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Jeep Grand Wagoneer (WS)

Full-size SUV model from Jeep

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ98990357 ↗
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The Jeep Grand Wagoneer is a full-size SUV produced by the Jeep division of Stellantis North America. Originally launched in March 2021 under two sub-models; the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, they were initially branded as "Wagoneer by Jeep" without the Jeep badge on vehicles and were described as a "premium extension" of the Jeep brand in marketing copy. The Wagoneer served as the affordable mainstream model, while the Grand Wagoneer was the luxury version. Both were available in short wheelbase and long wheelbase "L" configurations. Production of the 2022 Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer commenced in the first half of 2021 at Warren Truck Assembly.

Due to customer confusion, the Wagoneer line was absorbed into Grand Wagoneer line in 2026.

History

Jeep had been continually attempting to redesign the Wagoneer since the mid-1990s with various proposals. In January 2011, Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat S.p.A. and later Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), announced at his press conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit that the name "Grand Wagoneer" would be relaunched as a new SUV built on the same platform as the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Durango. On September 2, 2013, Chrysler announced that they would delay production until 2015 to allow the Dodge Durango to find an audience but at the same time would use the Grand Wagoneer concept as a basis for a full-size luxury SUV that would compete against the Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator, whose redesigns went on sale in 2014.

On June 9, 2015, FCA announced that it would unveil a new version of the full-sized Grand Wagoneer at its dealers' convention on August 25, 2015.

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