Wrangler vs Cherokee

[Comanche]

Why is one better than other?

 

[8675309]

cheaper to get started with a cherokee

 

[BIKER13]

Cherokee has a bit more room.

 

[Johnson4]

I love the way a Wrangler looks, my wife has one. I don't love the way it drives though, not much acceleration at all.

 

[galvatron]

Depends on intended use, and your tolerance to crappy weather hot/cold/rain etc....
Wrangler has far more aftermarket support, although the Cherokee is not lacking.

 

[Comanche]

Can't fit Family In wrangler.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

Can't fit Family In wrangler.

The quickest sale I ever made was a 99 Cherokee in 2 wheel drive. Listed it around 5:00 on Craigslist and sold it in my driveway for my asking price by 7:30 drinking a Natural Light . Point being that as long as you find a mechanically sound regular Cherokee ( NOT Grand Cherokee! ) you can't go wrong. You can get your money back out of it. I like them because they had base models with manual windows and locks almost up to the last ones. Problem was that most of those base models were also 2WD.

Oh and a Cherokee is a vehicle you can drive everyday if you have to. If you had to drive a Wrangler everyday you would most likely get rid of it. A Wrangler is a third car or weekend car.

 

[Lockout]

jeep

Just
Empty
Every
Pocket

 

[galvatron]

Can't fit Family In wrangler.

This may sound really bad but.....

Is that a real problem? Will the entire family ever all be in it at once?

Like I posted earlier what's your intended use? Weekend offroad toy, sunny day rides with the top down while still semi-practical, dailly driver(cherokee FTW), another "family" vehicle?

 

[Comanche]

Yep I own three Cherokee's and fell in love with them when I worked as a mechanic for a rental car fleet in Pittsburgh.

We got to take them home and beat the ever loving snot out of them brand new in snow, ice and mud......and that was just normal driving.
But from time to time we took them offroad to test their capabilities without destroying them.
Our boss was cool as well as our general manager and we all hunted and fished together driving brand new rentals....life was good.