Originally Posted By: IndyFan
Originally Posted By: Spazdog
Originally Posted By: 19jacobob93
The biggest con is that the new Cherokee is now built on a FWD unibody therefore is rendered fairly useless off road. The last Cherokee as well as the latest Grand Cherokee and Wrangler are still body on frame chassis with a RWD layout like I believe any off road vehicle should be
The Cherokee XJ and Grand Cherokee ZJ/WJ are unibodies....always have been.
Guess which other famous Jeep was Unibody:
M151 4 wheel independent suspension and unibody
useless off road?
Useless like an '02+ Range Rover?
That's not actually a Jeep. However, the Cherokees are fantastic off road. The Unibody does just fine. Check out the new Cherokee Trailhawk. Four Wheeler magazine just named it 4x4 of the year, even over the new 4 Runner! That's a pretty tall compliment there.
I admit, we never called them Jeeps. They were referred to as 1/4 tons. But if you asked anybody outside the Army what we were driving, they would say a Jeep.
Some were even made by AMC. Most of ours were Fords. The AMCs drove better but the transmissions were harder to shift. Never could figure that out because other than the manufacturer mark on the DOD plate, they're identical. Fords would get wobbly at about 55mph. AMCs required double clutching.