The next Jeep Grand Cherokee will use the Alfa Romeo platform

One of the best things that could happen to Jeep when Mercedes-Benz (Daimler AG) lent them technology was the revival of the Grand Cherokee. The large all-terrain vehicle of the American firm received the same platform that the Mercedes ML used and this helped it improve its performance both on the road and in the field. The problem is that the separation of both groups left Jeep without platforms new ones and until today only slight modifications and improvements have been allowed (due to its economic situation) in an already antiquated platform.

However, things are going to change radically, since FCA is going to lend for the next generation Grand Cherokee a plataform mucho more modern and with better capacities to develop it. Giorgio is his name and Alfa Romeo was commissioned to release it in the new Giulia. On this modern and light aluminum platform, the new models of the biscione firm will be born, among which are the already mentioned Giulia and the next Stelvio SUV.

According to Sergio Marchionne, the development cost of this platform has been estimated at around one billion euros, so to make it profitable it is necessary to export it to other models and brands of Fiat Chrysler Automóbiles (FCA). This is the reason given by the top leader of the Italian-American group when he confirmed Giorgio's arrival in the new Jeep Grand Cherokee, taking advantage of some statements at the Detroit Auto Show.

The next generation of Jeep's large SUV should be in the market facing years 2018 or 2019 and in view of the use of this platform, the development of the model should be very advanced. Reid Bigland, one of the directors of the FCA Group, has referred that the Girorgio platform is a authentic jewel in terms to dynamic behavior and benefits refers. Proof of this are the records that the Guilia Quadrifoglio Verde has managed to obtain on the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit.

We are looking forward to meeting the new Grand Cherokee in view of the good plant and mechanical options that it will have. Let your main rivals tremble.

Source – Jeep