Less enjoyable than the punchy diesel and generally intuitive is the foot-operated parking brake just poised to bark your shins, and the lack of a half-way decent foot rest behind it. Jeep isn’t the only culprit here â€" looking at you, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz â€" but even still, it’s low rent.
As with the regular Grand Cherokee, the Summit offers a comfortable and cushy ride, with prototypical American softness to the springs.
Yet despite this, as well as the car’s off-road underpinnings, its body control remains pretty decent, with body roll kept relatively well lidded considering the setup.
The Summit comes with Jeep’s Quadra-Lift air suspension in place of conventional coil springs, allowing you to adjust the ride height to five settings â€" ultra low for car parks or nice and high to increase clearance and approach-departure angles off-road.
There’s also Jeep’s Selec-Terrain variable traction control system that alters its parameters to best handle a variety of surfaces, be it snow, sand, mud or rocks. The Auto mode uses sensors to choose the best setting for you.
The steering is light and numb on centre, but a car with such off-road credentials as this cannot reasonably be expected to be sporty, and the Jeep murders cars like the X5 off the beaten path.
From an ownership perspective, the Grand Cherokee â€" as with all Jeeps â€" comes with a three-year/100,000km warranty. Fiat Chrysler Group is one of the few big-volume companies without a capped-price servicing plan. The Grand Cherokee was also among the most recalled vehicles in 2014, leaving a few question marks.Â
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