Both Renegade & Cherokee
The Jeep Liberty known as the Cherokee
in Australia is already on the market with
the new VM 2. 8 T. D. , in the past it was equipped
with the VM 2. 5 T. D. The top of the line
Cherokee (U. S. liberty Ltd. ) sells for appr.
$53,000 with the new 2. 8 VM diesel, the
Rangler sells for about $48,000 with the
same engine. Chrysler originally stated
they would build only 5,000 of these diesel
vehicles for 2004 for U S sales. American exchange rate
would be considerably less.
The mileage hiway is 8. 4 miles per litre or
about 27-29 miles per gallon. In search
type JEEP CHEROKEE DIESELS. You will bring
up theaustralin. news.com---click on it for
the full story. The Cherokee for years
have used the VM diesel in the Cherokee,
presently rated at a 4-star vehicle down under.
Forgive me for starting the "tangent" but
I still say we may not see this vehicle
for it may have trouble passing emission
regs. I am a jeep fan and would like to have
one for a family car in lieu of our Buick.
'03 2500 CTD HO, 373 ltd slip, quad cab slt
4x4, 48re.