Controversy quickly surrounded the Jeep Cherokee when it replaced the wheezy old Liberty for 2014. Jeep-ophiles bemoaned the base Cherokee?s transverse-drivetrain architecture rather than the longitudinal rear-drive layout used in the Liberty and the Cherokee?s namesake predecessors sold between 1974 and 2001. Aesthetes were weirded out by the Cherokee?s upside-down-face headlight/turn-signal arrangement and blubbery rear end. And those with particular political sensitivities even questioned the use of the Cherokee name itself. Now, nearly five years later, widespread market acceptance of the Cherokee plus the Trailhawk variant?s remarkable off-road capability have proved most naysayers wrong. READ MORE ??
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