Cher·o·kee-itis: A illness that infects the minds, hearts and wallets of Jeep buyers who cannot accept that there was, is, or ever could possibly be a replacement for the Cherokee, often referred to as the XJ.
2010 Jeep Liberty Sport
Yes, we just produced that up, but the fictitious symptoms of Cherokeeitis do afflict an excellent number of SUV aficionados. Soon after all, the original Jeep XJ was, if not the really 1st mid-size SUV available on the market, the definitive sport utility vehicle from 1984 straight by means of to 2001.2010 Jeep Liberty
Interestingly enough, Cherokeeitis appears to infect Jeep's engineers, designers and product planners too. To wit, almost each and every Jeep developed because the final XJ rolled off the line at the company's Toledo-based factories has been designed to conjure up images of the 1984 Cherokee. Such will be the case with the Patriot, Grand Cherokee along with the mostly forgotten Commander. Only the iconic Wrangler and hitherto unloved Compass have strayed from the XJ.
It's also accurate of the current Jeep Liberty, which was last restyled in 2008 to look much less like a four-door Wrangler and a lot more like the butch Cherokee it was developed to replace. Nobody ever said supplanting an icon would be straightforward. But just how effective was that mid-life makeover, and is the Liberty worthy of consideration for those within the market for a mid-size SUV
