This New Trim for the Jeep Grand Cherokee Is a Trailhawk-Lite for Under $50K
The 2027 Jeep Grand Cherokee adds a new trim level called Upland that’s rugged but not as off-road-oriented as the Trailhawk.The Upland includes all-terrain tires and visual differences meant to make it look li...
- The 2027 Jeep Grand Cherokee adds a new trim level called Upland that’s rugged but not as off-road-oriented as the Trailhawk.
- The Upland includes all-terrain tires and visual differences meant to make it look like the Trailhawk.
- It doesn’t have the Trailhawk’s upgraded suspension or four-wheel-drive system, however.
Jeep brought the rock-crawling Trailhawk model back to the Grand Cherokee lineup for 2027, but it’s not the only new off-road-oriented trim offered for this mid-size SUV. There’s also now the Upland trim, which was first introduced on the Grand Wagoneer and offers a less expensive choice for those looking for a more rugged aesthetic. The Grand Cherokee Upland does without the Trailhawk’s mechanical upgrades, but its starting price is $5000 lower, and it incorporates many of its sibling’s visual tweaks.
2027 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk
The Upland has 18-inch wheels wrapped in all-terrain tires, and the front fascia incorporates a similar design as the Trailhawk, with gray tow hooks to match other bits of gray exterior trim. It comes standard with the 324-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four that was added to the Grand Cherokee lineup for 2026, but it doesn’t have the height-adjustable air suspension or the transfer case that the Trailhawk includes.
The starting price for the 2027 Grand Cherokee Upland comes in at just under $50,000—$49,990, to be specific—and applies to the two-row version. We don’t yet know if the Upland model will also be available for the three-row 2027 Grand Cherokee L, but Jeep says this new trim will be arriving in dealerships late this year.
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Despite being raised on a steady diet of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or perhaps because of it—Joey Capparella cultivated an obsession for the automotive industry throughout his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. He found a way to write about cars for the school newspaper during his college years at Rice University, which eventually led him to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for his first professional auto-writing gig at Automobile Magazine. He has been part of the Hearst Autos team since 2016 and now lives in New York City.