According to a report by motor1.com Brazil, the Yuntu, which was the concept version of the Grand Commander that bowed at the Shanghai Motor Show last year, has been presented to the INPI in a series of drawings with no further details being revealed.

Although Jeep initially announced that the Grand Commander would be limited to China, the name filing, sketches and reports last year by Autoblog Argentina, could well result in the model being assembled at Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA) Goiana Plant where production of the Renegade, Compass and Fiat Toro takes place, therefore replacing the song since discontinued Commander.

If indeed given the all-clear for Brazilian production, the Yuntu/Grand Commander could well be exported to North America and Europe despite FCA announcing that details around the likely entreats to those markets, the Wagoneer and upscale Grand Wagoneer, would only be confirmed in 2020.

At present, the Grand Commander is offered inLongitude and Limited trim levels with power coming from a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine that makes 172kW/350Nm, hooked to a nine-speed automatic gearbox with drive either going to the front or all four wheels.

For the Brazil, the mill will most probably be adapted to run on ethanol and come supplemented by the Toro’s 2.0-litre Multijet turbodiesel that produce 125kW/350Nm, or even the normally aspirated 2.4-litre Tigershark petrol that produces 137kW/244Nm when running on ethanol.

In Europe, and therefore South Africa, the equivalent model, whether it be the Wagoneer or Grand Wagoneer, could very well utilise the 3.6-litre Pentastar V6, the 3.0 CRD turbodiesel or even the Wrangler’s hybridised 2.0-litre turbo-petrol. Until more details emerge however, these claims are purely speculative.

Yuntu images from motortrend.com