Cherokee returns to the Chrysler lineup........????????

[cherokee4fun]

We'll get a better idea of what's in store for the Jeep Liberty on Wednesday.

That's when Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is set to visit the Toldeo, Ohio, plant that builds the Liberty. Marchionne is expected to lay out plans to replace the Liberty with a new vehicle that uses a midsize Fiat platform named CUSW.

And while Chrysler will replace the Jeep Liberty, it's sister car--the Dodge Nitro--is scheduled to reach the end of the line.

Internet buzz says the new Jeep will wear the Cherokee nameplate. Chrysler isn't saying yes or no on that right now.



Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20111114/VIDEONEWS/111119933#ixzz1dib4yhxh

 

[Bdiddy11]

Re: Cherokee returns........????????

Please tell me this isn't April 1st...

Imagine a similar style Cherokee as the Beijing one... (nothing to smooth and curvy like the new GC) more options, offroad package and better fuel economy...*drool*

Or is it going to be a revamped Liberty since Liberty is what took over the Cherokee and some places call the Liberty a Cherokee...

http://www.allpar.com/model/upcoming.html

 

[tbburg]

Imagine the latest from Fiat,..

..,wearing a Cherokee badge!

The unit-body hard-core 4WD that you can really off-road is dead and gone.

 

[xcm]

this will not end well... another liberty? no thanks. keep it fiat.

 

[hubs97xj]

Awesome, the XJ finally gets its Mustang II...

 

[four_shot]

Awesome, the XJ finally gets its Mustang II...

X2

 

[Wallyman]

A Euro garbage can with a Jeep logo on it? Thats it, i thought the comp-ass was the end-of-days but COME ON.....

Then again Jeep has had really bad bays that it has survived, like the Jeep surrey lastara

 

[cherokee4fun]

Mustang II,
Now that's funny........
There will never be another xj,
but I love my ZJ and WJ, and really want a new Grand Cherokee.......

 

[thebrick]

Don't forget guys...our XJ was designed with Renault was 'partners' with Jeep back in the early 80's....

 

[xcm]

Don't forget guys...our XJ was designed with Renault was 'partners' with Jeep back in the early 80's....

AND? that was a long time ago.

 

[XJEEPER]

Here's your Fiat "Jeep"

 

[lesspavedrds]

I wish I could Photoshop some big tires and a winch onto that thing!

 

[twodoorXJ]

damn foreigners ruining the cherokees good name!

 

[xcm]

damn foreigners ruining the cherokees good name!

think about what you just said, from a native americans POV.

 

[CherBear]

think about what you just said, from a native americans POV.

Okay now that is funny right there. :roflmao:

 

[Boatwrench]

If J-Lo is the spokesperson what could be the problem?

 

[thebrick]

AND? that was a long time ago.

True...but I bet a lot of people said the same things back then.

Renault is a 'euro, foreign, etc.' as many have put it in this thread...but because of that partnership, we got the XJ.

I'm just saying that maybe this Fiat/Jeep partnership may not be so bad. But then again, if they base it off an existing 'car' platform (aka compass/patriot), then I don't know.

The XJ was designed from scratch as a dedicated SUV platform.

 

[87manche]

The XJ was designed from scratch as a dedicated SUV platform.

exactly.

Until recently every platform Jeep had was unique to the Jeep brand.

THe Chrysler tried badge engineering and failed miserably.

Now Fiat is going to do the same thing and ruin the brand. I predict the only thing left "Jeep" in a few years will be the Wrangler, everything else will be a badge engineered car.

 

[Ghost]

exactly.

Until recently every platform Jeep had was unique to the Jeep brand.

THe Chrysler tried badge engineering and failed miserably.

Now Fiat is going to do the same thing and ruin the brand. I predict the only thing left "Jeep" in a few years will be the Wrangler, everything else will be a badge engineered car.

Nahh they will kill it to with IFS first then IRS! :gonnablow

 

[xjsnake]

The announcement today at the Toledo North Assembly plant calls for a new shift and a new SUV to be produced starting in 2013. Details of the SUV to be made have not been made public as far as I know.