Black pack offered on Grand Cherokee Limited

JEEP has announced that its Black Appearance Group is now available on Grand Cherokee Limited variants, offering what it says is a “sport and stealth look”.

Black highlights and accents replace the standard chrome garnish on the Limited variant, along with the addition of a dual-pane sunroof, head-up display, interior facing camera (seven-seat only), 20-inch gloss black alloy wheels and black roof rails.

The Black Appearance Group is available on five- and seven-seat Grand Cherokee Limited variants from $4250 including GST and LCT.

All exterior colours are offered in conjunction with the Black Appearance Group, including Bright White, Velvet Red, Diamond Black, Silver Zynith, Midnight Sky, Rock Mountain, Hydro Blue and Baltic Grey.

Priced from $77,950 plus on-road costs, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is powered exclusively by Jeep’s 3.6-litre Pentastar V6 petrol engine paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission.

Variant-dependant Quadra-Trac I and II four-wheel drive systems are available, as is the American brand’s Selec-Terrain multi-mode off-road stability and traction control system and Quadra-Lift air suspension arrangement, which gives the model 276mm of ground clearance and 610mm of water wading capabilities.

Standard equipment on all variants includes heated, electrically adjusted front seats with power lumbar support, the latest 10.1-inch Uconnect 5 touchscreen multimedia unit with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto plus over-the-air updates and height adjustable power tailgate.

On the safety and driver assistance front are automatic LED headlights, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go function, active lane management, automatic emergency braking (with pedestrian and cyclist detection), drowsy driver detection and traffic sign recognition.

Australia was used as part of Grand Cherokee’s validation program with more than 60,000km of local testing in harsh and remote environments.

In Australia, the model range competes with the likes of the Land Rover Defender (from $96,170 +ORC) and Volkswagen Touareg (from $89,240 +ORC) in the SUV Large over $70K market segment.

It is hoped the addition of the Black Appearance Group (BAG) for Limited variants will help Jeep to rekindle interest in the Grand Cherokee, whose sales have declined considerably over the past 18-24 months.

Considerable price increases on many models in the current Jeep portfolio have seen the American brand’s sales figures fall to near-record lows, with total year-to-date (YTD) sales tallying just 2937 units (or 0.4 per cent of the overall market).

Of that total, Jeep has sold 951 Compass small SUVs, 16 Cherokees, 658 Wranglers, 805 Grand Cherokees, and 507 Gladiator utes.

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