The 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee: The Ideal Family Vehicle

The reputation that Jeep has built over the years has been one of rugged independence, with its biggest fans and aficionados being the type who live most of their lives off of the pavement in the pursuit of off-road adventures. Nothing beats getting away from the noise of everyday life for a little while by getting out into nature and exploring new places. While the Wrangler is often the first vehicle Jeep lovers think of when it comes to off-roading, the Grand Cherokee is one they should be thinking about if they want to bring the whole family along for the off-road ride.

The Jeep Grand Cherokee caters to the consumer who’s family-oriented and whose adventures usually involve passengers of the younger and shorter variety. This SUV has become the ideal vehicle and the practical choice for today’s modern family. Visiting Zimmer Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, your Jeep Grand Cherokee dealer, will allow you to see just how much Jeep can assist you in the daily activities that surround family life and the fun excursions to places beyond.

A Brief Look Back

The popularity of the SUV began to skyrocket as the 20th century drew to its inevitable conclusion. Since that time, the vehicle has more or less been domesticated to adhere to the consumer need for fuel-efficient cars that are smaller in size and easier to drive. While the Grand Cherokee wasn’t the first SUV to come to fruition, the vehicle emerged in the early half of the 1990s. Debuting for the 1993 model year, the Jeep Grand Cherokee was somewhat ahead of its time in terms of design and maximizing comfort and style.

Base models of the Grand Cherokee offered a manual transmission for a sophisticated drive, and unlike its main rival, the Ford Explorer, the Grand Cherokee had a sleeker design and a unibody frame, a trend that’s carried over to the present day. Upper trims included a variety of high-end comforts, such as leather seats and digitized climate control. This practice of multiple trims that cater to a variety of drivers and comfort matched with technology continues in the present.

Comfort for the Kids, Aesthetics for Adults

Any family-oriented vehicle needs a few key attributes to be considered to ensure it will be the perfect vehicle for drivers and passengers alike. Among these is an interior that provides comfort and plenty of room and an aesthetic that allows you to travel in something that’d not an eyesore or offensive to your sense of style. Luckily, both these features are present on the Jeep Grand Cherokee and will appeal to every member of the family.

For the 2022 model year, the interior of the Grand Cherokee was given an impressive update that takes its style to a whole new level. The centerpiece of the interior is an available infotainment screen that stretches just over ten inches in size, but interiors are not made appealing by display screens alone, and every inch of the Grand Cherokee is sleek, suave, and sophisticated. Those who long for the rustic feel of a hardwood floor and a roaring fireplace will have the next best thing, thanks to a two-tone color scheme of jet black and wood trim, something that harkens back to the Grand Cherokees of old.

There’s more than enough room for the children to accommodate them, their devices, and any other provisions that need to be taken along for the ride. The Jeep Grand Cherokee L has three rows of seating for families of a larger size. To top it all off, over 70 cubic feet of available storage space makes the Grand Cherokee one of the best options for packing it all up and hitting the road.

Technology Tailored to the Modern Family

The family road trip is a rite of passage that’s existed since America first fell in love with the automobile. While this has remained relatively consistent throughout the years, technology has evolved at a pace that’s allowed the trips to be entertaining, especially for those passengers who are in need of a possible distraction to stop the endless chorus of “are we there yet.” Luckily, the infotainment screen we previously mentioned is a gateway to technology that makes every trip enjoyable, no matter how far the distance might be,

The Grand Cherokee is compatible with an essential trifecta of entertainment: Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and SiriusXM satellite radio. This means that no matter what service you use or what you enjoy listening to, you’ll have access to the sounds and apps that get you through each day unscathed. Speaking of listening, presentation and performance coincide with entertainment, and the Grand Cherokee has two different ways to experience it. A standard six-speaker stereo system will deliver the goods and keep you entertained. However, for those who wish to really indulge their inner audiophile, there’s an offer that’s too good to refuse: a premium, high-grade McIntosh stereo system that contains a subwoofer, 19 speakers, a 17-channel amplifier, and 950 watts of power. Now that’s a sound system that even the pickiest of listeners will enjoy.

You also won’t have to worry about getting lost on your way to Grandmother’s house when you’re traveling through the woods. Jeep’s Uconnect service is here to be that treated co-pilot that helps you navigate through all of the hurdles that accompany any journey. Available navigation services through TomTom are like having a world atlas at your fingertips and someone to read it to you.

Keeping You and Your Family Safe

We’ve saved the most important aspect of a family-oriented vehicle for last. A comfortable interior, volume-pounding stereo systems, and other amenities pale in comparison to keeping your family safe when you’re on the open road. The industry today is full of technological achievements that have elevated safety and driving assistance to new levels of innovation. The question becomes one of accessibility. While some manufacturers have these features restricted to the upper trim levels, Jeep makes many of them standard.

Standard across all trims is a range of driver-assist features designed to act as an extra set of eyes on the road. These standard features include Active Lane Management to prevent lane drifting, Blind Spot Monitoring with Rear Cross Path Detection to help you know when the area around you is clear, and Full-Speed Forward Collision Warning with Active Braking that can help prevent an accident when you are a little too slow to respond to a sudden change in traffic. These are just a few of the over 110 standard and available safety and driver-assist features you can get with this model. Delivering more safety to consumers without a hefty price tag; that’s how the Jeep Grand Cherokee is redefining what it means to be a family-friendly SUV.

What It Means to be Family Friendly

While the world we live in has changed considerably, family values are still important to many, and keeping the family safe on the road is a top priority for many drivers. Whether you are taking the kids to school, running errands after work, or piling into the car for a long family road trip to places that extend beyond the pavement, you need a vehicle that can handle it all.

With what the Jeep Grand Cherokee brings to the table in terms of comfort, safety, and the latest and greatest technology, it’s more than apparent that the vehicle is family-oriented. Combining practicality with fun, the Grand Cherokee shows that being something safe and reliable for the family doesn’t have to come at the cost of style and performance. The first step to getting behind the wheel of a new 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee is visiting Zimmer CDJR.