I know what your saying. At least the XJ's are still cheap and plentiful for now.

I think a lot of us loved the ol XJ so much that we got our hopes up for the new Cherokee that we were blinded by the reality that this is modern day Chrysler we're talking about and it was obvious they would just build another CUV with the Cherokee badge slapped on it. One can dream, reality just sucks sometimes. If…

Apology accepted. Again, I never said it as a blanket statement, only that in certain situations it is inferior. Have nice day

Right, but lets remember the reason this article exists. It itself is comparing itself to a older Jeep product of days when the brand wasn't as watered down in comparison. If they had named it something completely else I doubt we would even be having this conversation. Also plenty of brands have been able to stay…

What you have said is the unfortunate truth. In the war between consumer demand and a brands iconic image, the demand always seems to win.

Also, riddle me this... if IFS is always superior, why is it never used over solid axles in professional rock crawling?

Shame I don't believe you

The ability to tow someone off something they are stuck on has nothing to do with what is better at going over said obstacle.

I'm not saying IFS is inferior, only in the ways Jeeps tend to be used off road, rock crawling for example is an area where IFS is in fact inferior. IFS is much better for roads where flex and traction in extreme environments isn't a must. I'd still be somewhat upset about Jeep bringing out another IS vehicle but the…

Oh we are assuming now, I assume you must be the I ride my fixie everywhere and force my opinion on every one types who can't see past their function limiting form.

And of course it doesn't, it has been slowly eroded down over decades as each Mfg owner has bought and sold Jeep. If Lotus was bought out by Nissan and…

In a pre runner style setup I agree, but that isn't what Jeep is known for much less the XJ. Though I have seen some modded to pre runner status that were pretty bad ass. As far as having flex to crawl over a big obstacle and keep your tires planted a solid axle setup is more reliable, cheaper, and better flexing then…

These "logic and facts" would be great if it wasn't a company know for its off road prowess and military roots. Sure stock for basic model stock it does better. But you'd have to have deep pockets to be able to make this thing go anywhere other than over mall parking lot curbs. The XJ is notorious for being cheap,…

You forgot one major reason its worse. No solid axles, personally its THE number one reason it is worse. People will say just get a wrangler but the new wranglers are piles of shit. It is fittingly called the JK, I know because I owned one, owned not have for good reasons lol

Thats bad ass!

I'm more interested in the Sand Troppers axle setup. t doesn't look like IFS and I can't see a solid axle. Wonder if they did some kind of miz between solid axle and the gear reduction hubs on the HMMWV

I lol'd

Stay classy MTV...

#9 At first look my thought was, who drew the arrows in the wrong direction on that compressor, then realized fancy ass turbine...

O.o

Damn that is fast, looks to be street legal other than the tires of course, but damn....

A solid axle'less  Cherokee? They've already totally bastardized it....