Turducken-Like Cherokee Sparks Uproar to Jeep’s Delight: Cars
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Chrysler Group LLC’s radical new Jeep Cherokee faces an uphill climb cracking the compact sport-utility vehicle market and the reviews of its angry-eyed, angular face are making the ascent steeper.
When the storied Cherokee name was last affixed to a Jeep in 2001, it was on a boxy and rugged roustabout with the World War II-style seven-slot grille. The reborn 2014 Cherokee arriving in showrooms rejects the rough edges of yore for a flowing front that creases that classic face and offsets it with daytime running lights that seem to squint down from the hood.