2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee: What Does It Cost to Fill Up?

CARS.COM — As it turns out, Wrangler owners aren’t the only ones loyal to their Jeeps: In a sweeping decision, the winner of Cars.com’s 2018 People’s Vote award was the Grand Cherokee, an SUV featuring mild-to-wild trim levels (hello, Trackhawk!) and capable family-hauling appeal. But how do all those bells and whistles fare once you get to driving it around and putting down money for fuel?

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According to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report, filling up the tank in your Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV is going to hurt you more than it would have a week ago. A few examples from around the country:

• With the national average for regular gas at $2.54 a gallon Thursday per AAA, filling a base 2018 Grand Cherokee with two-wheel drive and the 24.6-gallon tank from an empty state would cost you $62.48.
• In Alabama and Texas, where the average cost of regular was the lowest in the U.S. at $2.28 a gallon, topping off the Grand Cherokee would cost you $56.09.
• In Hawaii, where averages are reliably the highest of any state in the union, regular averaged $3.50 a gallon this past week. That means you’re looking at $86.10 to fill the Grand Cherokee all the way up.

Those averages don’t look to be dropping anytime soon.

“Motorists will start to see gas prices make their spring spike in early April,” said AAA spokesperson Jeanette Casselano in a statement. “That is when refinery maintenance is expected to be wrapped up and the switchover to more expensive summer-blend vehicle gasoline kicks in along with warmer weather and typical demand increases.”

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