Jeep Meridian Longitude Plus vs Trail Edition: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹4.09L ex-showroom Delhi on the same engine and gearbox: ₹30.39L for the Trail Edition against ₹26.30L for the Longitude Plus.+₹4.09L
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹4.09L ex-showroom Delhi on the same engine and gearbox: ₹30.39L for the Trail Edition against ₹26.30L for the Longitude Plus.
For that you get 360° camera, Alpine premium sound system, ventilated front seats and connected car tech, and 6 more.
Longitude Plus or Trail Edition, and what each costs
Where you start
Longitude Plus
From ₹26.30L to ₹29.39L ex-showroom Delhi
The one most families actually want. Just under Rs 3 lakh over the Longitude buys the 50/50 fold-flat third row, which makes this the cheapest seven-seat Meridian, and it throws in the dual-pane sunroof, wireless charging and cornering fog lamps. You still go without the Alpine audio, the 360 camera and connected car tech.
- Longitude Plus Diesel MT₹26.30L
- Longitude Plus Diesel AT₹29.39L
The step up
Trail Edition
From ₹30.39L to ₹32.86L ex-showroom Delhi
Limited (O)'s equipment for a little less: Rs 6,000 under it on the manual and Rs 1.33 lakh under it on the automatic, with a gloss black roof, skid plates, camo appliques and Trail badging. The trade is the seats: black vinyl with ruby red accents instead of the Limited (O)'s vegan leather. If that suits you, the automatic is the standout saving.
- Trail Edition Diesel MT₹30.39L
- Trail Edition Diesel AT₹32.86L
Our take
₹4.09L more buys 360° camera and Alpine premium sound system
What Longitude Plus to Trail Edition costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹4,37,630 to ₹5,03,070 on the road, against the ₹4,09,000 the price list shows.
Why the road figure moves, and by how much
Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹4,09,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts.
The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹65,440 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest.
Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹65,440, and both be right.
What the Trail Edition adds
- 360° camera
- SOS call
- Speakers6 → 9
- Premium sound systemAlpine
- Driver display7" digital → 10.25" digital
- Connected car tech
- Ventilated front seats
- Third-row AC vents
- Powered driver seat8-way
- Driver seat memory
The working behind our take
₹4.09L more buys 360° camera and Alpine premium sound system. Here is everything that fed that call.
The full story
Worth the extra ₹4.09L: the Meridian Trail Edition adds 360° camera, Alpine premium sound system and ventilated front seats for it. The useful extras on top: connected car tech and third-row AC vents.
- Also on the Meridian Trail Edition: 8-way powered driver seat, SOS call, speakers (9 against 6) and driver display (10.25" digital against 7" digital), with more worth seeing in the table below
Longitude Plus vs Trail Edition: the questions people ask
- Is the Jeep Meridian Trail Edition worth ₹4.09L over the Longitude Plus?
- For ₹4.09L you get 360° camera and Alpine premium sound system, on top of 8 other things the Longitude Plus goes without.
- What does the Jeep Meridian Trail Edition have that the Longitude Plus does not?
- It adds 360° camera, Alpine premium sound system, ventilated front seats, connected car tech, third-row AC vents and 8-way powered driver seat, and 4 more.
- How much is the Jeep Meridian Longitude Plus?
- From ₹26.30L for the Longitude Plus Diesel MT to ₹29.39L for the Longitude Plus Diesel AT, ex-showroom Delhi, across 2 ways of buying it.
- How much is the Jeep Meridian Trail Edition?
- From ₹30.39L for the Trail Edition Diesel MT to ₹32.86L for the Trail Edition Diesel AT, ex-showroom Delhi, across 2 ways of buying it.
- Is there an automatic Longitude Plus or Trail Edition?
- Both: the Longitude Plus Diesel AT at ₹29.39L and the Trail Edition Diesel AT at ₹32.86L, ex-showroom Delhi.
- What does the step from the Meridian Longitude Plus to the Trail Edition cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹4,37,630 to ₹5,03,070 on the road, against the ₹4,09,000 the price list shows. Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹4,09,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts. The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹65,440 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest. Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹65,440, and both be right.
Prices are ex-showroom Delhi and features follow each maker's official material. Data updated . Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.