Opting for the EcoDiesel means you'll pay a $2,300 premium over the optional V8 The Italian-built EcoDiesel V6 meets global emissions standards thanks to the use of urea after-treatment and a particulate filter the 8.5-gallon tank of urea should last about 10,000 miles, meaning you'll need to replenish it at the same time you change the oil. Still available are the familiar 3.6-liter, 290-hp, 260-lb-ft Pentastar V6 and the 5.7-liter, 360-hp, 390-lb-ft V8. Jeep's latest Grand Cherokee has been an Autoweek favorite since it went on sale roughly 2.5 years ago, but Jeep fans who are also diesel devotees-more than one AW staffer matches the profile-have moaned about the lineup's lack of an oil burner ever since Jeep dropped its old 3.0-liter V6 diesel after the 2008 model year.įiat's takeover of Jeep parent Chrysler unlocked the cross-Atlantic sharing of platforms and technologies (see Dodge's Alfa Romeo Giulietta-based Dart), which benefits the 2014 Grand Cherokee in the form of a clean-burning, 3.0-liter turbodiesel V6 cranking out 240 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque.
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