. The 2.0-liter GME Hurricane turbo inline-four engine and 948TE automatic transmission come standard. A plug-in hybrid will be added to the range to the range in 2019, but so far, Jeep hasn’t said a word about U.S. availability of the mid-size crossover utility vehicle.
“Because its priorities were not very Jeep-like,” the Grand Commander will “end up in modified form as a Chrysler outside of its normal home in China” according to the cited publication. “Could it be a Chrysler Journey?” The easiest way to tell is to compare this outcome with Jeep's presentation from the Capital Markets Day 2018.
A slide from the presentation listed the Grand Commander under “100-percent market coverage” by 2022, which means that the United States will receive this fellow at some point in the future. But as a Chrysler? We’re not buying that at all, more so if you remember the Chrysler brand was left out the Capital Markets Day 2018.
Also worthy of mention, Jeep plans to refresh the Compass and re-engineer the Renegade from the ground up by 2022. An all-new Cherokee, Grand Cherokee with five and seven seats, Wagoneer, and Grand Wagoneer will follow. Last, but certainly not least, Jeep listed the “Low D 3-Row” SUV, referring to the rows of seats and the compact executive segment.
Turning our attention back to the report, Allpar.com mentions that the Portal Concept would arrive in 2020 or 2021 at the latest as a crossover. There are also “rumors of a Chrysler-badged crossover version of the Charger,” which is intriguing if you remember that the Magnum used to be nothing more than a station wagon-bodied 300 back in the day.
Instead of importing the Grand Commander from China, Jeep will build the three-row crossover locally at one of three plants. The most likely site is Belvidere in Illinois where the Cherokee is made. Windsor or Toluca are the runner-ups.
“Because its priorities were not very Jeep-like,” the Grand Commander will “end up in modified form as a Chrysler outside of its normal home in China” according to the cited publication. “Could it be a Chrysler Journey?” The easiest way to tell is to compare this outcome with Jeep's presentation from the Capital Markets Day 2018.
A slide from the presentation listed the Grand Commander under “100-percent market coverage” by 2022, which means that the United States will receive this fellow at some point in the future. But as a Chrysler? We’re not buying that at all, more so if you remember the Chrysler brand was left out the Capital Markets Day 2018.
Also worthy of mention, Jeep plans to refresh the Compass and re-engineer the Renegade from the ground up by 2022. An all-new Cherokee, Grand Cherokee with five and seven seats, Wagoneer, and Grand Wagoneer will follow. Last, but certainly not least, Jeep listed the “Low D 3-Row” SUV, referring to the rows of seats and the compact executive segment.
Turning our attention back to the report, Allpar.com mentions that the Portal Concept would arrive in 2020 or 2021 at the latest as a crossover. There are also “rumors of a Chrysler-badged crossover version of the Charger,” which is intriguing if you remember that the Magnum used to be nothing more than a station wagon-bodied 300 back in the day.
Instead of importing the Grand Commander from China, Jeep will build the three-row crossover locally at one of three plants. The most likely site is Belvidere in Illinois where the Cherokee is made. Windsor or Toluca are the runner-ups.
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