---
title: "First Official Images Surface of Jeep Grand Commander"
description: "Jeep hopes to get in on the growing three-row SUV market in China with the all-new Jeep Grand Commander."
date: "2018-01-22"
modified: "2021-05-10"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/cars-101/17870/first-official-images-surface-of-jeep-grand-commander"
categories:
  - "Jeep News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "China"
  - "crossover"
  - "Grand Commander"
  - "Jeep"
  - "new cars"
  - "SUV"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# First Official Images Surface of Jeep Grand Commander

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/01/grand-commander-hero.jpg>)
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Despite being exclusively a crossover/SUV brand, Jeep is mysteriously absent from the three-row SUV segment. That’s about to change...but only in China. [Jeep just released the first official look](<https://parts.jeep.com.cn/ext_s/?i=1&c=entry&m=gagc_yaoyiyao&do=k8form&src=3p&op=pc&mz_ca=2070795&mz_sp=7CmCV>) at the plus-size Grand Commander SUV.

“The Jeep Grand Commander is a seven-seater SUV developed for China,” said an FCA representative in an email to *The Drive*. “The Jeep Grand Commander will be produced in Changsha and targets the growing seven-seater SUV segment in this market, offering a four-wheel-drive system and a 2.0-liter Turbo petrol engine. The Jeep Grand Commander will be available to customers in China in the first half of 2018.”

![message-editor%2F1516644287332-grandcommander2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1516644287332-grandcommander2.jpg>)
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![message-editor%2F1516644297655-grandcommander22.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1516644297655-grandcommander22.jpg>)
*Jeep*

We can’t say for sure, but our best guess is that the 2.0-liter turbo-four engine in question is the same one coming to the [refreshed Jeep Cherokee](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/17702/the-2019-jeep-cherokee-gets-a-better-face-and-a-turbo-engine>) and the [all-new Jeep Wrangler](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/16925/2018-jeep-wrangler-first-drive-the-all-new-wrangler-sets-the-standard-again>). That engine is rated at 270 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. Such a small engine might sound like an odd choice in such a big SUV like the Grand Commander, but that’s more than enough power and torque to move the seven-seater around.

It sounds like there’s no intention to bring the Jeep Grand Commander to the U.S. market, but don’t fret. The [body-on-frame](<https://www.autonews.com/article/20170109/BLOG06/301099448/fca-shifts-course-will-make-jeep-grand-wagoneer-body-on-frame>) Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer slotted above the [Grand Cherokee](<https://thestore.thedrive.com/>) will arrive eventually in the States, but we still don’t know when.

Until we know more about the [Wagoneer(s)](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/6869/the-ford-ranger-bronco-are-coming-back-as-are-the-jeep-wagoneer-and-grand-wagoneer>), the Grand Commander is our best hint so far about what they might look like. It’s not too radical of a design and looks an awful lot like the current Grand Cherokee, but bigger. That’s certainly not a bad thing and the Grand Commander has a handsome, yet rugged look that has a premium presence that Jeep seems to be going for.

Hopefully this is a sign that we’ll know more soon about new Jeep products in the U.S., but for now, all we can do is hurry up and wait.

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