1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo [ZJ]

1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee [ZJ] in Breakdown, Movie, 1997

Class: Cars, Off-road / SUV — Model origin:

00:03:30 Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-06 19:29	If you can emagine it, think of a bright red 1990's second generation Jeep Grand Cherokee four-door with a ton of junk piled in the back. It eventually dies when it flips and goes in a river with the "evil villains" shooting it.
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-15 21:04	Can we get a model? Laredo, Limited or Cheif? We can check Sport off our list because it has 4 doors.
wickey ◊ 2006-06-15 21:15	sure 1993 Laredo Series I -- Last edit: 2006-06-15 21:16:45
Ralph ◊ 2006-06-15 21:47	-- Last edit: 2011-06-16 07:41:28 (stronghold)
Hecubus ◊ 2006-06-16 09:44	It's a '96, although the one hanging off the cliff might be a '93 (the wheels certainly looks like they're from an earlier model). The Grand Cherokee was mildly restyled for '96, and the main change I can point out is the grille. On the '93, the bottom of the headlights and the bottom of the grille are parallel. But from '96 onwards, the grille dipped lower than the headlights (like on this Grand Cherokee).
wickey ◊ 2006-06-16 12:45	OK, it is just a little restyle - which makes it still Series I (I started to mark them as we now have 3 different series of Grand Cherokee) I 1993-1999 II 1999-2005 III 2005- -- Last edit: 2006-06-16 12:56:09
garco ◊ 2008-08-08 21:10	There must be a better main picture for this one.. .
PARKINGLOT ◊ 2009-11-30 08:50	It's a Laredo with the 5.2 V8...you can clearly see the V8 badge on the hatch several times...
jeep4me ◊ 2010-12-27 04:11	Can you see very clearly what red jeep like because in river they change 1993-95 jeep Grand Cherokee SE and later they change 1996-98 Jeep grand cherokee laredo because 96's had black seat leather and 93's light gray leather that why they change it because they let 1993 jeep grand cherokee crash in river so the new 96 jeep grand cherokee is safe make look like 96 because they put fog lamp 93's jeep under front bumper they put the 93's Laredo wheel on the 96 jeep grand cherokee
cibup ◊ 2011-01-18 21:45	[ZJ]
stronghold ◊ 2011-06-16 07:47	Replaced main pic with a better view (Moved previous pic to comments. Strange choice for a main pic Ralph?) + extra pics below-
mji46 ◊ 2011-06-20 10:39	Explorer4X4 wrote Can we get a model? Laredo, Limited or Cheif? We can check Sport off our list because it has 4 doors. the Laredo trim can easily be recognized by the black body moldings on the doors
Forrest Lesak ◊ 2017-03-06 19:28	We can't add in the 1993 one the one that goes into the river
Baube ◊ 2017-03-06 19:46	the one falling in the river is a 1996 too
Forrest Lesak ◊ 2017-03-07 07:17	Baube wrote the one falling in the river is a 1996 too I Understand Anyways here's an continuity error that i have found on IMDB When we see Jeff driving the Red Jeep, it appears to be a 1996, but in some shots of the jeep in the chase scene, it was replaced with a modified 1993.
Baube ◊ 2017-03-07 07:19	if they modified it they did a pretty accurate job because i can't tell this one apart from a real 1996 one
Forrest Lesak ◊ 2017-03-07 07:21	Baube wrote if they modified it they did a pretty accurate job because i can't tell this one apart from a real 1996 one Well i couldn't tell either but it's still 1996
Baube ◊ 2017-03-07 07:24	but the wheels are from a 1993 1996 should have those ones fog lights look a little bit weird too .. -- Last edit: 2017-03-07 07:26:49
3 axle pete ◊ 2017-08-11 10:46	hey, its nice 2 c u guys take such interest in this, i worked on the movie 4 one month on the american river, my work was responsible for at least three of the above pics, and we stored many red jeeps at our tow yards in rocklin and roseville during that month, all to what amounted to a 5 minute scene in the movie.
Kowalski5599 ◊ 2021-10-03 19:22	This movie was just released by "Paramount Presents" on blu-ray. The Paramount blu-ray has audio commentary in which the director says they bought multiple Jeeps for the film, and Chrysler/Jeep was not up to doing product placement as the plot of the movie involves the Jeep breaking down.