The Grand Commander is a seven-seater mid-size SUV exclusively supplied by China, produced by GAC FCA. Although a "big" word was added, it had nothing to do with the commanders who had previously imported and sold them. The platform it uses is FCA's CUSW (Compact U.S. Wide) platform, and you know it's a compact platform when you see Compact. The Grand Commander is indeed a pulled model, but this cannot be regarded as a hard injury, after all, the entire body size is about the same as Highlander and Edge, and it is their competitive model.
 
The Grand Commander is equipped with a GME T4 engine, a 2.0L turbocharged engine, which is the same as the one on the Alfa Romeo Giulia and the new Wrangler, but the one above the Grand Commander is transverse, and the accessories are a little less than the Giulia, but the basic hardware is the same, with mid-mounted direct injection, integrated water-cooled intercooler, twin scroll tubes, independent cooling EGR, and variable oil pumps. The 2.0T engine of the Fike Group also has a great advantage in the book data, the low-power version is 234 horsepower, 350 Nm of maximum torque, the high-power version is 265 horsepower, 400 Nm of maximum torque, Highlander's 8AR is a model of 2.0T engine, but GME T4 is larger than Highlander's horsepower even if it is a low-power version.
 
The gearbox matched with this engine is ZF's 9AT, the whole match is relatively okay, there is no big problem with the shift speed and smoothness, but there will still be imperfections, for example, its first and second gear gear ratio is too large, every time you start, you will feel like you are running out, you should pay special attention to the throttle action when starting, this problem will affect the driving experience very much for urban road conditions. Another point is that the response is not too fast, although the commander's zero hundred can run into 8 seconds, but in the daily acceleration, after stepping on the accelerator deeply, the power is not timely enough, and there will be no strong sense of acceleration, and there is a discrepancy between the acceleration experience and the data on the books.
 
In terms of chassis, the big commander is the front MacPherson rear multi-link, the two low-profile models are front-wheel-drive, and the upper ones are four-wheel drive, the chassis sound insulation is very good, and the handling of road joints is very decent, but the overall rebound is still a little slower, when encountering a big pothole, there will be a feeling of sinking, and the brakes will often have a nod phenomenon. The Grand Commander's four-wheel drive system doesn't meet any off-road needs, just that it will be safer in rainy and snowy weather, and it can pass through some slippery roads.
 
The interior of the Grand Commander is very superior in its class, and the leather in the compartment is very large in terms of quantity and type, and it looks even more advanced than his own Grand Cherokee. The multimedia screen of the central control has a high resolution,There is also a shortcut toolbar below,But there are no physical buttons around,You can only click on the screen,This is not convenient enough,But there is nothing to do,Because there is no space around the screen to put physical buttons。
 
The wheelbase of the Grand Commander is a little longer than that of the Highlander, but the interior space does not have an advantage in its class, because the center console and engine compartment take up a lot of space, and the space in the second row is not much different from that of a compact SUV, but it is better to move back and forth, and the legroom to the end is still relatively abundant. Although the big commander is a 7-seater SUV, but its third row can only be used for emergency, because the opening into the third row is not large, and then the platform is relatively high, so it is not easy to just sit in, after sitting in, the platform is high, so the cushion can only be made very short, and people are basically squatting in it. If there's one thing that stands out about the Grand Commander's third row, it's that the backrest can be reclined, which is rare on other competing models.
 
The trunk space of the big commander is really very small when it is full of 7 people, there is no depth at all, only a small suitcase can be placed, if the third row is to lie down a little, the trunk basically can't put anything, usually used as a 5-seater car, flat the third row, then the whole cargo space is relatively normal.
 
The Grand Commander is a special model for China, which has not participated in IIHS and NCAP tests, and in terms of reliability, Jeep's reputation has never been too good, and the expectations are not optimistic.