The Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer SUVs grew to become the largest fashions within the Jeep household once they arrived final fall. However that standing will probably be brief lived.
Prolonged variations of the burly utility automobiles, the Wagoneer L and Grand Wagoneer L, debut on the New York auto present Wednesday because the model appears to be like to contend immediately with rivals such because the Cadillac Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon XL and Lincoln Navigator L.
The big SUVs are among the many auto business’s most worthwhile automobiles, and within the case of the Suburban, have fostered a loyal buyer base for many years.
The 2023 Wagoneer L and Grand Wagoneer L, measuring 12 inches (30.5 cm) longer than the standard-wheelbase fashions, go on sale within the second half of the yr.
All the know-how from the present fashions is there, however drivers will be capable to retailer much more within the again. The long-wheelbase fashions provide as much as 44.2 cubic ft of cargo area behind the third row, 15.8 cubic ft greater than the shorter fashions.
The L fashions have a 130-inch (330-cm) wheelbase, up seven inches, or 17.75 cm, from the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer.
The third row within the L variants function a pair of third-row storage compartments, every with 1.8 litres of capability to carry digital gadgets and different private gadgets, that are not accessible on the shorter choices.
Jeep will unveil a blacked-out Wagoneer L “Carbide” trim in New York as nicely, a twin of the Obsidian variant of the Grand Wagoneer, stated Jim Morrison, Jeep’s North America head. The Carbide bundle will probably be accessible on the shorter Wagoneer beginning this spring, and on all 2023 Wagoneer and Wagoneer L fashions within the second half of 2022.
Mark Allen, head of Jeep exterior design, stated fashions this future the chance of trying like college buses, so getting the proportions proper was key.
“The trick once you do these sorts of issues, two totally different wheelbases, is [to] attempt to get the proportions to work backwards and forwards,” Allen stated throughout a media briefing this month. “Seven inches of wheelbase, 12 inches general size, that is not a small quantity to attempt to handle. … I believe it got here out fairly elegant.”
The lengthened automobiles will probably be powered by two variations of Stellantis’ new 3.0-litre, twin-turbo inline six-cylinder Hurricane engine.
The Wagoneer L will function the Hurricane engine that produces 420 hp and 468 pound-feet of torque, whereas the Grand Wagoneer L is full of the high-output model with 510 hp and 500 pound-feet of torque.
These figures prime the 5.7-litre and 6.4-litre V-8 engines presently provided within the shorter fashions.
Customers can now order the shorter Grand Wagoneer with the 510-hp engine throughout what the corporate is looking a “particular run.”
“To tug off 510 horsepower with this new 3.0-litre twin turbo was unimaginable,” Morrison stated. “Driving all of the know-how into this bundle in a manner that improves energy and effectivity is de facto onerous to do.”