The interior of the 5.9 Limited has features such as premium leather seat inserts, sunroof, spare tire cover with storage, a new 180-watt Infinity audio system amplifier with 10 speakers, 60/40 rear seat with fold-down armrest, birdseye maple woodgrain trim, leather trimmed door bolsters and armrests, as well as a leather-covered console armrest. From the left front seat, the Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited is easy to figure out and easy to deal with. The instrument panel seems to be running out of space to put the various switches and controls for all the power options. The typical Jeep white-on-black instruments with blue, green and orange accents, are easy to scan and very good at night The leather chairs are very comfortable for long rides, and have a very wide range of power adjustments, with a two-person memory feature for the seats, radio stations and outside mirrors. The clear instrument covers and some of the plastic elements used in the interior are too shiny and glary for our tastes. If the Grand Cherokee has a handicap it is lack of interior space when compared its competition. While the interior is nicely done, the truck is built on a narrow Jeep platform and that dictates and governs how much space is available for shoulders, hips, heads and legs, and, behind the second seat, how much space awaits the cargo loads a truck like this will encounter. Compact sport-utilities that came onto the market after the Grand Cherokee boast much larger interior layouts and more usable space in the cargo area. Having said that, the Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited, which is done up in soft, cushy leather and faux wood, offers quite a pleasant environment for four people and their collective stuff, or two adults and three kids. We wouldn't stretch it to five adults, though, at least not for long rides. The interior simply isn't roomy enough for five people.
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