![]() Our 2014 Jeep Cherokee Limited 4x4 carried a base price of $29,995, and included four option packages bundled together as Customer Preferred package 26G. It takes awhile to adapt to the ventilation controls, which are split between knobs on the lower part of the dash and finer adjustments in the central touchscreenĢ014 Jeep Cherokee Limited 4x4, Catskill Mountains, NY, Jan 2014.The all-wheel drive is as capable as any Subaru we've tested, probably more so-and in the Northeast, that's high praise.Unlike the premium European compact crossovers we tested, the Cherokee comes with tall all-weather tires, just what we needed in the snow.The 25 to 29 cubic feet of cargo space behind the rear seat, on the other hand, is ample-though slightly compromised for tall items by a steeply raked rear window.Rear-seat room isn't huge, though four adults will fit with a bit of horse trading.The interior is superb, with high-quality materials-and it's a huge step up from the (admittedly less pricey) Dodge Dart.Other observations from our three-day tenure with the new compact Jeep: Or as one passenger remarked, "It looks kinda Japanese-is that good or bad?" The frontal styling is a matter of taste, of course, but the rest of the vehicle is modern-if not especially Jeep-like to our eyes. All are fitted with a new nine-speed automatic transmission.Ģ014 Jeep Cherokee FWD 4-door Sport Grille There are no fewer than eight combinations of engine, drive system, and four-wheel-drive technology listed for the new Cherokee on the EPA site. The version we got, however, was a high-end model fitted not with the base 2.4-liter engine, but the more powerful 271-horsepower 3.2-liter Pentastar V-6. ![]() We'd been eager to test the new Cherokee, having recently spent time in two different versions of the new Ford Escape, as well as a few diesel luxury crossovers. On that front, we can only say that the Jeep crawled itself through 4 to 6 inches of snow and up our steep and unplowed driveway without drama or fuss, assisted by the "Snow" setting on the all-wheel drive SelecTerrain control knob. The 2014 Cherokee, however, has a brand-new all-wheel-drive system that is designed to be as fuel-efficient as possible while still providing all the durability and off-road prowess that Jeep is known for. 2014 Jeep Cherokee FWD 4-door Sport Dashboard ![]()
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