Jeep: myths and facts

What are the reasons usually referred to people who refuse to Jeep? Great fuel economy, valkost, poor quality trim inflated price, an American. I'll try to dispel these myths by the example of Grand Cherokee WH 3.0 CRD 2008. What usually prefer to buy? Toyota LR Prado, VW Touareg, Mitsubishi Pajero, Nissan Pathfinder ... With them, I'll compare and Jeep Grand Cherokee in this article. A myth, an American - it's bad. Just want to say that American origin did not prevent the Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ be super popular in Russia and CIS countries in the 90s. Have you ever wondered why? Why does not Toyota, or Mitsubishi, Nissan or not so popular? Today the American origin does not bother to be desired car brands such as Cadillac, Hummer, Lincoln, Dodge, Chrysler ... why hurt Jeep referred to as "illiquid"?? The origin of this car here and obviously do not. For reference, many cars are going to mark Jeep in Europe, in particular, Jeep Grand Cherokee WH is going to Austria in Graz on the factory Mercedes Benz. Jeep - the most popular American brand in Europe. 2 myth: great fuel economy. In fact, if you buy a Grand Cherokee SRT8 with an engine 6.1L, or Grand Cherokee with the 5.7 HEMI, a moderate consumption you have to forget, and it is better to think how to increase the capacity of the tank. Consider the Jeep Grand Cherokee WH with a diesel engine German 3.0CRD (for information, these diesel engines and sets a Mercedes on their cars). Consumption in the Grand Cherokee with the engine not exceeding 14 liters of diesel fuel per 100 km in the city and on the highway descends to 10-11 liters per 100 kilometers. And this despite the locomotive traction (510 Nm), the average amount of horsepower (218 hp) and thus a small tax, and more than worthy of the dynamics (9.0 to 100 km / h). With this combination of performance and economy Jeep leaves far behind almost all its competitors in its price category, and only VW Touareg with a similar engine can compete, but it costs more. 3 myth valkost. There is even talk and nothing. Compare Grand Cherokee, for example, Toyota Prado and you will understand everything. Manageability Jeep on the pavement exceeds many competitors. 4 Myth: low quality interior trim. Indeed, the quality of materials trim Jeep is far from ideal, but once you try not to believe rumors and compare with the salon Jeep showrooms of competitors. A clear advantage is only Touareg, quality of materials "Japanese" are no better. In addition to the restyled 2009 Jeep-trim palpably s became richer than some rivals in this test. 5 Myth: inflated price. When people talk about overpriced Jeep and, in particular, Grand Cherokee, usually mention that the U.S. Jeep Grand Cherokee WK is worth $ 30-40 thousand. Knowing this, people believe that this is the kind of money, which is the machine, and in Russia bad dealers clocked up the price to $ 70,000 and trying to fool our brother by selling him a "Field" at a price of "Hammer". This rumor carefully passed from mouth to mouth and confuse people. "Of course, I'd rather buy a VW Touareg, he's in Germany is almost the same price so honest" - many people think. Only reason that the VW Touareg sold in USA for $ 30000-45000 nobody nowhere mentions. It is difficult to understand the unit of the world economy, but it's true. In the U.S., all cars are cheaper, regardless of country of origin. It turns out that the price in Europe for the Jeep and all its competitors in the same way overpriced when compared with the price in the U.S.. In Europe, the Jeep is worth the same money as in Russia. P.S. When I choose a car in the price range $ 60000-70000, I read many articles that tell me what Jeep worse than others, and Toyota, and Volkswagen is the best. Periodically, I was faced with differences in various publications, pereviraniem specifications and unprofessional trivial authors (up to mistakes in arithmetic when calculating the score.) After all the reading I've decided to trust no one and "try" all the machines himself. After a detailed comparison of all the characteristics of competitors and a few test drives, I made my choice and not a drop of it I do not regret, and what you want. At the moment, much simpler, because There club owners and fans of Jeep, where you can find out the opinions of people who have bought this car myself. Unfortunately, when I was choosing a car, a club was not.