{"id":20942,"date":"2022-04-28T00:03:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=20942"},"modified":"2022-04-28T00:03:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:03:51","slug":"jeep-no-downside-i6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=20942","title":{"rendered":"Jeep performance models, tow ratings won’t suffer with I6, boss says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motor Authority<\/em> peppered<\/a> Jeep<\/a> chief Jim Morrison with a few pointed questions at the New York Auto Show<\/a> about changes in store for the lineup. Now that the Hurricane inline-six is official, the writing on the wall for the demise of the Hellcat and Chrysler’s<\/a> family of Hemi V8s has dripped down the walls and is pooling on the floors. Since you already know how some of us here feel about the Hemi<\/a>, this isn’t exactly bad news. It leaves the Trackhawk trim bellowing down a one-way road, though, since Jeep announced the end of V8s in the Grand Cherokee<\/a>. When MA asked Morrison about future Trackhawks, he replied, “I don’t know. Could it be a variant of Trackhawk? Electrichawk? Who knows…” \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

But when one door closes, another one opens. Stellantis refuses to confess to the performance hybrid<\/a> game plan for the Hurricane I6, but such engines are coming. This quote from MA<\/em> is the best we can do to close the case without a body, unless Jeep plans to follow AMG<\/a> into four-cylinder screamers: “Morrison told Motor Authority<\/em> there will be performance variants of the WL generation Grand Cherokee<\/a>, but they won’t be powered by V-8s.”<\/p>\n

Morrison also (mostly) kiboshed the chance of the Jeep Gladiator enjoying a V8<\/a> or the some of the factory-fit off-road upgrades bestowed on the Wrangler<\/a>. The Gladiators fractional sales compared to the Wrangler can’t justify the development spend. Those who tow<\/a> won’t be sacrificed by the removal of two cylinders and the move to electrification, either. MA said Morrison revealed, “We might have a different solution for them (those who tow), though.” Check out Motor Authority for the Jeep goss.<\/p>\n

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