Jeep Renegade – Software problems: stop deliveries to … – Quattroruote

Problem “being solved.” It is reasonable to infer that the Renegade defect concerns the electronic management of the new nine-speed gearbox and all-wheel drive, combined with the 2.0 MultiJet is available in versions with 140 or 170 hp. The transmission of the two models, to be precise, is identical, while the schema four-wheel drive differs substantially between the one and the other. Marchionne has announced that the problems are already being solved, and that deliveries of the specimens involved will resume “by mid-June.”

The Wrangler and aluminum. On the same occasion, the CEO of Fiat-Chrysler also focused on the fate of the Wrangler, on whose behalf the Group has changed the initial plans: the off-road exploit yes aluminum components, such as doors and bonnets and boot lids, but the rest of the body will be made of more conventional materials.

You no longer have the retooling at Toledo. “We did some simulations of industrial costs and consumption,” said Marchionne, “discovering that we can get very similar results without making the whole car body in aluminum.” Such a decision has a strong ecological industrial, as maintaining the steel for the body, will not need the extensive (and expensive) adaptation of the factory in Toledo, Ohio, which produces the model.

The delay of the new Grand Cherokee. As reported by Automotive News , Marchionne also spoke of the upcoming Grand Cherokee, initially scheduled for 2017: the debut could be delayed to develop it with the so-called “Grand Wagoneer”, the SUV Luxury to be born on the same platform, bringing the Jeep brand in the highest segment of the crossover market, more and more crowded with proposals.

same platform for the “Grand Wagoneer”. The development the new model at the top of the range, which will have three rows of seats and a length of at least five meters, “to coincide with an extensive renovation of the Grand Cherokee platform,” according to Marchionne. Both cars should arrive well in 2018: “If there is a delay for the Grand Cherokee, will be due to the combination of these two programs,” concluded the manager.

Alison