Jeep India has in a roundabout plan launched the pricing for its 7-seater SUV, the Meridian. The Jeep Meridian SUV, which changed into unveiled two months ago, is within the marketplace in five variants priced starting from Rs 29.90 lakh (all costs, ex-showroom).
As we talked about in our earlier narrative, the all-contemporary Jeep Meridian is in line with the Compass’ platform, however in XL size. Create-wise, the Jeep Meridian borrows parts from the larger Jeep Great Cherokee and the Jeep Compass, and this entails the seven-slat grille and the swish headlamp intention seen on the latter.
What’s diversified right here is the 7-seater’s footprint. In comparison with the Compass, the Meridian gets an prolonged wheelbase of 2794mm to accommodate the extra row, making it one amongst the most grand SUV offerings within the country. It’s practicality is one thing we’ll know evidently after we put the auto by its paces.
Jeep hasn’t lower corners by strategy of the Meridian’s feature checklist. The SUV comes with all that you just get on the cease-shelf Compass, and this system the diverse riding modes (sand/mud, snow & auto), a 360-level digital camera, and a 10.1-lunge touchscreen infotainment scheme with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay alongside with a 10.25-lunge digital driver’s demonstrate.
Additional aspects consist of twin-zone climate maintain watch over, ventilated front seats, a powered tailgate, a panoramic sunroof and electrically adjustable driver and passenger seats. Safety is sorted by six airbags, traction maintain watch over ABS, adaptive cruise maintain watch over and electronic stability maintain watch over.
Beneath the hood, the 7-seater SUV packs a 170hp, 2.0-litre diesel, four-cylinder diesel engine mated to either a 6-jog manual or a 9-jog automated transmission. Jeep will offer the SUV in each and every 4×4 and 4×2 variations. The Jeep Meridian is claimed to mask 0-100kph in 10.8 seconds and would possibly possibly presumably well file a high jog of 198kph.
The Jeep Meridian SUV will compete in opposition to the Toyota Fortuner, Skoda Kodiaq, and the MG Gloster.
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