

The lstarting price for a Grand Cherokee with four-wheel drive is $30,120 for a base Laredo that comes with the 290-horse V-6 and automatic transmission. The starting price, including destination charge, for a base Grand Cherokee Laredo with 290-horsepower V-6, two-wheel drive and automatic transmission is $28,120. This is for a two-wheel-drive model with V-6.īecause the Grand Cherokee's gas tank is so big, though - holding 24.6 gallons - this SUV can go upwards of 460 combined city/highway miles on a single tank. The best rating the 2012 Grand Cherokee receives from the federal government is 17 miles per gallon in city driving and 23 mpg on the highway. It's also a recommended buy of Consumer Reports the magazine predicted it would have average reliability.įuel economy isn't great, though.

To the contrary, Jeep's flagship SUV, the Grand Cherokee, just posted its best June sales in the United States since 2005 and is up 38 percent so far this year from the year-ago period, when sales already rose impressively from 2010.īuyers find the 2012 Grand Cherokee is an American-built, handsome and comfortable five-seater that offers a surprisingly refined and free-of-wind-noise ride on pavement while retaining its off-road chops. SUVs haven't died off amid higher gasoline prices. Those who thought sport utility vehicles were going the way of the dodo were wrong.
