Now would be a good time to point out that all of that excellent, top-shelf hardware is mostly designed to help the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk excel off road. There’s also a Neutral mode that allows for flat towing on the road.
Naturally, there’s a 4 Low mode that locks the front and rear differentials and switches to 2.72:1 gearing for low-speed crawling. It’s capable of sending as much as 100% of total engine torque to one rear wheel. It automatically reconnects at normal driving speeds to provide safer on-pavement handling.Īlso standard is Jeep’s Quadra-Drive II full-time four-wheel-drive system, which features an active transfer case and a rear electronic locking limited-slip differential. That allows the two wheels greater freedom of movement and therefore increasing suspension articulation. Basically, hitting a button on the console electronically disconnects the front sway bar that normally connects the driver- and passenger-side wheels. Like the Wrangler Rubicon, Ford Bronco and certain versions of the Toyota 4Runner, the Trailhawk offers a sway-bar disconnect.
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Selec-Speed Control keeps the vehicle traveling at a constant (slow) speed regardless of incline or decline, without further driver intervention. These modes are selected with a toggle to the left of the spinning shifter. Jeep’s Selec-Terrain Traction Management System includes modes for Snow, Sand/Mud and Rock in addition to the Auto mode it’ll stay in most of the time and, oddly enough, a Sport mode. The suspension will adjust itself based on the Selec-Terrain Traction Management mode selected, or can be manually adjusted with a toggle to the right of the knurled dial that acts as the shift lever. That’s more clearance than a Wrangler Rubicon (without the Xtreme Recon package’s 35-inch tires) and affords a water fording depth of up to 24 inches. Hopefully they won’t be needed, however, as the height-adjustable Quadra-Lift air suspension system lifts the Grand Cherokee to a maximum 11.3 inches of ground clearance.
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But it’s what you don’t immediately see underneath and inside the vehicle that really makes the Trailhawk tick.Īs you’d expect from a Jeep wearing a Trail Rated badge on its fender, the 2022 Grand Cherokee Trailhawk comes with a full complement of steel skid plates to protect its delicate underbelly. A matte-finish hood decal immediately gives it away, punctuated by bright red tow hooks and unique 18-inch wheels shod in chunky Goodyear Wrangler off-road tires. Jeep has made sure that casual observers can tell that the Trailhawk is no ordinary Grand Cherokee. It ostensibly competes with off-road-biased SUVs like the Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro, but as we’ll explain, it casts a much wider net than that. And then there’s the Grand Cherokee Trailhawk, which is the model we just spent a week driving on and off pavement. In its upper-crust Summit and Summit Reserve trims, we said it compares favorably with luxury offerings from Audi, Lincoln, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz. In its base Laredo and mid-level Limited trims, it offers heart-of-the-market buyers a rugged two- or three-row option with legitimate dirt-road capability.
The 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee, perhaps more than any vehicle it competes with, must be many things to many different buyers.
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