Jeep Cherokee - A Diamond in the Rough?

The 4X4 market has become inevitably subjectbox you would expect a vehicle of its ilk to tick.
to saturation with every manufacturer releasingIt's big, it looks sporty and it has the interior
their take on the perennial favorite of the Sportsspace to comfortably house a small army.
Utility Vehicle. With so many choices to make it isHowever, in my years of driving, I have learnt
often difficult to know exactly where to start inthat it is a huge mistake to judge a car on its
your myriad of choices. If you're anything like melooks. The proof of the Jeep Cherokee's worth
then you will want to start at the beginning, withwould be found in the driving. I sat in the elevated
the first manufacturer to release a Sports Utilitydriving position of the Jeep Cherokee and
Vehicle; Jeep.surveyed the road before me. Being this high up
Jeep have been favorites in the 4X4 market fortakes some getting used to, but ultimately
decades on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, withprovides a sense of 'owning the road', which is a
the European market gaining momentum all themarvellous feeling to have when driving a vehicle
time. I test drove the Jeep Cherokee, one of thethat ostensibly is the size of a juggernaut. This
most popular of the Jeep models available andvast cocoon feels very safe, but also surprisingly
compared it to the vast canon of experience Isprightly and nimble around the tight country
have driving 4X4s. The first impressions arecorners.
exceedingly good; the Jeep Cherokee ticks every