Good-Bye Jeep Liberty! WELCOME BACK JEEP CHEROKEE!

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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RIP Tony.

Red__Zed

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

Red__Zed

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.