Hi All, am new to this forum but thought I joint since we signed our papers to buy a GC 4xe overland last weekend and pick it up tomorrow. I am a long time EV owner and have also owned several hybrids. Really like what Jeep has done with their PHEVs and think they stand out from the pack when compared to BMW and Volvo who make somewhat comparable vehicles to the GC. In theory their is a Range Rover PHEV but that is 50% more expensive and appears to have been discontinued right after launch. Reading through this thread I did want to address a couple points, while the Wrangler in general is different from other SUVs and more so with its 4XE offering my understanding is that this may be short lived as Ford is doing some electrification of the Bronco in the near future. That said the Wrangler 4XE is great. The GC 4XE is pretty different from the other electrified SUVs on the market which is one of the reasons we bought it. The tech package, features and functionality in the GC 4XE really stand out and there are only about three other PHEV SUVs that even remotely compare to it, but all are much much more expensive and not nearly as functional.
On the fully electrified SUV side most SUVs are much smaller with the exception being the Model X (which I own) and the Rivian (which is impossible to buy). My challenge with the Model X is that it is a little to fancy which limits its functionality as an SUV (i.e. no roof rack, and limited tongue weight allowed on the trailer hitch). So Model X is great as long as you do not need to do anything really SUV like with it lol. Have a friend with the new Rivian SUV and it is pretty fantastic and definitely the future. Unfortunately the wait for those is likely two years and in winter or when fully loaded it will have reduced range. You also pay a big premium for both of these EVs.
So not only is the GC 4XE a great car, because it was delayed in market for so long, many dealerships have had their original customers cancel their orders and there is suddenly lots of inventory. More importantly Jeep is giving customer cash to accelerate sales. Our dealership sold us ours at MSRP but we had an additional $4K in customer cash that Jeep sent us so actually got it for $4K below MSRP plus we also get a $7500 tax credit which brings our cost to over $11K below MSRP. Add to that top $$ on our trade in and suddenly the GC4XE became an incredibly affordable choice for us, much more so than what it would have cost to buy a comparable ICE version of the GC. I think as we move towards the end of the year and interest rates continue to go up you will find even better deals on these as my sense is that their late arrival is going to create an end o year glut in dealership inventories. So if you were thinking about buying one now may be the time to do so since inventories are there along with incentives and tax rebates (FYI the tax rebate goes away for good at the end of December).
