The Jeep Cherokee (XJ) is a unibody (monocoque) compact SUV. It shared the name of
the original full-size SJ model, but without a body-on-frame chassis, it actually
set the stage for the modern SUV. Its innovative appearance and sales popularity
spawned important imitators as other automakers began to notice that this
model began replacing regular cars.[1] It was built in Toledo, Ohio in the United
States and in Beijing, China. The XJ platform provided the mechanical basis
for the MJ-series Jeep Comanche pick-up.
The XJ was selected by Robert
Cumberford of Automobile Magazine as one of the 20 greatest cars of all time,
calling it "possibly the best SUV shape of all time, it is the paradigmatic
model to which other designers have since aspired."
|
