The Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland was in the CarAdvice garage for a total of six months, and at the end of its tenure it left us feeling content that we had spent sufficient time to really get to know this big hunk of metal.
Outside the daily grind in traffic from Elizabeth Bay to CarAdvice HQ in North Sydney, the Grand Cherokee was put to the test out on the highway around regional NSW (including a trip to Mount Panorama in Bathurst), driven along scenic coastal roads in both directions from Sydney to Jervis Bay and Hawks Nest respectively, and made to negotiate some pretty tight parking spaces within the city limits.
All of which, it has to be said, the Overland has accomplished without hurting the hip pocket too much at the service station.
That’s thanks to its 3.0-litre turbocharged diesel engine and eight-speed automatic, which returned a net fuel consumption reading of 12.5 litres per 100 kilometres at final inspection â€" pretty impressive for a car of its size, though still well over the claimed figure of 7.5L/100km.
Impressed as I was with the Jeep over my several month stint behind the wheel, it would be irresponsible of me not to mention the big hairy elephant in the room.
For all my gushing love for this big mover, we experienced some significant electrical faults that required more than one interruption to my day-to-day routine with a trip back to the local Jeep dealership.
The most worrying of the faults is the complete electrical display blackout when the car was travelling at a steady cruise of 60km/h. This rendered the Grand Cherokee’s electronic vehicle information centre and odometer display useless.
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