Family Hauler or Off-Road Hero? Comparing the 2025 Dodge Durango & Jeep Grand Cherokee

Both the 2025 Dodge Durango and 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee are spacious and powerful picks for a new SUV. However, these options are distinctly different with their own unique strengths. Far from being interchangeable, the Durango shines where the Grand Cherokee falls short and vice versa. Our team at Bill Volz Westchester Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (CDJR) in Cortlandt, New York, has written this detailed comparison to help you find the right fit for your family.

2025 Dodge Durango vs. Jeep Grand Cherokee: Which SUV Reigns Supreme

If you need to tow a heavy load, the Dodge Durango is the SUV for you. Its capacity far exceeds the Grand Cherokee, making it a no-brainer for heavy hauls. Unfortunately, this power comes at a cost. The Durango offers inferior fuel efficiency.

With its muscle-car form, the Durango is better for track performance, while the Jeep Grand Cherokee offers better capabilities if you want to go off-roading. For comfort and spaciousness, the Grand Cherokee is a clear winner. It’s larger and better equipped for entertainment and convenience.

Head-To-Head Comparison: Durango vs. Jeep Grand Cherokee

The Durango and Grand Cherokee are in a similar class but strikingly different at a glance. The powerful Durango has the sporty styling of a muscle car, while the Grand Cherokee boasts a modern, streamlined appearance. Let’s compare the Dodge Durango vs. Jeep Grand Cherokee specs.

Performance and Engine Comparison

Jeep built the 2025 Grand Cherokee for adventure with its best-in-class departure angle. It features a 3.6-liter V-6 Pentastar engine with an eight-speed automatic transmission. This delivers 293 horsepower, 260 lb-ft of torque, and a 6,200-pound towing capacity. It offers a manufacturer-estimated 19 mpg city and 26 mpg highway.

The 2025 Grand Cherokee is also available with a 2.0-liter I-4 turbo plug-in hybrid electric vehicle engine that use 4xe technology to upgrade your capabilities to 375 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque. This engine offers a 6,000-pound towing capacity and a manufacturer-estimated 56 MPGe.

The 2025 Dodge Durango offers best-in-class V-8 power with the supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V-8 engine. Standard on the Durango SRT Hellcat Special Editions, this engine delivers 710 horsepower and 645 lb-ft of torque. It can tow an impressive 8,700 pounds. This configuration gets 12 mpg city and 17 mpg highway.

The Durango’s other engines are impressive as well. The GT comes standard with a 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 that offers up to 295 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque. Properly equipped, it can tow 6,200 pounds. This engine offers 18 mpg city and 25 mpg highway. The Durango R/T comes with a 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 engine that can tow up to 7,400 pounds and offers 360 horsepower and 390 lb-ft of torque. This gets 14 mpg city and 22 mpg highway.

Technology and Safety Features

In both the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango, you’ll find a 10.1-inch touch screen that supports up to five customizable user profiles. Rear-seat entertainment is optional for both SUVs.

In the Grand Cherokee, the front passenger can get a touch screen all their own. The optional rear-seat monitoring camera takes family-friendly functionality to the next level by displaying the back rows on the Uconnect touch screen.

Built powerfully for superior entertainment, the Jeep Grand Cherokee offers the most available speakers in its class with an optional McIntosh stereo with 19 speakers and a 10-inch subwoofer. The Durango falls short here, with six standard speakers and up to nine speakers in the top-of-the-line R/T Premium.

Interior Space, Comfort, and Utility

The Jeep Grand Cherokee seats up to five with a total of 145 cubic feet of passenger volume and 37.7 cubic feet of cargo space. You can add a third row in select trims, which increases the passenger space to 152 cubic feet. In upper trims, you’ll enjoy luxurious comforts such as quilted leather upholstery and heated and ventilated seats.

The Dodge Durango comes with three rows and configurations that seat either six or seven. However, those passengers have less overall space to share with a passenger volume of just 141 cubic feet. The cargo volume in the Durango suffers the most, cut down to just 17.2 cubic feet with the seats in place. You can enjoy comforts such as available leather upholstery and heated and ventilated seats.

With the passenger rows folded, you can get up to 85.1 cubic feet of cargo space in the Durango. When you fold the seats down in the Grand Cherokee, you get up to 70.8 cubic feet of cargo space.

Safety and Reliability

The Grand Cherokee outperforms the Durango in terms of overall safety with a five-star National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rating to the Durango’s four stars. The Grand Cherokee has the most standard and available safety and security features in its class including:

• 360-degree surround view camera, standard on the Summit
• Drowsy driver detection, standard on the Summit
• Parallel and perpendicular park assist, standard on the Summit
• Standard active lane management
• Standard adaptive cruise control with stop and go
• Standard full-speed forward collision warning with active braking and pedestrian/cyclist detection
• Parkview rear backup camera with ParkSense rear park assist
• Standard blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-path detection

The Dodge Durango offers an abundance of standard and optional safety and driver-assistance features as well such as:

• Standard blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-path detection
• Standard advanced brake assist with ready alert braking
• Standard ParkView rear backup camera
• Standard electronic stability control
• Available Lanesense lane departure warning with lane-keep assist
• Available blind-spot monitoring with trailer tow detection
• Available forward collision warning with full stop
• Available adaptive cruise control with stop

Find Your Perfect SUV at Bill Volz Westchester CDJR

Whether you choose the 2025 Dodge Durango or Jeep Grand Cherokee comes down to your individual needs and priorities, as both offer compelling features and functionality. To get a better feel for these impressive SUVs, visit our showroom at Bill Volz Westchester CDJR in Cortlandt, New York. We can arrange a test-drive of both options so you can slide behind the wheel and make an informed choice for your next SUV purchase. Contact us today to learn more.

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