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Originally Posted by 1_johnboy
Thanks Guys, food for thought. Will take the diesel for a drive and see what I come up with.
Might be worth while getting an inspection from a Jeep dealer?
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We recently went through the same dilemma although not based on the hemi versus diesel (as the hemi has been dropped apart from 6.4 in SRT) but the pentastar versus V6 diesel.
We were struggling with the very discernable difference in price between the two not just based on RRP but many dealers would let a petrol V6 go for a few thousand less than RRP compared to nearly no discount on the diesel. Effectively the gap was nearly 10k however
We drove the petrol and diesel back to back from the same dealer one after the other and purchased the diesel and I tell you what we havent looked back. The power, smoothness, quietness and refinement of the engine and gearbox is up there with the europeans (we also have an Audi A6) The economy is great sitting around 9.8 city driving and mid 7's country trips.
We recently returned from a weekend trip to hervey bay towing an 8x5 caged trailer with bikes and camping gear loaded and returned mid 9's which is quite good.
While its not all about economy as the servicing is more frequent and a tad more expensive, the diesel we believe was the better choice for a medium term up to 5 year type car for us.