Jeep simply dropped the information that the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer are down a few cylinders for 2024. In fact, the obtainable V8s from earlier mannequin years weren’t lengthy for this world anyway. Now, the automaker confirms that your complete Wagoneer household will get a twin-turbo inline-six from right here on out. In the end, this confirms what we already suspected however there’s one different small change coming to the 2024 Grand Wagoneer lineup.
All the best way again in September, we instructed you that it appeared as if Jeep would axe the V8s from the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer lineups for good. The traditional Wagoneer was obtainable with a 5.7-liter HEMI whereas the Grand Wagoneer was obtainable with a beefy 6.4-liter HEMI. Jeep simply confirmed that neither can be found for the 2024 fashions.
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As a substitute, the Wagoneer will come commonplace with the three.0-liter twin-turbocharged Hurricane inline-six that makes 420 hp (313 kW) and 468 lb-ft (635 Nm) of torque. Jeep says that it’s as much as 15% extra environment friendly than the outgoing V8 which is essential if you’re driving one thing that doesn’t get wonderful gasoline economic system to start with.
The Grand Wagoneer can be going inline-six-only for 2024. It will get a bit extra energy although, 510 hp (372 kW) to be actual, together with 500 lb-ft (678 Nm) of torque. The opposite change to the GW lineup is that the Collection II trim from final 12 months is gone in favor of a brand new mid-level trim known as Obsidian. It’ll come commonplace with Jeep’s Obsidian bundle which incorporates piano black trim, black inside accents, gloss black exterior trim, and 22-inch polished wheels with black inserts.
Past these changes, the Wagoneer household continues on unchanged which is an efficient factor general. In our time with it earlier this 12 months, we discovered it to be fairly just like a personal jet for the general public street. It’s good to see that Jeep isn’t attempting to repair one thing that isn’t damaged.