Where each one leads
Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Against cars of the same age, the Jeep Grand Cherokee comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 10% more often than average) than the Maserati Levante (passes 3% more often than average).
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee uses 11.3 l/100 km, the 2024 Maserati Levante 13.2.
Maserati Levante
- Against cars of the same year, the Maserati Levante comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 43% less often than average) than the Jeep Grand Cherokee (fails 18% less often than average).
- New Maserati Levante cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 249 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 271 for the Jeep Grand Cherokee in 2022.
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Jeep Grand Cherokee | Maserati Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1989–2026 | 2014–2024 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 79,354 (2010–2022) | 16,322 (2016–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 9,582 | 3,068 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 2,249 | 244 |
| In traffic in Finland | 118 | — |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Jeep Grand Cherokee | Maserati Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 76% | 87% |
| … against cars of the same age | +10% | +3% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 1.3% | 0.7% |
| … against cars of the same year | −18% | −43% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 9.4% | — |
| US owner complaints | 29,137 | 28 |
| Most complaints about | Electrical system | Electrical system |
| Model year with most complaints | 2014 (2,383) | 2017 (15) |
| US recall campaigns | 128 | 8 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 7,372 | 604 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 163 | — |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Safety
| Jeep Grand Cherokee | Maserati Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | 5★ (2027) | — |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Jeep Grand Cherokee | Maserati Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 11.3 l/100 km (2022) | 13.2 l/100 km (2024) |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid | — | 12.5 l/100 km |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | — | 15.3 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 271 g/km | 249 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 246 kW (330 hp) | 269 kW (361 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 2,368 kg | 2,177 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €92,479 | €159,326 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 200,000 km | — |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).