[5] In January 2011, Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat S.p.A. and later Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), announced at his press conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit that the name "Grand Wagoneer" would be relaunched as a new SUV built on the same platform as the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Durango.

[6] On September 2, 2013, Chrysler announced that they would delay production until 2015 to allow the Dodge Durango to find an audience but at the same time would use the Grand Wagoneer concept as a basis for a full-size luxury SUV that would compete against the Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator, whose redesigns went on sale in 2014.

[8] In August 2015, however, FCA announced that the production of the upcoming Grand Cherokee replacement would be delayed into 2018[9] and was scheduled to be built at Warren Truck Assembly.

[10] On October 18, 2016, Jeep released teaser photos of the Grand Wagoneer, which indicated that it would be based on the third generation Durango and introduced as a 2019 model.

[13] Due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, FCA delayed the start of production by at least three months and was expected to debut this full-size version in early 2021 as a 2022 model.

[18] A characteristic feature is the lack of Jeep branded markings on the body and in the passenger compartment in favor of badges with the model name.

[citation needed]The Wagoneer was the only model out of three most popular full-size SUVs in the U.S to be awarded "2024 Top Safety Pick" by IIHS, it excels in the small overlap crash test with maintaining survival space for the occupants and the front and side curtain airbags worked correctly.