Compare the2025 GMC AcadiaVS 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L

The Acadia has a standard front seat center airbag, which deploys between the driver and front passenger, protecting them from injuries caused by striking each other in serious side impacts. The Grand Cherokee L doesn’t offer front seat center airbags.

Both the Acadia and Grand Cherokee L have rear cross-traffic warning, but the Acadia has Rear Cross Traffic Braking (automatically applies the brakes) to better prevent a collision when backing near traffic. The Grand Cherokee L’s Rear Cross Path Detection doesn’t automatically brake.

Both the Acadia and the Grand Cherokee L have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, available all wheel drive, front parking sensors and driver alert monitors.

The Acadia’s corrosion warranty is 1 year longer than the Grand Cherokee L’s (6 vs. 5 years).

For smoother operation, better efficiency and fewer moving parts, the Acadia has an overhead cam design, rather than the old pushrod design of the 5.7 V8 in the Grand Cherokee L.

To reliably power the ignition and other systems and to recharge the battery, the Acadia has a 220-amp alternator. The Grand Cherokee L’s standard 160-amp alternator isn’t as powerful.

From surveys of all its subscribers, Consumer Reports’ January 2024 Auto Issue reports that GMC vehicles are more reliable than Jeep vehicles. Consumer Reports ranks GMC 2 places higher in reliability than Jeep.

The Acadia’s 2.5 turbo 4-cylinder produces 35 more horsepower (328 vs. 293) and 69 lbs.-ft. more torque (326 vs. 257) than the Grand Cherokee L’s standard 3.6 DOHC V6.

On the EPA test cycle the Acadia gets better mileage than the Grand Cherokee L:

To lower fuel costs and make buying fuel easier, the GMC Acadia uses regular unleaded gasoline. The Grand Cherokee L with the 5.7 V8 engine requires mid-grade for maximum efficiency, which can cost on average about 49.8 cents more per gallon.

For better ride, handling and brake cooling the Acadia Denali offers optional 22-inch wheels. The Grand Cherokee L’s largest wheels are only 21-inches.

The GMC Acadia’s wheels have 6 lugs for longer wheel bearing life, less chance of rotor warping and greater strength. The Jeep Grand Cherokee L only has 5 wheel lugs per wheel.

For better handling and stability, the average track (width between the wheels) on the Acadia is 2.4 inches wider in the front and 2.3 inches wider in the rear than the track on the Grand Cherokee L.

The Acadia offers optional seating for 8 passengers; the Grand Cherokee L can only carry up to 7.

The Acadia has 2.8 inches more front headroom, 3 inches more front legroom, 1.8 inches more front hip room, 2.8 inches more front shoulder room, .1 inches more rear headroom, 2.1 inches more rear legroom, 2.1 inches more rear hip room, 4 inches more rear shoulder room, .9 inches more third row headroom, 1.8 inches more third row legroom, 5.7 inches more third row hip room and 6 inches more third row shoulder room than the Grand Cherokee L.

The Acadia’s cargo area provides more volume than the Grand Cherokee L.

The Acadia’s standard towing capacity is much higher than the Grand Cherokee L’s (5000 vs. 3500 pounds).

The Acadia’s front and rear power windows all lower with one touch of the switches, making it more convenient at drive-up windows and toll booths, or when talking with someone outside of the car. The Grand Cherokee L’s standard power windows’ rear power window switches have to be held the entire time to open them fully.

If the windows are left open on the Acadia the driver can close them all from a distance using the remote. On a hot day the driver can also lower the windows the same way. The driver of the Grand Cherokee L can only close the windows from inside the vehicle, with the ignition on.

The Acadia has a standard heated steering wheel to take the chill out of steering on extremely cold winter days before the vehicle heater warms up. A heated steering wheel costs extra on the Grand Cherokee L.

To quickly and conveniently keep personal devices charged without cables tangling and wearing out, the GMC Acadia has a standard wireless phone charging system (Qi) in the center console. Wireless charging costs extra on the Grand Cherokee L.

The Acadia’s optional Enhanced Automatic Parking Assist can parallel park or back into a parking spot by itself, stopping and changing direction automatically. The Grand Cherokee L Summit’s automatic parking system requires operating the brakes and transmission to safely park.