This is a look at the New 2012 Cherokee. The Jeep name has been a staple in the SUV world for over 50 years and this year’s model has stepped up to an entirely new level of greatness. With a new creative list of goodies, this Cherokee has made a great imprint on the roads of America. To begin the 2012 Cherokee is sharing a frame platform with the latest M Class Mercedes Benz, but its power is strictly American. The recent separation of Daimler & Chrysler has assured us, that there will be no Mercedes Power in this Cherokee or any thereafter. The Jeep Cherokee will come with new and improved high tech climbing features, not normally accompanied with any newly delivered Jeep. But before we go into the motor, and the extras, we have to discuss the interior, and its world class luxury feel. The leather wrapped interior, wood grain finish, and aluminum trimmed gauges are a welcome sight for any driver, male or female. The adjustable, heated seats always seem to convince you not to leave the driver’s seat. But when you do have to leave the comfortable and sturdy seats to load or unload your cargo, the power rear door always reminds you of the ultimate driver’s seat waiting for you behind the steering wheel. Did I mention the one button, powered rear door? Ladies, your shopping experiences have just gotten a whole lot better. As you drive, the dual panoramic roof will keep the kids in constant awe, day or night. Especially, with the new reclining rear seats. Your back seat has now become your child’s personal planetarium.
Moving on to the power that this SUV has inherited. The New Cherokee is equipped with fully adjustable Air-Ride suspension, standard Satellite Radio, optional Navigation, Traction Control, and all being transported by either a well managed 280hp V6 or beefy 360hp HEMI V8. This sounds like a strong challenge to the 2010 Land Rover Discovery. That’s just my opinion. Now both are smooth idling engines that produce the power you want, when you want. This year’s model even comes with a Tip-tronic style shifter! You know the shifter in an automatic drive car that you can move from side to side in order to change gears? Yeah that one. This Cherokee can now handle the highways with the best of them. And yes, I speak from experience on this matter. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a top of the line model from Enterprise about 3 weeks ago. Thanks for holding me down John, and the one I had my hands on came with a remote starter. Sweet!! Do you know how Classy it was to have that option available to me? I do miss it though.
So let’s wrap it up shall we? This is an awesome SUV to rent for a few days, and an even better one to own. Hell, it would really be great if you knew someone who has one, so you can play with theirs. Guaranteed Awesome Time!!! Ladies please, please, go and test drive this Cherokee. I mean a real test drive. Take the sales person on a quick trip to the supermarket, the mall, 5th Avenue. You know anywhere that would normally take two trips to pick up. Pick up about 4 or 6 bags of groceries, 4 bags of clothes from Macy’s, and if you can afford it, throw in Carrie Bradshaw’s closet of Manolo Blahniks. Trust me it’ll fit. Put the cargo space, and the powered rear door to good use. Seriously. Now pricing for this new Cherokee ranges from $31,000 to $43,000 dollars. That’s low end V6 trim to top end V8 4×4 pricing. It’s all good no matter which one you eventually decide to go after. But like I said before, go rent one and try it out that way. It will be money well spent.
I’m Lawrence G., and Thanks for reading.
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