If you’ve got spent any time up shut and private with Jeep’s huge new Grand Wagoneer SUV, you then will not be shocked to listen to that its gas financial system is not what we would name stellar. It’s big, heavy, formed vaguely like a brick and powered by the lovely-but-decidedly-old-school 6.4-liter Hemi V8, which produces 471 horsepower and 455 pound-feet of torque. But what if there have been a greater, extra environment friendly strategy to get your GrandWag transferring down the highway?
The hole is not huge, however with the additional energy and torque added, these further 2 mpg are wanting like a candy bonus.
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There is, and it is referred to as the Hurricane 510 inline-six-cylinder engine. It produces a wildly spectacular 510 hp and 500 pound-feet, and in response to the EPA (as initially reported by Autoblog on Monday), it does that extra effectively than the V8 model. How far more effectively? By round 2 miles per gallon, in response to FuelEconomy.gov.
The Grand Wagoneer in two-wheel drive kind with the 6.4-liter engine manages to return 13 mpg metropolis, 19 mpg on the freeway and 15 mpg mixed, whereas going to all-wheel drive cuts a single mpg from the freeway determine. The 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder model will return 15 mpg metropolis, 21 mpg freeway and 17 mpg metropolis in two-wheel drive kind, and once more that freeway quantity drops by 1 mpg once you go to four-wheel drive, whereas metropolis drops by 1 mpg as effectively.
More energy and extra effectivity seem to be a no brainer, proper? Well, with out having pushed the Grand Wagoneer with the brand new engine, it is laborious to say. The 6.4-liter engine very a lot fits the character of the luxe Jeep, but when the Hurricane can do its job quietly and make the driving expertise really feel nearer to easy, then Jeep doubtless has a winner on its palms.
Of course, there may be the $2,000 worth premium that Jeep is asking for the smaller six-cylinder engine, which, regardless of its different bonafides, might not compute within the minds of some American SUV consumers, however nonetheless, we’re extraordinarily excited to get some wheel time with the brand new drivetrain.
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