- Jeep will replace its Grand Wagoneer with a brand new look, and doubtless new cabin tech, later this 12 months
Jeep’s largest car will get a visible and expertise replace for the 2026 mannequin 12 months. The corporate is holding particulars underneath wraps, however has launched a teaser photograph giving us our first glimpse of the up to date 2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer.
Automakers redesign most vehicles fully each 5 to 10 years. That’s a very long time to construct a product unchanged. Every automotive faces newer competitors yearly, as they’re normally on a special replace schedule than opponents from different manufacturers.
So, most firms give each car a partial replace on the halfway level of a manufacturing run. A so-called “mid-cycle refresh” normally means a brand new look, up to date creature comforts and cabin expertise, and typically minor tweaks to the drivetrain that automakers can obtain with out overhauling the manufacturing unit.
Jeep hasn’t provided any particulars on what expertise or mechanical updates it might need in retailer for the Grand Wagoneer. Nonetheless, the photograph exhibits a remade entrance fascia that borrows closely from Jeep’s all-electric fashions.
Look Blends Gasoline, EV Cues
- The key change is a brand new lit grille that borrows closely from Jeep EVs
There could also be no different automaker as simply recognized by its grille. That provides designers a helpful cue to play off of, however they’ll’t change it radically with out risking a model’s identification. Jeep designers, in recent times, have used the basic seven-slot grille for internal-combustion-powered automobiles just like the Grand Cherokee and a backlit reinterpretation of it for electrical automobiles (EVs) just like the Wagoneer S.
For the following Grand Wagoneer, designers have neatly meshed the 2. It’s unquestionably a gas-powered automotive, however now wears a lighted grille that hints on the basic seven-slot look. It floats above a brand new vast decrease air dam. Slim daytime operating lights make an almost-continuous line with the grille lighting.
The result’s a sophisticated, high-tech look that leaves you unsure whether or not you’re a gas-powered automotive or an EV – excellent for a model straddling the road by promoting each.
We’ll convey extra because the launch date approaches. Jeep says the 2026 mannequin will debut “later this 12 months.”
