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Jeep Cherokee

The mid-size SUV, and mechanically nothing like the Grand Cherokee — a transverse front-drive-based platform with a nine-speed automatic, where the larger car is longitudinal. Sharing a word in the name is the trap; establish which vehicle before applying anything.

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Generations

SJ 1974–1983

The full-size body-on-frame Cherokee that preceded the XJ — a completely different vehicle, carburetted throughout and setting nothing.
Body styles

SUV

Platform

Jeep SJ
Engines
4.2 straight-six — petrol

5.9 V8 — petrol · AMC 360

6.6 V8 — petrol · AMC 401
Transmissions

4-speed manual · 3-speed automatic

Drivetrain

Part-time four-wheel drive with low range · Four-wheel drive
XJ 1984–2001

The unibody XJ and its 4.0 straight-six — a different vehicle entirely from the KL that revived the name, and by far the larger surviving fleet.
Body styles

SUV

Platform

Jeep XJ
Engines
2.5 four-cylinder — petrol · 78–97 kW (105–130 hp) · 179–300 Nm (132–221 lb-ft)

4.0 straight-six — petrol · 129–144 kW (173–193 hp) · 298–313 Nm (220–231 lb-ft)

2.1 turbo diesel — diesel · Renault, European market

2.5 turbo diesel — C498QA · diesel · VM Motori

2.0 — diesel

2.4 diesel — 4G22 · diesel

2.7 — C498QA3 · diesel

2.8 — petrol · 82–86 kW (110–115 hp) · 197–203 Nm (145–150 lb-ft) · 6-cylinder, US market 1984-1986

2.4 — 4G64 · petrol · Beijing Jeep 2500
Transmissions

4-speed Aisin AX-4 manual · 5-speed Aisin AX-5 manual · 5-speed Peugeot BA-10/5 manual · 5-speed Aisin AX-15 manual · 5-speed NVG NV3550 manual · 3-speed Chrysler A904 automatic · 3-speed 30RH automatic · 4-speed Aisin AW-4 automatic

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
KL 2014–2023

Tigershark and Pentastar petrol; the ZF nine-speed's early behaviour is the generation's recurring transmission theme.
- ZF 9HP 9-speed automatic
Body styles

SUV

Platform

Jeep Compact US Wide
Engines
2.0 turbo — petrol · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft)

2.4 Tigershark — petrol · 130 kW (174 hp) · 229 Nm (169 lb-ft)

3.2 V6 — PENTASTAR · petrol · 200 kW (268 hp) · 315 Nm (232 lb-ft)

2.0 MultiJet — diesel · 103–125 kW (138–168 hp) · 350 Nm (258 lb-ft)

2.2 MultiJet — diesel · 136–147 kW (182–197 hp)

2.0 — petrol · 200 kW (268 hp)
Transmissions

6-speed manual · 9-speed ZF 948TE automatic

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

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