Good-Bye Jeep Liberty! WELCOME BACK JEEP CHEROKEE!

UNKNOWN_370

And what expense is that? Are you guys going back to 4x4 now?

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Red__Zed

I bought a jeep

UNKNOWN_370

lol.

When??? Pix?

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Bought it last night and am picking it up tonight or tomorrow. I'll get pics up as soon as I get it home.

UNKNOWN_370

Well Here's the much hated and uninspiring All New Jeep Cherokee. lol.

2014 Jeep Cherokee | SUV with 9 Speed Auto Transmission | Jeep

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UNKNOWN_370

While the Jeep Cherokee is NOT what I'm looking at. I think it's going to be a good value for a trail-rated vehicle by comparison. I guess I look at this vehicle like the glass half full vs half empty. lol

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Sibze

I own a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland with the same interior posted in the last page. It is (without including the Z) my favorite vehicle I've ever owned. Love love love when it snows and love taking it off road. With the Quadra-Lift system, it's a real show off being able to raise and lower the truck with a push of a button.

It has great power, great looks (I don't like the 14 personally) and the interior is amazing. The sheep leather is soft, smells amazing and looks great!

Took it out the last big snow fall. Drove by an H2 that was stuck without an issue and lots of other "SUVs" who thought they could handle the snow. I tried to get it stuck, drove through drifts and any high points of snow I could and I couldn't get it stuck.

Extremely happy with my jeep and would buy it again tomorrow.

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The grand cherokee are super nice rides. Jeep really stepped up their interior game and put together something nice.

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Unknown, going to temporarily hijack your thread....

they honestly improved the regular Wrangler interior quite a bit as well. The leather wrapped steering wheel is a nice touch:



It might not look like much compared to most cars, but it's impressive for a Jeep. Here's my 06 Wrangler by comparison:



That said, she was a looker on the outside:



Of course, at the end of the day, the role of a Jeep is to get dirty, and pretty interiors and scrubbed up exteriors don't help with that:



I won't even pretend these pictures suffice, but I haven't had a chance to take real ones yet.







I have to say the new platform is a much better car, but a much worse Jeep. It's still more capable off road than most anything else you can purchase new, but I'd much rather wheel an X/T/LJ than a JK... and I'd much rather wheel a JK vs a JKU. However, since I spend most of my time on-road, the JKU does the job quite nicely. It's much easier to drive as speed than the squirrely TJ, and four real doors are essential on big vehicles. As a side effect, it's definitely way more metal than I want to keep track of on a tight trail. It's tough enough maneuvering into a parking spot.

The freedom tops are a nice touch. Easy way to get some sun in the cabin without having to drop the full roof. I'd definitely recommend the hardtop on a JKU, while I'd be less enthusiastic on a TJ.

I'm still not in love with the exterior looks, but it is certainly growing on me. I don't think I'll ever really be a big fan of the JK style though.

I will say that if the JK platform is the way you go, get a 2012 or newer to take advantage of the new engine, and don't go any longer than 3.73 for gearing. I would not buy as a primarily offroad vehicle, but it certainly makes a great driver that still maintains a lot of wheelin' capability.

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No problem with the hijack. The info is valuable. I had been in jeeps back in the 80"s. When I entered the Jeep wrangler unlimited, I was impressed with the interior. Not overly gadgeted and featured to take it out on a romp. But nice enough to have passengers be pleased with the interior when going on a ride. Perfectly balanced I must say.
So basically, The jeep is very capable still, just not as capable as past body-on frames? That's good to know. Since off-roading would be a bi-annual event for me. More than that in the beginning for learning purposes. But once I know what I'm doing, 2x a year would make fun times on vacay.

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I haven't messed around with one off-road much. I've heard they're surprisingly capable, but I remain cautious.

Setting aside capability, there's a simple size issue. It's much more difficult to haul something that big along a tight trail. Where a YJ might not need a spotter, a JK will. There's just too much car to keep track of from the driver's seat, IMO. For something you plan to drive to work afterwards, it is a huge detractor.

red6spd

I was considering the new Wrangler as a new truck but I just cant get over spending $30K on a 4wd drive truck with a part time 4wd system. That's why the 6spd FJ Cruiser is so much more attractive to me.

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shadoquad

My dad had an FJ a while back. They're ok. I imagine they're effective off road. I liked my brother's Xterra better than the FJ, but they're both fairly nice. I just always felt like the FJ could use another 50 hp. But everyone has their own opinions.

I won't lie, I've given wranglers a look recently. They're always going to be a cool and fun car, but I don't know if they're worth the price. Again, just opinion.

red6spd

The FJ is down on power. The motor has been described as a "dinosaur" but I drove a 6spd version and it was quick for a truck. I would also like to be able to tow and the wrangler has crappy towing capacity compared to the FJ.

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