In 2007, Jeep pretty much wrapped I itselfin the stars-and-stripes by naming its new mid-size SUV contender the Patriot. It couldn't have been more American if Garth Brooks had been sitting behind the wheel eating a Big Mac. Jeep was exceptionally proud of the Patriot. It was developed with European buyers in mind just as much as the North American domestic market, but whereas the Grand Cherokee was manufactured in Graz, Austria, the Patriot was home grown, rolling off the line at Belvedere, Illinois, for export across the world.
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