Jeep announces limited-edition 'Altitude' models
Jeep Altitude model editions. Credit: Handout
The blacked-out menacing-looking Jeep Grand Cherokee that debuted at the Houston Auto Show earlier this year now has a name, as well as a few new siblings. Jeep launched the “Name My Ride” contest to christen the production-intent model and picked “Altitude” from more than 100,000 entries.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee Altitude -- with its black-gloss 20-inch aluminum wheels, platinum-chrome front-end trim and mesh grille, black headlamp bezels and black liftgate light bar -- will be joined in showrooms by Altitude versions of Jeep’s Compass and Patriot.
The winning name was submitted by Mark Johnson of Sanger, Calif. His prize is a 2012 Grand Cherokee Altitude. The limited-edition models go on sale this May.
