Jeep Grand Cherokee Intro 1992 

Still have it?

@@motojc Still have a 1993 Limited V8 with just 160k and bone stock. She's green with tan leather and the gold trim. Regular maintenance done. Except for brakes, shocks, and some seals, it's all original parts. Runs like a top. Everything works, even the cassette player. It's a time capsule when this was a new market in vehicles. The SUV was born with this vehicle. For perspective it only has one airbag and 15" wheels. A new Grand Cherokee has seven airbags with 18"-20" wheels and up to 15-3/4" rotors. Also have in family a beautiful 1998 5.9 Limited that my teen son drives as his daily. Long live the ZJ. Happy travels and safe motoring!

@@arischreiber2213 Cool. this is one of the few great designs of the 90s. Hope you keep her on the road for many more decades. BTW, I hate airbags. I will try disable them if I ever have a car. lol.

@@motojc Yes for sure we will keep it a long time. It's a time capsule and I just love to be in it when I need to remember the simple times. Also this was first SUV with driver airbag so taking it out would ruin the vehicle. Hope you get your car and you can mod it out and enjoy your freedom on the road, except in traffic, then we are all screwed! Haha

Mine is white, and built 9/92. I loved it so much, that I still own it.

Typical of Chrysler they innovated, and practically invented the Crossover in the 90s

@@AndresSalazarAutos-- The crossover was invented even before that, with AMC and the smaller Cherokee. That was never body-on-frame either; to make it off-road, stiffeners were added. Indeed, when Renault wanted to get out of the North American market, Chrysler really only wanted AMC for Jeep (and its then-under development Grand Cherokee, which was basically a larger Cherokee XJ, also a unibody).

my 94 has somewhere around 400k, however the odometer sometimes goes backwards, still kicks though

Chris Kendall what parts you replaced?

I didn't replace any parts in my ownership. I only had it for a few months.

True :)

Yes and also kills you when hit from the back, you die burned like a real viking lol

@@DakotaJaegle8 years later

@@swervobxndz Hi

As a writer and future PR pro, these vids are inspiring. I am only 33 but still have my Motor Trend from '92 that says it's the 1992 Truck of the Year (12/92 issue). Even though this was early '92 for the release, so they did the '83-84 Corvette "extended model year" deal. Ford later did this with its '97 F-150--released in January '96.

King Rose Archives do you have any footage of the 1993 LH cars introduction or anything like that?

Ive been there since and it doesnt say anything abt it anywhere but i entered right up those stairs without even knowing it was the same as the ad only now when i look back it looks so familit

Used to have a Cherokee. Now I have a Compass. Miss my Cherokee...

I love my modded 97 GC TSI, w/5.2L V-8, true duals, 31" Fun Countries, big sway bars.

Had the same car as my first car 😁

My two favorite Jeeps! :-)

Also there were XJs in a police package as well, with lightbars.

@@Kenster1025 Yep, 2:21 to 2:23!

There were a bunch of XJs around that thing. The ZJ is OK, but it's no XJ, I've driven mine well over half a million miles and still love driving it.

+Константин М Me Too Brother! They are not bad with 3.73 gears. What T-case you running over there.

+levin o His was most likely made in Austria. Honestly probably with better fit and finish.

Cool man! I’ve got a WJ with the 4.0! Hi from America

hi from Illinois usa

correct - I figured this after reading a Jeep book! In slo-mo you can see the charges' smoke on the top of the huge window.

Oh well.

And they're still going strong.

*This extended first year of the Jeep Grand Cherokee was the brand's most successful year to date, with 480,000 sales. Jeep sold a stunning 190,395 Grand Cherokees, as well as 121,835 Cherokees; either, taken alone, would beat most years' entire production of Jeep's full line.*..so not so shabby in sales...source.www.allpar.com/SUVs/jeep/1993-grand-cherokee.html

Actually the Grand Cherokee was a hot seller from the start. Jeep sold over 1.6 million Grand Cherokees in the first 6 model years (see the production figures below): 1993 = 250,143 units 1994 = 257,557 units 1995 = 290,132 units 1996 = 299,726 units 1997 = 277,789 units 1998 = 271,841 units source: www.allpar.com/cars/production/jeep.html

My favorite jeep! Own a 94 5.2L laredo with 150k 96 limited 4.0 with 217k A 98 5.9L limited with 153k And bought my brother a 96 5.2L now at 225k

Well the trucks are kinda still trucks with decent ground clearance, but I agree that the SUVs of today aren't SUVs at all. I would say the only real SUV left is the Jeep Wrangler, and that's not even as much of an SUV as this was.

I’m sure a properly equipped Grand Cherokee will still take this obviously the market has changed and so had the Jeep brand tone more luxurious although make no mistake any new Jeep will travel where no other SUV dares to even look at

Unfortunately, that's how this was recorded. An interesting moment for new car introductions.

@@KingRoseArchives If this happened today, it'd go viral.

Sound may be low but it's there. Not sure how to help. Starts with music and there's music throughout with some voice over too. Others have said the same thing. I'll look at the master and see if it needs to be uploaded again. Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for bringing it to my attention.

+Ice Man Not sure but it was break away glass like they use in movies. A good stunt that got them loads of PR. Which helped cash strapped Chrysler. Pretty smart.

i expext he done it in low due to high not really 4wd as high is AWD put in low then you get FWD

lo as the car is AWD so high wont get him up that

looked like 4x4 low to me the way it was jerking when he accelerated.

A bad recording.

Song is Grand Designs by John Devereaux

Thank You! I wanted to know for a while!

Too bad it's not a Bronco.

I swear I was thinking that

1992.

Grand designs by John Devereaux (I think)

The song was specially composed for this event! It was called 'Here comes a bag of shite'.

someone's mad

man someone's butthurt

Someone rolled their Jeep over and never got over how mad they were so they blamed it on the car