{"id":351,"date":"2019-07-05T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2019-07-03T11:39:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T15:39:15","slug":"next-generation-grand-cherokee-feature-spotlight-rotary-shifter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/2019\/07\/next-generation-grand-cherokee-feature-spotlight-rotary-shifter\/","title":{"rendered":"Next-Generation Grand Cherokee Feature Spotlight: Rotary Shifter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As car designs have evolved over the past century, so have their shifters. Gone are the clunky, space-hog shifters of the past, replaced with electronic shifters that take up less space and are quicker to operate. With many vehicles moving to a shift-by-wire setup, there have been several unique shifter designs, like the buttons found on Lincoln and GMC products and the knob found on some FCA and Jaguar\/Land Rover products, among others. Many people have mixed feelings about the rotary shift dial, but we have learned it&#8217;s likely making its way to another product: the next-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Cherokee is a fitting choice for the rotary shift knob, really, as it&#8217;s marketed as a luxury product in higher trim levels and many luxury brands use non-traditional shifters. The main functional benefit of a rotary shifter is that it is electronic, so it doesn&#8217;t require such a large transmission tunnel. Instead, this space can be turned into a storage are. The most recent Chrysler 200 and new Ram trucks are notable examples of this: on the 200, there was a large opening under the center console area; on the Ram trucks, the shift dial is mounted to the dashboard, leaving a cavernous opening in the center console.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/files\/2019\/07\/Chrysler200shifter-692x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Chrysler200shifter-692x400.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Chrysler200shifter-440x254.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Chrysler200shifter.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jeep&#8217;s decision to add this shifter to the Grand Cherokee isn&#8217;t shocking. Although a first for the Jeep brand, the rotary dial shifter has been in quite a few FCA vehicles: Chrysler 200, 300, and Pacifica, Dodge Durango, and Ram trucks. The current Grand Cherokee already has an electronic gear lever to control it&#8217;s ZF 8-speed automatic transmission. For the 2014 and 2015 model years, this was a &#8220;bump&#8221; shifter that returned to the center position after shifting into gear and infuriated a lot of users. Jeep remedied this by using a more traditional-looking shifter starting in 2016, though it still selects gears electronically instead of mechanically.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/files\/2019\/07\/grandcherokeeshifter-602x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the next-generation Grand Cherokee, the rotary shift dial will be placed on the center console with 4WD selection switches flanking it on both sides. Currently, SelecTerrain uses a knob but it appears they are changing that to avoid confusion with the shift knob.<\/p>\n<p>We will soon be covering more features expected in the next-generation Grand Cherokee and other FCA vehicles, so stay tuned for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As car designs have evolved over the past century, so have their shifters. Gone are the clunky, space-hog shifters of the past, replaced with electronic shifters that take up less space and are quicker to operate. With many vehicles moving to a shift-by-wire setup, there have been several unique shifter designs, like the buttons found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RamShifter.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}