Jeep Cherokee, the 2.2 engine is a large turbo diesel 200 hp – La Stampa

CERVINIA – The climb to two thousand meters of Cervinia become a pleasant tour: about the Jeep Cherokee, an American icon who for forty years that law in the segment of mid-size SUVs; especially about its new engine, a jewel of Italian technology, designed to Fca Powertrain and manufactured in Pratola Serra, Avellino.

This is the novelty of a model which alone accounts for a quarter of sales Jeep (one million global deliveries in 2014). Cherokee is now richer and performance thanks to the extraordinary 4-cylinder turbo diesel 2.2 that embodies the evolution of the family Multijet II. “And ‘one of the most advanced and efficient engines in its segment – explains Paolo Pallotti, technical director engineering engines Fca EMEA – and is based on an extraordinary simplicity here is his secret.” In detail, the new diesel engine has an output of 200 hp (147 kW) at 3,500 rev / min and has a generous torque of 440 Nm and progressive at 2,500 rev / min.

Combined with the nine-speed automatic transmission and Active Drive I 4×4 Jeep, Cherokee 2.2 allows you to reach a top speed of 204 km per hour and accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in 8 , 5 seconds, with a claimed average fuel consumption of 5.7 liters per 100 km and CO2 emissions of 150 g / km. The new engine improves, compared with the previous engine, the torque of 25%, the acceleration and power of 17%, while CO2 emissions decreased by 3% to the threshold of 150 g / km. The 200 hp version is also available as a top of the line Limited + (which comes standard with the Active Drive II Jeep 4×4 transmission with low range). In this case, the maximum speed is 203 km per hour and the acceleration 0-100 occurs in 8.7 seconds, while the average consumption on the combined cycle rises to 6.1 liters.

Scheduled, for the preparation Longitude, a variant of the 2.2 Multijet II 185 hp (136 kW) that has the same torque of 440 Nm and also offers tax advantages while ensuring the Cherokee a top speed of 201 km per hour. The price of this variant, 45,900 Euros, is to start the new range of American SUVs. Which it is enriched in different outfits. with the introduction of the exclusive Limited + and aims to set the Longitude navigation system Uconnect touch screen 8.4 “and the pack Comfort Group (tailgate electric wipers with rain sensor, dusk sensor, seat electrically adjustable in 8 positions, seat with electric lumbar adjustment in 4 positions and anti-dazzle rear-view mirror with microphone). The Jeep Cherokee Longitude is also available in the 2.0 MultiJet II 140 hp from 39,900 euro.

“Cherokee model is a key to our growth – notes Roberta Zerbi, country manager of the brand – and the first months of the year was already bought by 126,000 customers. Since 1974 is an iconic car, from 84 proposed continuous innovations regarding the technological evolution and the style that today is highly advanced. ” The goal of Jeep’s share touching 1.9 million deliveries by 2018. “But already last year – continues Zerbi – we did more than double our direct competitor.”