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Larry Vellequette of Automotive News wrote that there would be a Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel option in North America for 2013. The option has been absent since 2008. U.S. Grand Cherokee sales rose 51% in 2011, hitting 127,744, and over 50,000 of the similar Dodge Durangos were sold in the same year. Demand for the [...]
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Australian automotive guide Drive has named the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with the common-rail diesel its four-wheel-drive Car of the Year. The Jeep beat last year’s winner, the Land Rover Discovery 4. “It’s now pretty good,” noted one one judge. “They’ve fixed the interior, and it doesn’t have that plastic garden furniture feel to [...]
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The Chrysler 200 models to be badged as Lancia Flavias in Europe have been trimmed to just one, the 200 convertible. According to a report in Automotive News, the cost of adding a diesel to the 200 sedan would make the selling price too high to be competitive, but company officials believe the convertible will [...]
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Self-confessed Jeep enthusiast Dan Grec has posted a petition asking Chrysler to introduce a diesel-equipped Jeep for the U.S. market. He invites everyone to sign on to support the drive for diesel. Beginning in 2009, Grec drove a stock Jeep Wrangler on the Pan American Highway from Northern Alaske to Tierra del Fuego at the [...]
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The Ram Long-Hauler concept was designed for those who have a trailer to tow and a long distance to travel, but don’t want to move up to a Class 6 truck. Based on the Class 5 Ram 5500 Chassis Cab, the Ram Long-Hauler has a six-cylinder 6.7-liter high output Cummins turbodiesel engine rated at 800 [...]
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Jeep is debuting its new line of 70th Anniversary Edition models at the Geneva Motor Show, as well as the new Jeep Compass and “the new diesel powertrain” for the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Insiders have told Allpar for some time that the Mercedes 3-liter V6 has been jettisoned in favor of a similarly sized, smoother, [...]
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