Test Drives

For nearly 25 years, the Jeep Grand Cherokee’s been giving the old thumb-nose to the SUV segment. It may not have been the best seller in its class but I’m willing to bet that a number of buyers of the #1 seller probably settled for the slightly lower-priced alternative and …

It's amazing how two sculptors can look at the same block of clay and see something completely different. The same can be said of automotive designers presented with a single platform to be shared across multiple brands: although the building blocks are the same, the end result gets filtered through …

It was created in America, but the 2015 Jeep Renegade is built in Italy alongside the also-new 2016 Fiat 500X crossover . A sin for a typically all-American brand perhaps, but most Renegade buyers probably won’t even realize it, so it I guess it doesn’t really matter. Let’s hope its …

As the years wear on, the ranks of traditional SUVs continue to thin. We're now at the point where a vehicle like the 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited sits nearly alone when considering how many off-road-ready rigs one can purchase right off the showroom floor, vehicles with no need to stop …

The diesel revolution is here – actually, it’s been percolating for quite a long time – and the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel is one of its most impressive heralds. The Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel is a brave move from the off-road brand to put itself on par with luminaries such …

We have entered an era where automakers are increasingly unwilling to take risks, especially in the bread-and-butter compact SUV segment where vehicles ply their trade to shoppers with an increasingly broad range of choices. This is a big part of what makes the 2014 Jeep Cherokee so refreshing: here is …

Let’s get this out of the way: no one needs a nearly-500 horsepower sport-utility vehicle. But that doesn’t mean that people don’t WANT one. Or, more specifically, that I don’t want one. The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is a people mover that courts absurdity with its phenomenal engine output, …

There’s no practical reason to own the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. There, I’ve said it. There are plenty of other mid-size SUV options out there – including within Jeep’s own line-up – that can out-tow the SRT8, carry as many or more passengers, provide respectable acceleration, and not completely …

There's one very simple truth about the Jeep Wrangler: either you get it, or you don't. Those who fall into the latter category are puzzled by the strong sales of an SUV that turns in uninspiring highway and city driving performance, marred by a stiff suspension system, imprecise steering and, …

SRT stands for Street and Racing Technology, Chrysler’s performance vehicle division. Note that this division is run by Canada’s own Ralph Gilles. Although no one thought to add “trails” to the acronym, that didn’t stop the powers that be at Jeep from designing an SRT8 version of its Grand Cherokee.