Jeep To Revive Grand Wagoneer Globally

The 2019 Grand Wagoneer will be Jeep’s flagship SUV and it will be pitched against the big ones such as the Range Rover, BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLS Class, and others.

Jeep is reportedly reviving the Grand Wagoneer nameplate and it will be the range-topping SUV for the brand, sitting above the Grand Cherokee. The Grand Wagoneer was discontinued in the late 90s. The all-new version of the SUV will be rivaling primarily against the Land Rover Range Rover, along with other SUVs such as the Porsche Cayenne, the BMW X5, the Audi Q7, among others. The Grand Wagoneer is most likely to come in 2018 as a 2019 year model.

Jeep has officially entered the Indian market with the introduction of the Grand Cherokee and the Wrangler Unlimited in August 2016. As the American automaker will introduce more models in coming years, we can expect Jeep to retail the Grand Wagoneer in India too, since almost all of its rivals are on sale in the country.

Jeep’s head honcho, Mike Manly, revealed the arrival of the Grand Wagoneer while speaking to a European publication at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. Mike Manly speculated that the range-topping SUV could be priced between $130,000 and $140,000 (nearly Rs 1 crore).

Information about the Grand Wagoneer, which is still in development phase, is scarce at the moment. But speculations are running rife that the Grand Wagoneer will be sharing its platform with the next-generation Grand Cherokee (due next year), while it might use powertrains from Jeep’s Italian partner, Fiat’s Maserati brand.

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