Step inside the 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit.
Or at least, look at the outside of it.
Big money buys you silence. The old 293-hp Pentastar V-6 is gone. Banished. In its place sits a 3.6-liter turbocharged 2.0 inline-four, codenamed Hurricane. It pushes 324 horses.
We drove it. The numbers looked good on paper, mostly. Our testing showed the new four was 4 mpg more efficient than what came before. A modest gain, but a gain nonetheless.
Power feels different at stoplights versus open highways.
The real story? The roll-away. Sprinting from zero to sixty takes 6.3 seconds. Impressive, right? Wait for it. Start from just 5 mph, and that time stretches to 7.6. That lag tells the truth. The Hurricane doesn’t always pull hard across all use cases, and the difference feels distinct when you need it in traffic.
Then there’s the ride.
We wanted soft. Composed. Luxe.
Instead? Firm air springs. The isolation is there, yes, but it leans stiff. It’s not exactly our favorite way to cruise down a highway, leaving bumps as distinct impressions rather than gentle whispers.
The bill arrived with a headache.
$66,585 for the tester we drove. That is quite the expensive proposition for a ride that feels firm and lags on the roll-out. You pay for the badge, the name, and the silence of the smaller engine, but the experience? It leaves room for thought.
