Showing posts with label Jeep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeep. Show all posts

Friday, February 18, 2011

Chrysler fixes Grand Cherokee handling issue identified by Consumer Reports


According to Consumer Reports, Chrysler has a processing fee issue with the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, that the publication addressed discovered in independent tests. During a double lane-change emergency braking CR testers found a considerable amount of slide and hop on the limit of traction. Chrysler engineers went to the magazine test track, get the results before returning to Auburn Hills with a solution to be checked. In December, the car manufacturer, a software update for the stability of the vehicle control, and had made all Grand Cherokee models from the factory since the update.

Consumer Reports has recently updated the 2011 Grand Cherokee to the test at the track again and found that the problem was fixed. The large SUV managed an average speed of 50 MPH to keep through the course and acted on and beyond the limits of vehicle traction. The update has helped to improve the vehicle Consumer Reports rating for the Grand Cherokee from a 66 to A 71st

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Spy Shots: Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 caught sunbathing ahead of NY reveal


We can hardly wait for the redesigned Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 across the stage at the 2011 New York Auto Show strut. Fortunately, we can fill our muscles truck courtesy of some spy shots of our favorite non-Trail Rated Jeep shows take in some desert sun.

This next-generation Grand Cherokee SRT8 is rumored, a 6.4-liter Hemi engine under the hood, which should be good to pack for around 470 hp. Rather disappointingly, the rumormill the automatic transmission has provided only five gears, but at least it is said to be the first SRT-branded product with paddle shifters. What's more, the brake pedal should be handy in the twisting speedometer thanks to drag a series of 14-inch Brembos.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Marchionne: Chrysler planning hybrid minivan for 2013



Chrysler, the automaker to the top of the minivan movement in the 1980s, is seriously thinking about his family tractor business. As we reported earlier, the Chrysler is scrapping one of the two twins minivan by 2013, making room for a small micro-van within the next few years to start - a vehicle that compete with the likes of the Ford C-Max and Mazda5 . Now, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, reports confirmed that a hybrid version of the company's next-generation minivan on the way, should be up to 2013 debut.

Which is for use in hybrid minivans use the same drive technology, we shall see in the gasoline-electric version of the Chrysler 300 sedan, will also be set to start in 2013 planned the drive train. The factory, where both the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan are built today - The new van will be built at the automobile manufacturer Windsor Assembly Plant in Canada.