Lopzandyopz: 2014 Jeep Cherokee

PRICE : For 2014 Jeep Cherokee $22,995

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The 2014 Jeep Cherokee ranks 8 out of 22 Affordable Compact SUVs. This ranking is based on our analysis of published reviews together with seek drives of the Jeep Cherokee, equally good equally reliability together with security data.

Reviews state the all-new Jeep Cherokee offers groovy off-road capability, a powerful V6 engine together with an upscale interior.

The 2014 Jeep Cherokee comes amongst a four-cylinder engine that seek drivers state provides adequate acceleration, or an optional V6, which reviewers prefer for its lively acceleration together with power. H5N1 nine-speed automatic transmission is measure on all models, which is a get-go for the class. Test drivers state it shifts smoothly together with responds chop-chop inwards most driving situations. The base of operations Cherokee earns fuel economic scheme estimates of 22/31 mpg city/highway, which is respectable for the class, but isn't amidst the top estimates for a compact SUV. The Jeep Cherokee tin live equipped amongst a alternative of 3 available four-wheel drive systems. Reviewers concur that the Cherokee handles good inwards most driving conditions, amongst impressive off-road capability together with solid performance for daily driving. Test drivers are divided on the Cherokee's treatment about corners. Some state it's poised, piece others wishing it was to a greater extent than composed through turns.

Automotive journalists are pleased amongst the Cherokee's interior together with state the cabin is attractive together with outfitted amongst premium materials. The Jeep Cherokee also earns praise for its comfortable, supportive seats, which some reviewers banker's bill are trimmed inwards attractive, high-quality measure fabric or optional leather. Test drivers also similar the spacious dorsum seat, which they state offers plenty of legroom. The 2014 Cherokee has less cargo infinite than several rivals, but most seek drivers state it has ample small-item storage inwards the cabin together with banker's bill that the sliding raise spot tin live adjusted for to a greater extent than cargo or back-seat rider space.

The Jeep Cherokee comes measure amongst a six-speaker stereo, a 5-inch touch-screen display, a USB port, an auxiliary input, an SD bill of fare reader together with Bluetooth. The Cherokee tin live equipped amongst an 8.4-inch touch-screen display, a heated leather-wrapped steering wheel, a wireless charging pad for your smartphone, navigation, lane divergence warning, a rearview camera, adaptive cruise control, frontwards collision alert, a commons assist arrangement together with blind spot monitoring. Automotive journalists are impressed amongst the pattern together with functionality of the Cherokee's measure together with optional gauge screens, which display information similar fuel economic scheme together with drive modes.

EXTERIOR

Jeep designers were inspired to create a vehicle that remains truthful to the create piece moving it into the adjacent era amongst a shape that is equally efficient equally the vehicle together with ages gracefully without losing the deoxyribonucleic acid that makes it a Jeep. The all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee non exclusively looks efficient together with capable, but is efficient together with capable - on-road, off-road together with inwards all weather condition conditions.

"Our objective amongst the Cherokee was to visually convey that this is an all-new Jeep piece nevertheless communicating legendary best-in-class capability," said Mark Allen, Head of Jeep Design — Chrysler Group LLC. "But the balance of the equation has changed. Our vision was a smoothen together with flowing upper trunk amongst signature Jeep cues such equally the peaked seven-slot grille, trapezoidal cycle arches together with the functional 'kink' inwards the beltline mated to a tough, durable lower body. We wanted a pattern that is fluid together with efficient yet nevertheless rugged together with looks at dwelling house on the trail or at the theater."

The all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee has a powerful stance, an aggressive wheel-to-body proportion together with a commanding route presence. The aggressive approach together with divergence angles contribute to the best-in-class capability.

The 2014 Jeep Cherokee was designed amongst integrated aerodynamic features to trim down drag together with assist inwards improving fuel economy. Aerodynamically designed features include:

► Fully integrated, aerodynamic tuned body
► Extensive raise spoiler
► Integrated underbelly pans
► Integrated sill aero spats
► Tail light pattern meant to kicking air off the side of the body
► Lightweight aluminum wheels that were scrutinized for aero efficiency
► The 2014 Jeep Cherokee incorporates subtle, signature Jeep cues throughout. At the front, ► Jeep designers subtly integrated a Wrangler outline into the front-end graphic.

The fundamental waterline characteristic efficiently connects the rugged lower together with smoothen upper body.

The get-go fundamental characteristic inwards the front end of the all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee is the waterfall hood amongst the iconic peaked, seven-slotted grille which includes a crisp, horizontal snap - a characteristic inwards many classic Jeep vehicles including the previous SJ, XJ, YJ together with TJ models. The hood is clearly defined together with separated from the front end fenders inwards a modern twist of Jeep heritage. The one-piece hood together with grille assembly ensures a precise build.

Advanced LED lighting engineering scientific discipline is used throughout the all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee. Forward lighting features a real unique daytime running light (DRL) shape, which plays a dominant role inwards the fresh front-end proportion giving the impression of a slim headlamp. H5N1 well-hidden projector headlamp is almost inwards disguise below the DRLs, nigh the nighttime fascia. DRL characteristic lamps are placed high for H2O fording.

The front end of the all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee visually flows through the balance of the vehicle amongst windows that link together, amongst the fast front end windshield speeding to the backlight.

The sides of the Cherokee projection a fluid tension inwards surface execution together with characteristic the signature Jeep trapezoidal cycle arches. The rich chrome appearance of the daylight opening (DLO) shape together with execution draws a closed human relationship to the flagship Jeep Grand Cherokee creating consistency across the Jeep lineup. The diving DLO business amongst kick-up draws inspiration from the iconic one-half doors on the Jeep Wrangler. This portion of the drop-down DLO allows the driver improve visibility piece spotting obstacles on the trail, together with creates a beautiful shape on the road.

The all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee offers a alternative of 2 open-air roof options. The novel CommandView dual-pane sunroof is available for the get-go fourth dimension inwards a mid-size SUV, equally good equally the industry-exclusive SkySlider open-air sunroof.

The raise of the novel Cherokee is highlighted yesteryear the contemporary total LED tail lamps which are an integral portion of the raise backlight graphic, making the vehicle expect stronger yet harmonious. This shape is the connector betwixt the upper together with lower raise equally an interlocking graphic argument that brings a unique presence specific to this all-new Cherokee.

The lower fascia of the raise of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee was designed to allow for every license plate across the globe. The raise fascia also carries Jeep Cherokee-specific raise fog lamps together with reflex.

The 2014 Jeep Cherokee is a pattern that is real adaptable.

The Trail Rated 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk model takes rugged pattern together with capability to a whole novel level. Exclusive exterior together with interior colors, functional differences such equally signature cherry front end tow hooks, sideslip plates, together with wider fender flares to accommodate aggressive all-terrain tires all add together to Cherokee's rugged exterior appearance.

The all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee is available inwards iv dissimilar models: Jeep Cherokee Sport, Jeep Cherokee Latitude, Jeep Cherokee Limited together with the Trail Rated Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk.

The Jeep Cherokee mid-size SUV volition offering consumers xi dissimilar exterior colors from which to choose: Bright White Clear Coat, Brilliant Black Crystal Metallic Clear Coat, Billet Silver Metallic Clear Coat, Deep Cherry Red Crystal Pearl Coat, Eco Green Pearl Coat, Mango Tango Pearl Coat, Cashmere Pearl Coat, Granite Crystal Metallic Clear Coat, Auburn Pearl Coat, True Blue Pearl Coat, together with Anvil Clear Coat.

INTERIOR

Hop into a Honda CR-V or Toyota RAV4, the compact crossover leaders, together with you'll notice a lot of difficult plastics. The novel Jeep Cherokee has a much to a greater extent than inviting environment, amongst soft-touch materials on the dash, door panels together with oculus console. Impressive.

Jeep has also set considerable thought into the Cherokee's interior colors. Buyers tin take away from v dissimilar interior environments amongst colors influenced yesteryear the hues of nature. For instance, Vesuvio features nighttime chocolate-brown together with nighttime bluish hues amongst white accents together with silvery trim, piece Kilimanjaro mixes chocolate-brown amongst red, together with Kingdom of Morocco is to a greater extent than frequently than non dark amongst gilt accents. For the most part, these are traditional interior colors, but some of the combinations are unique. All choices are attractive.

Cherokee buyers also larn the latest inwards in-car connectivity. The base of operations trim comes amongst a 5.0-inch deport upon covert amongst vocalisation controls, together with higher-line versions come upwards amongst Chrysler's 8.4-inch Uconnect deport upon covert together with a 7-inch TFT customizable musical instrument display. The 8.4-inch covert is i of the best infotainment systems on the market. The layout is intuitive, the large covert makes the virtual buttons like shooting fish in a barrel to access, together with the reaction times are pretty quick. The customizable musical instrument display also lets drivers take away the information they desire to sentiment at a glance.

A crossover needs infinite for passengers together with cargo, together with the Cherokee delivers. Passenger room is excellent, thank you lot to a roomy front end spot together with a raise spot that slides fore together with aft upwards to vi inches. Front-seat passengers sit down on comfortable seats together with the elevated driving spot affords a proficient sentiment of the road. While the Cherokee has less total cargo infinite than many of its competitors, that infinite is good thought out together with quite useful. With the raise seats down, the Cherokee has 54.9 cubic feet of cargo book compared to 68.1 inwards the Ford Escape together with 73.4 inwards the Toyota RAV4. However, Jeep offers some useful features, including a fold-down front end rider seat, storage nether the cushion of the front end rider seat, together with a raise cargo administration system. This arrangement features a runway on the side of the cargo expanse amongst iv utility hooks together with a reusable grocery bag. Other items, such equally an off-road accessory kit, a cargo bin, a cargo mat, together with a foldable cooler, are also available equally accessories.

SPECIFICATION

► Year:2014
► Make:Jeep
► Model:Cherokee
► Engine:V6 (Est.)
► Horsepower @ RPM:271 (Est.)
► Torque @ RPM:239 (Est.)
► Wheelbase:106.3 inches.
► Weight:4,004 pounds.
► Displacement:3.2 L (Est.)
► 0-60 time:9 sec. (Est.)
► Top Speed:135 mph (Est.)

FEATURES

The 2014 Jeep Cherokee goes afterwards a broad swath of crossovers amongst iv trim levels: Sport, Latitude, Limited together with Trailhawk, the "Trail-Rated" model inwards the lineup.

With the $23,990 Sport (all prices include $995 inwards destination charges), the Cherokee tackles another basic tall wagons together with hatchbacks. It's a four-cylinder model, amongst front-drive measure together with amongst a unproblematic Active Drive I all-wheel-drive arrangement equally an option. The Sport comes measure amongst LED running lights together with raise taillamps; air conditioning; cruise control; 17-inch wheels amongst all-season tires; mightiness windows, locks, together with mirrors; fabric seats; keyless entry; an AM/FM radio; a USB port together with an auxiliary jack; together with Bluetooth amongst sound streaming. The sound together with telephone display is a 5.0-inch screen, amongst redundant information inwards a 3.5-inch covert located betwixt the gauges.

Options include satellite radio; a rearview camera; aluminum wheels; together with a cold-weather bundle amongst heated seats, a heated steering wheel, together with remote start. H5N1 CD thespian is an option, together with it mounts inwards the console, out of sight together with out of mind--part of the long goodbye to that format, nosotros think.

The $25,490 Jeep Cherokee Latitude takes that equipment together with adds a fold-flat front end rider seat; LED ambient cabin lighting; a 115-volt mightiness outlet; roof rails; together with fog lamps. Options include the V-6 engine; Active Drive II all-wheel drive; a 506-watt Alpine sound system; a panoramic sunroof; cold-weather together with towing packages; a convenience bundle amongst pushbutton start, satellite radio, tonneau cover, mightiness driver seat, mightiness tailgate, rearview camera, together with remote start; together with Uconnect amongst an 8.4-inch touchscreen together with smartphone-app connectivity for Aha, iHeartRadio, Pandora, together with Slacker. We proceed to live impressed amongst the Uconnect suite of connectivity services, equally much for its easily absorbed graphics together with functions equally for its quick responses.

All the Latitude's measure gear carries over on the $28,990 Cherokee Limited, which also gets mightiness front end seats; leather upholstery; heated front end seats; pushbutton start; 18-inch wheels together with tires; a 7.0-inch reconfigurable information covert inwards the gauge cluster; the Uconnect touchscreen radio; satellite radio; a rearview camera; remote start; together with dual-zone automatic climate control. Options include the V-6; Active Drive I or II; navigation (available afterwards the master purchase equally a dealer download); Alpine audio; the panoramic sunroof; a wireless charging pad that uses Qi recharging standards together with hardware; comfort together with towing packages; a luxury bundle amongst Nappa leather, ventilated front end seats, retentiveness seating, together with remote start; together with a engineering scientific discipline bundle amongst lane-departure together with forward-collision warnings, adaptive cruise control, parking sensors, blind-spot monitors, together with Park Assist, which lets the Cherokee guide itself into parallel or perpendicular parking spots.

Finally, the $30,990 Cherokee Trailhawk takes Latitude measure equipment together with couples it amongst a Trail Rated badge--which comes amongst the mightiness to cross California's Rubicon Trail, Jeep's gilt measure for off-road capability. To exercise that, the Trailhawk gets a tougher suspension amongst to a greater extent than the world clearance; its ain front end together with raise bumpers; cherry tow hooks; sideslip plates; transmission together with stone oil coolers; the most advanced Active Drive arrangement amongst a locking raise differential; Selec-Speed Control, which lets the Jeep climb upwards grades at a consistent speed; together with 17-inch wheels together with OWL all-terrain tires. Options include the V-6 engine; navigation; Alpine audio; the panoramic sunroof; an open-air sliding drinking glass sunroof; together with the cold-weather, technology, convenience, towing, together with leather packages.

ACTIVE DRIVE

► Jeep Active Drive 1

Available on the Cherokee Sport, Latitude together with Limited models, Jeep Active Drive I features a unmarried mightiness transfer unit of measurement (PTU) which is fully automatic together with delivers seamless functioning inwards together with out of four-wheel drive at whatsoever speed. The arrangement does non require whatsoever driver intervention or feedback, delivers yaw correction during dynamic events together with improves both understeer together with oversteer conditions.

► Jeep Active Drive 2

Available on the Cherokee Sport, Latitude together with Limited models, Jeep Active Drive II includes a two-speed PTU amongst torque administration together with depression range. 4-Low way locks the front end together with raise drive shafts for low-speed mightiness or towing. Low attain provides a 2.92:1 gear reduction. The gear reduction allows for enhanced climbing mightiness equally good outstanding crawl ratios for severe off-road conditions. The 2014 Jeep Cherokee amongst Jeep Active Drive II gives the off-road adventurer a ride acme that is increased yesteryear an inch, a crawl ratio of 56:1 when powered yesteryear the 2.4-liter MultiAir2 Tigershark I-4 engine, together with 47.8:1 when powered yesteryear the novel 3.2-liter Pentastar V-6 engine - upwards to a 90-percent improvement versus the outgoing model.

► Jeep Active Drive Lock

Jeep Active Drive Lock includes all the features of Jeep Active Drive II together with adds a locking raise differential for superior low-speed mightiness for severe off-road conditions. Jeep Active Drive Lock is measure on all Trailhawk models.

All 4x4 systems characteristic the Jeep brand's renowned Selec-Terrain traction command system, which allows the driver to take away the on- together with off-road setting for optimum performance. Five customized settings are offered: Auto, Snow, Sport, Sand/Mud together with Rock. Through the usage of algorithms that enable unsurpassed command together with capability, Selec-Terrain electronically coordinates together with optimizes upwards to 12 systems on whatsoever terrain providing enhanced vehicle command including: drivetrain command module, electronic brake controller, electronic stability command (ESC), transmission controller, powertrain controller together with Selec-Speed Control (Hill-ascent together with Hill-descent Control).

PERFORMANCE

The 2014 Jeep Cherokee drives amongst the even-handed aplomb of a Santa Fe Sport, sometimes stuffed amongst a Trail Rated off-roader. That makes it a crossover-SUV inwards the truest sense.

We've driven all the drivetrain combinations offered amongst the novel Cherokee, together with admire the performance attain that tin live dialed into its lunar-rover trunk amongst the right ticks on the options box. With a four-cylinder engine together with front-wheel drive, it's a tall, economical hatchback; amongst the six-cylinder together with Active Lock off-road system, it's a nimble stone climber.

The alternative of engines doesn't receive got to live a vexing one: for a modify at this destination of the Chrysler lineup, they're both pretty good. The measure engine is a 2.4-liter in-line iv rated at 184 horsepower together with 171 pound-feet of torque. It's reasonably powerful, amongst a 0-60 mph fourth dimension of almost viii seconds inwards base of operations trim. It's also, easily, the best-sounding Chrysler four-cylinder inwards a long time. The energetic nudge it gives to front-drive Cherokees isn't accompanied yesteryear the common rasp together with noise, just some mild exhaust drone. It's eerily vibration-free. It's also capable of a 31-mpg EPA highway rating, though 25 mpg combined sounds a lot to a greater extent than reasonable inwards everyday use.

Most of the crossovers inwards the compact shape receive got gone four-cylinder-only; the 2014 Jeep Cherokee nevertheless offers a large six, a downsized version of the Chrysler vi that's also inwards the Grand Cherokee. The 3.2-liter V-6 hither makes a real strong 271 hp together with 239 lb-ft of torque. We'd peg the front-drive V-6 Cherokee at a 0-60 mph fourth dimension of almost 6.5 seconds--it's a fairly heavy vehicle, somewhere betwixt 3,700 together with 4,100 pounds--and we'd gauge the V-6's responses equally quick together with unobjectionable, inwards the engine-noise department.

All Cherokees, four- or six-cylinder, come upwards amongst a novel ZF nine-speed automatic transmission, amongst a real depression take-off gear together with a few real tall overdrive gears for fuel-economy concerns. It's a gearbox that genuinely wants paddle actuation, though we'd settle just for to a greater extent than straight command over some shifts. Chrysler says in that location are to a greater extent than than forty shift programs to live chosen--but the Cherokee lacks the most of import one, the i nosotros pick. Choose "D" together with the nine-speed rifles through the launch gear together with a handful of usable driving gears earlier it races for those gas-mileage ratios--and i time it's there, it's abhor to larn back. There's no truthful manual-shift mode: you lot tin modify gears amongst the lever, together with it volition display a issue for your selection, but the nine-speed's shift logic is the decider. It volition pick a gear based on fuel economic scheme together with yaw solid ground together with throttle position, fifty-fifty though it nevertheless volition display the gear you lot genuinely want.

By the way, you'll desire to live inwards the Sport way when it's available on the Cherokee you're driving-- all the time, just to larn the quickest shifts. That probable volition negate the fuel-economy gains the nine-speed brings.

The Cherokee's ride together with treatment are a pleasant surprise. We were prepared to experience underwhelmed, based on the relative lack of rebound command on the Dart sedan's suspension bits, but the Cherokee has much improve composure. That starts amongst its flavor of electrical mightiness steering: it has a dual-pinion rack that delivers no feedback together with somewhat heavy weighting, but proficient accuracy despite its off-road intentions together with all-season tires. The Cherokee rides real good inwards most versions, amongst smoothen damping over most urban streets together with fifty-fifty into some unpaved ruts where it could rightfully balk. The Trailhawk deflects less route rash, thank you lot to off-road tires together with an inch higher ride height; it's clearly labeled to avoid misconsumption.

► All-wheel drive together with four-wheel drive: Active Drive I, II, together with Active Lock

Before landing inwards the Trailhawk aerie, the Cherokee ambles through less adventurous territory, starting amongst the basic front-drive models. There are 2 traction systems betwixt it together with the Trailhawk, the get-go of which is Active Drive I, a light-duty setup amongst a wet-clutch pattern together with variable torque distribution betwixt the front end together with raise wheels. It's handled automatically yesteryear the sensors that also principle the Cherokee's throttle together with transmission together with stability control, together with without a depression range, makes it all-wheel drive. It's offered on the four-cylinder, but the added weight could tap the Cherokee's eagerness at higher altitudes; nosotros didn't recollect its improved cornering responsiveness took likewise much away from the mightiness on tap.

Active Drive II gets a depression attain amongst a sky-high (low?) crawl ratio of 56:1 amongst the four-cylinder, which Jeep says is xc pct improve than that of the Liberty. All Cherokees amongst four-wheel drive receive got Selec-Terrain, which lets drivers take away the best way from Sport, Snow, Sand/Mud, together with Rock. Sport splits torque front-to-back at 40:60 ratio; Snow reverses that ratio together with starts the Cherokee inwards minute gear for less slip; the sand together with stone modes allow a raise split of upwards to 100 percent, together with are combined amongst off-road braking modes. The Cherokee's raise axle volition declutch when non inwards use, which saves some fuel.

Jeep's Trail-Rated badge applying to the Trailhawk, which gets a one-inch suspension lift, slimmer front end together with raise fascias, a locking raise differential, sideslip plates, together with cherry tow hooks. It also gets Selec-Speed control, which lets Cherokee climb hills amongst the same tenacity equally it lowers itself amongst hill-descent control, creeping upwards from 1 mph to 5 mph inwards increments selected amongst the shift lever. Approach together with divergence angles are proficient for off-road work, at thirty together with 32 degrees--and amongst the world clearance of 8.7 inches, the Cherokee genuinely has real few rivals inwards its highly developed off-road niche. We're non fifty-fifty certain we'd desire to accept a high-riding Subaru Forester downwards some of the trails nosotros dusted inwards the Cherokee, or if we'd desire to line equally much equally the 4,500 pounds the Cherokee is rated to tow. It may live the exclusively Swiss Army knife inwards the crossover-SUV drawer....SEE ALL PHOTO

DRIVETRAIN

► 4 Drivetrain Option

At the lower trim levels, the Cherokee tin live had amongst front-wheel drive, but the models introduce during my testing were both 4x4 models. Jeep genuinely offers 3 dissimilar versions of its Active Drive all-wheel-drive system.

Active Drive I is the simplest setup, which uses brake-based traction command to optimize its grip for dissimilar terrain types. It also features a rear-axle disconnect, which allows the arrangement to free-wheel its raise cycle nether most conditions -- effectively giving it the efficiency of a front-wheel-drive arrangement -- together with hence at i time re-engage raise drive when front-wheel slip is detected.

Active Drive II builds on the get-go arrangement amongst the add-on of a low-range drive ratio together with a neutral way that totally disengages all iv wheels for apartment towing.

Finally, there's the Active Drive Lock system, which is measure on the Trailhawk. This arrangement also features a 4-Low drive ratio for high torque at depression speed when, for example, stone crawling. Also added to the mix at this even out is a raise locker, which tin lock the raise wheels, which commonly spin independently, into a fixed axle, increasing grip for off-road activities.

The Active Drive arrangement features optimizations for a diversity of surfaces, which the arrangement tin automatically notice or the user tin specify using the Selec-Terrain traction controller knob on the oculus console. There are settings for auto, snow, together with sand together with mud. There's also a sport setting that optimizes vehicle performance together with the transmission's programme for to a greater extent than responsive on-road driving. For Active Drive Lock models, there's also a setting for rocks together with it has buttons that engage the 4-Low drive ratio, raise locker, together with descent speed control.

The Trailhawk trim even out also features a issue of other off-road optimizations to larn along amongst its Active Drive Lock system. The suspension has been raised an inch over the stock ride acme to increment its break-over angle together with water-fording depth (now upwards to xx inches). The front end together with raise bumpers are unique, increasing its approach together with divergence angles. Bright-red tow hooks receive got been affixed to the chassis at the front end together with raise ends together with sideslip plates receive got been affixed to the undercarriage to protect the suspension from branches together with rocks.

I wasn't able to genuinely seek Jeep's claims almost the Cherokee Trailhawk's off-road chops, but was assured that the crossover had earned its Trail Rated badge during testing inwards the Mojave together with on the Rubicon trail.

Our testing took house on world roads, hence it should come upwards equally no surprise that I preferred my drive inwards the Limited model. Without the off-road optimizations, the measure suspension setup gave the crossover a much improve seat-of-the-pants experience amongst much to a greater extent than responsive steering together with a firmer ride. That the Limited was equipped amongst the larger engine alternative helped.

COMFORT & QUALITY

The ads volition telephone telephone the 2014 Jeep Cherokee a mid-size crossover SUV--but inwards truth, it's non much bigger within than some of the compact utes nosotros know well, vehicles similar the Honda CR-V together with Subaru Forester. It is somewhat smaller exterior than most mid-sizers, together with lacks a third-row spot alternative similar the novel Nissan Rogue at nowadays offers--more support, nosotros think, for comparison it to those vehicles instead of bigger utes similar the Chevy Equinox.

By the numbers, the novel Cherokee sits almost 182 inches long, amongst a wheelbase of almost 106.3 inches (Trailhawk models receive got slightly longer wheelbases due to suspension changes). It has 41.1 inches of front-seat leg room, almost 38 inches of caput room front end together with back, together with 40.3 inches of rear-seat leg room. It's essentially closest to the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, inwards all those ways.

We similar most versions of the Cherokee's front end seats. It's just on the roomy side of compact, amongst bigger drivers making contact amongst the oculus console together with the door panels, but non objectionably so. It tin live tough for taller drivers to give away an ideal driving position: the Cherokee's steering cycle contestation upwards a chip from its bottom, inwards what we'd telephone telephone classic Fiat style, together with the windshield doesn't rising real high. The seats are supportive plenty inwards their Latitude trim, nicer amongst Nappa leather inwards Limited trim. All of the dissimilar seats receive got headrests that sit down frontwards likewise much, though, which forces some drivers into a to a greater extent than laid-back driving position.

That, inwards turn, tin cutting into what should live proficient rear-seat leg room. On newspaper the Cherokee has almost the same rear-seat room equally the Grand Cherokee, but subjectively, they're worlds apart. In the smaller ute, tall drivers leaning dorsum puts the front end seatback into the knees of tall rear-seat passengers, an automotive domino resultant that tin live mitigated yesteryear sliding the second-row spot dorsum on its runway a few inches. In either row the Cherokee has proficient caput room; those second-row seats recline to give it improve long-distance comfort.

The Cherokee's high cargo flooring lets four-wheel-drive components ride beneath it, but it trims downwards on total cargo space. The Cherokee's stow expanse is at most 58.9 cubic feet--with the front end rider spot folded down. The infinite behind the front end seats totals 54.9 cubic feet; behind the raise seats, 24.6 cubic feet, or 29 cubic feet if the raise spot is folded together with pushed forward. H5N1 Honda CR-V nets 37.2 cubic feet behind the raise seats, 61.4 cubes behind the front end seats; a Santa Fe Sport gets 35.4 cubic feet together with 71.5 cubic feet from a similar wheelbase. The Jeep does offering a cargo-management arrangement amongst a hanging grocery bag.

Elsewhere, small-item storage is good. There's a bin atop the oculus stack for a handful or 2 of stuff, together with a glove box that tin take away maintain an iPad. The oculus console has a groove that props upwards smartphones. There's infinite within the deep console for a CD player, too--and perchance other format zombies.

We're suitably impressed amongst all of the Cherokee's character measures, versus the to a greater extent than iffy Dart. The interior's the equal of the Santa Fe Sport together with Escape, amongst high-quality, low-gloss, soft-touch surfaces together with smooth-acting buttons together with switchgear. Interior dissonance levels are filtered out real well, too--it's the get-go Chrysler four-cylinder inwards a long fourth dimension that didn't depict our groans for its groaning.

NEW OPTIONS

Options for the novel 2014 Cherokee include leather seats, heated together with ventilated front end seats, a heated steering wheel, a color reconfigurable musical instrument cluster display together with a Jeep Cargo Management System. H5N1 panoramic drinking glass sunroof is also available, equally good equally a sliding sheet roof to permit inwards the sunshine. ParkSense Parallel/Perpendicular Park Assist is a novel engineering scientific discipline from Chrysler. It uses sensors to spot vacant parking spaces together with automatically commons the Jeep piece the driver operates the transmission together with pedals.

Jeep's Uconnect 8.4-inch color touchscreen infotainment arrangement is also available, together with a novel Uconnect Access via Mobile service provides Bluetooth music streaming, voice-to-text messaging, 9-1-1 Assist emergency calling together with access to mobile applications on a paired smartphone. The engineering scientific discipline also turns the Cherokee into a rolling Wi-Fi hot spot.

Some novel security systems are also debuting amongst the 2014 Cherokee. In add-on to its 10 measure airbags, the novel Cherokee tin live outfitted amongst a backup camera, a blind spot monitoring arrangement together with a Rear Cross Path Detection system. H5N1 get-go for Chrysler, the Cherokee's optional Lane Departure Warning Plus arrangement employs a photographic television camera to spot when the SUV is unintentionally drifting from its lane, together with it tin apply the brakes selectively to nudge the vehicle dorsum into its lane. H5N1 novel Forward Collision Warning Plus arrangement uses a photographic television camera together with a radar unit of measurement to spot dangerous closing rates amongst objects ahead. It automatically prepares the braking arrangement to deliver total stopping mightiness piece providing warnings to the driver. If the driver fails to accept action, the arrangement tin apply the brakes automatically.

Another novel alternative is Adaptive Cruise Control Plus, which uses the same radar together with photographic television camera arrangement equally the Forward Collision Warning Plus arrangement to supply full-speed-range capability, pregnant it tin convey the Cherokee to a consummate halt without requiring the driver to usage the brake pedal. To resume motion, the driver presses the gas pedal or pushes a button...SEE ALL PHOTO

ON THE ROAD

The Cherokee shares the Dodge Dart's Alfa Romeo Giulietta-based platform, together with it drives similar to its compact automobile counterpart. That makes for a comfortable but somewhat tedious driving experience. The electric-assist mightiness steering is fairly straight together with predictable, but it lacks the experience together with feedback that tin contribute to a fun driving character. Handling is typical of the class, amongst a slightly tall opinion that creates some lean inwards turns together with a style to understeer when driven difficult through corners.

While the on-road dynamics are just average, the Cherokee's competitive wages lies inwards its off-road prowess. While front-wheel drive is standard, the Cherokee is available amongst 3 4-wheel-drive systems, each amongst to a greater extent than off-road mightiness than the last. Active Drive II has low-range gearing, which helps the Cherokee climb hills together with crawl over rocks, together with the most advanced system, called Active Drive Lock, adds a locking raise differential, which helps the vehicle conquer fifty-fifty tougher terrain. The Trailhawk also adds an inch of ride acme to improve the approach, divergence together with breakover angles, together with skidplates to protect the underbody from off-road obstacles.

A portion of our seek drive included some technical off-roading inwards the Trailhawk. The Cherokee handled the diverse climbs together with descents amongst ease, thank you lot inwards portion to the available Selec-Speed Control arrangement that moves the vehicles along at speeds ranging from 0.6 to 5.4 mph whether going uphill or downhill. The suspension joint also dealt good amongst stone climbing. All of these situations were aided yesteryear the Selec-Terrain system, which adjusts diverse vehicle systems to best bargain amongst diverse surface conditions.

The Cherokee also boasts powertrain offerings unmatched inwards the class. The base of operations 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine is pretty typical, but the novel 3.2-liter V6 together with the 9-speed automatic transmission that plant amongst both engines are shape exclusives. The 2.4-liter puts upwards a pedestrian zero-to-60-mph fourth dimension of 9.8 seconds, slower than average for the class, but it genuinely feels fairly peppy from behind the wheel. Passing requires some planning together with the engine is a chip gruff, but the 2.4-liter should serve most buyers quite well.

The 3.2-liter V6 engine, which is a downsized version of Chrysler's 3.6-liter Pentastar V6, cuts the zero-to-60-mph fourth dimension to 7.5 seconds together with offers a to a greater extent than refined engine note. While nosotros similar this engine, it didn't experience equally powerful equally most of today's V6s together with some turbocharged fours. There isn't much of a fuel economic scheme penalization amongst the V6, though, hence those who desire to a greater extent than mightiness won't receive got to sacrifice fuel efficiency.

Part of the argue both engines are hence fuel efficient is the novel 9-speed automatic. With hence many gears, it lets the engines operate efficiently to a greater extent than often. Jeep postponed the Cherokee seek drive to reprogram the transmission, together with the extra fourth dimension seems to receive got paid off. With either engine, the transmission shifts smoothly together with responsively. It was never confused during our seek drive, together with it seemed to larn the most mightiness out of either engine during aggressive driving.

ENGINE

Two engine choices are available for the 2014 Cherokee, the get-go together with measure alternative beingness Chrysler's 2.4L Tigershark MultiAir four-cylinder engine. This is the same factory that you lot tin give away nether the hood of the 2013 Dodge Dart GT, should you lot live inclined to look, together with is proficient for 184 horsepower together with 171 pound-feet of torque piece returning 22 urban center mpg together with 31 highway mpg over the EPA's seek cycle. That's an adequate amount of power. Though my 3 passengers together with I weren't just blown away yesteryear the crossover's acceleration, the Jeep wasn't left wanting or wheezing during my small drive through the hills of San Francisco's Presidio. For drivers who prefer to accept it easy, this is the configuration to choose.

Drivers who desire a chip to a greater extent than mightiness also receive got the alternative to alternative a 3.2L Pentastar V-6 engine. This is genuinely a downsized version of the Chrysler Group's 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 that has served the create for years. At this displacement, it outputs 271 horsepower together with 239 pound-feet of torque. Dropping a few ccs of displacement has allowed the Pentastar-equipped Cherokee to accomplish an estimated xix urban center together with 27 highway mpg on the EPA's seek cycle.

In this configuration, the Cherokee is much to a greater extent than responsive to throttle inputs with, obviously, much improve acceleration when asked. I'll gladly accept the 3-mpg highway hitting for the additional get-up-and-go together with the additional towing capability that the torque-ier V-6 affords.

Either engine is mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission that features sport together with manual shifting programs. Having nine frontwards speeds way that the Jeep does a lot of shifting when tooling about town, but you lot larn used to the smoothen gear transitions.

SAFETY

Standard security equipment on all 2014 Cherokees includes antilock disc brakes, stability together with traction control, front end together with raise spot side airbags, side mantle airbags together with front end articulatio genus airbags. H5N1 rearview photographic television camera is either measure or optional on all models.

Trailhawk together with Limited models are available amongst a large alternative bundle that includes a frontwards collision warning arrangement (with automatic brake intervention inwards potential collision situations), a lane divergence warning arrangement that volition give the steering cycle a nudge if you lot veer out of your lane on the highway, together with blind-spot together with raise cross-traffic alerts.

FUEL ECONOMY

The most fuel-efficient Jeep Cherokee tin larn upwards to 31 miles per gallon on the highway--so agrees the EPA. Most versions earn everyday gas mileage inwards the low-20-mpg range, amongst the most rugged editions dipping below xx miles per gallon on the urban center cycle.

In spite of its measure nine-speed automatic transmission, the Cherokee doesn't fare hence good against another mid-size together with compact crossovers--vehicles similar the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, Honda CR-V, Ford Escape together with Edge, together with Chevy Equinox. None of those crossovers has its adventurous talent, though. The beefed-up trunk construction together with heavier running gear its Trail Rating demands accounts for at to the lowest degree some of that fuel-economy penalty.

The base of operations front-drive Cherokee has the best numbers, of course. It's rated at 22 miles per gallon city, 31 miles per gallon highway, together with 25 mpg combined. In most cases those numbers would force the Cherokee to our next-highest light-green score--but since nosotros believe most versions volition come upwards amongst at to the lowest degree some shape of all-wheel drive and/or the optional six-cylinder engine, we're going yesteryear the mass of its EPA-combined averages, all inwards the low-20s.
Adding the basic all-wheel-drive arrangement to the four-cylinder Cherokee drops gas mileage to 21/28 mpg, or 24 mpg combined; going amongst the to a greater extent than advanced Active Drive II setup lowers highway economic scheme yesteryear i to a greater extent than mile per gallon, to 27 mpg, together with combined numbers to 23 mpg.

On six-cylinder Cherokees, fuel economic scheme starts at 19/28 mpg or 22 mpg combined for front-drive models; Active Drive I all-wheel drive lowers highway economic scheme to 27 mpg; together with Active Drive II drops it i to a greater extent than notch, to 26 mpg highway.
The 2014 Jeep Cherokee is equipped amongst an electronic mightiness steering arrangement (EPS) that improves fuel efficiency together with contributes to the Jeep Cherokee's nimbleness amongst a plow circle radius of roughly 36 feet inwards 4x2 models, roughly 38 feet inwards 4x4 models together with roughly 39 feet inwards the Trailhawk off-road model. With EPS all of the mightiness assist is provided via an electrical motor arrangement rather than a traditional hydraulic system. Because the arrangement is fully electronic, the driver experiences optimal steering endeavour at all vehicle speeds, together with in that location is less dissonance together with improve fuel efficiency since in that location is no parasitic loss from a mightiness steering pump.

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