Jeep Cherokee (XJ)
The Jeep Cherokee (XJ) is a unibody (monocoque) compact SUV produced by the Jeep division of Chrysler. It shared the name of the original full-size SJ model, but without a body-on-frame chassis, it set the stage for the modern sport utility vehicle (SUV). The XJ's innovative appearance and sales popularity spawned important imitators as other automakers began to notice that this model began replacing regular cars. It was built in Toledo, Ohio, in Beijing, China, in Ferreyra, Argentina, and in Valencia, Venezuela. The XJ provided the mechanical basis for the MJ-series Jeep Comanche pickup truck.
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".
Read more about Jeep Cherokee (XJ): 1984-1996, 1997-2001, Trim Levels, XJ in Europe, XJ in China, Possible Cherokee Name Revival in The U.S.
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“Long accustomed to the use of European manufactures, [the Cherokee Indians] are as incapable of returning to their habits of skins and furs as we are, and find their wants the less tolerable as they are occasioned by a war [the American Revolution] the event of which is scarcely interesting to them.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)