Jeep Grand Cherokee and Wrangler launch date and spyshots in India

We have already showed you some spy shots of Jeep Grand Cherokee and Wrangler in India. Here are some more spy shots taken from Pune. The cars spotted include Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee. Two models of Wrangler was spied one long wheel base version and one regular one along with a Grand Cherokee. These spy shots must be signs of a launch closing in.

The Grand Cherokee spied is of course the recently face-lifted one launched internationally a month ago. The Wrangler is actually th same iconic world war II Jeep which was used for military purposes, now sold to public.

Jeep is USA s home SUV manufacture, Jeep SUV s are famous for their elegant and glorious DNA. Currently Jeep brand is owned by a team. Fiat and Chrysler. Fiat has officially announced that in 2013 December they will launch the Jeep models in India by 2014. Cars slated for launch were Wrangler and Grand Cherokee. Grand Cherokee will the the first car to enter Indian market followed by Wrangler. Both regular and long wheel base Wrangler will be sold in India.

Jeep is going to showcase the new Jeep Liberty renamed as Jeep Cherokee at Geneva motor show at Tuesday. There is high chance for the new Cherokee to be added to the Indian line up too.

Jeep will have to specially re-tune the diesel engine for India as diesel used in India is different from diesel used in US. It has more sulfur content and is not as refined as diesel in US. So Fiat may be testing whether the diesel engine and the suspension system is fit for Indian conditions.

Indian spec Grand Cherokee is expected to be powered by a 3.8 l V6 diesel engine accompanied by a petrol engine later. Jeep claims the new diesel engine to be more powerful and efficient too. The new Grand Cherokee diesel roughly obtains 13 km of mileage. Its main rivals will be the Mercedes Benz M class, Audi Q5 and BMW X3. Government has recently increased the import duties via CBU route from 75% to 100%. Unfortunately Jeep models will be imported through this route. The double te actual cost of the SUV have to be payed. We can expect a price tag from 50 to 60 lakhs.

The Wrangler will be powered by a 2.8 l diesel producing 200 HP of power and 410 Nm of torque and will be priced around 40 lakhs.

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