Jeep Cherokee Type Pioneer from 1984 with four cylinders (2500 cc). Max. speed: 160 km/h
The Jeep Cherokee is a line of SUVs manufactured and marketed by Jeep over five generations. Originally marketed as a variant of the Jeep Wagoneer, the Cherokee has evolved from a full-size SUV to one of the first compact SUVs and into its current generation as a crossover SUV.
Named after the Cherokee tribe of North American Indians, Jeep has used the nameplate in some capacity since 1974.
Second generation (XJ; 1984)
While the Wagoneer continued in production for another eight years as the Grand Wagoneer, the Cherokee nameplate was moved to a new platform for 1984. Without a traditional body-on-frame chassis, the Cherokee instead featured a light-weight unibody design.
This generation Cherokee would eventually be well-known as an innovator of the modern SUV, as it spawned competitors as other automakers began to notice that this Jeep design began replacing regular cars.
It also began to supplant the role of the station wagon and “transformed from truck to limousine in the eyes of countless suburban owners.” The XJ is a “significant link in the evolution of the 4×4.”
It would prove to be so popular that the second generation Cherokee’s replacement was released as a separate vehicle altogether as the Jeep Grand Cherokee, itself starting a successive line of vehicles as Jeep’s flagship vehicle.
