2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk Off-Road First Drive and Review
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- ( www.TFLcar.com ) The 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk is the most off-road worth of the new 2014 Cherokee model lineup. With more aggressive tires, higher ground clearance and even a trail rated designation the 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk is ready to take the wild and unpaved outdoors according to Jeep. In another fun and informative TFLcar review we drive and test the 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk in the Hills above Malibu, California. So how does the 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk perform when the going gets rough and rugged? Watch this video to find out.
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I still don't know what people are talking about. This looks like a damn Cherokee to me... I think people are just to blind, stupid, and ignorant to accept that Jeep, like many other companies, are aiming to modernize their line-up, make things better, and break away from the crowd to make something thats different and unique. So quit hating. It looks like a Cherokee, it can handle off-road like a Cherokee, it has all the modern day features and price that a Cherokee should if in this day and age; therefore, its a Cherokee. 'Nough said. Great job Jeep!
BlakJak206 ya people are lucky it even came back.
well said. people sometimes complain without giving it a thought.
Ok 7 years later. I picked up one of these for $13k. Far better buy than any comparable used Wrangler. It’s just a solid vehicle with serious off-road chops, and since I didn’t pay the big bucks for it, I won’t hesitate to take it to the dirt and see what it can do!
This would crush the RR evoque off road.
People can say whatever they want about the looks, the numbers is what jeep cares about, and if you google the sales information on it you will see its doing great.
That's fine. The point still stands that "true Jeep diehards" hated on the XJ due to its "un" design and said it wasn't a real Jeep. Regardless of unibody or un distinctions, it was different so everyone hated on it. Of course 29 years later we realize they had nothing to fear and the XJ ended up being incredible.
What I really want to see is a stock XJ vs. this Cherokee stock and see how they compare on the trail. Wouldn't surprise me if this one performs as good or better.
Orrr the old school cherokees that came before, like in the 70s? Those were the real cherokees honestly. Still gotta love those xjs those.
I agree. Props must be given to Jeep for producing this vehicle while other manufacturers continue to convert their "SUV"'s into minivans. Jeep went the other direction and stayed true to its roots. Its a great looking vehicle that reminds me a lot of the RR evoque which, by the way, got lots of praises for its styling. Jeep, continue returning to your roots and you will continue to be successfull.
I've seen this, and why I have no doubt this is the best off road car in it's "class", this video has convinced me to try and get a few more years out of my 94 XJ.
Glad you guys are in Malibu and safe, on the other hand, this could have been one hell of a mud test.
I wish people weren't haters of this great crossover. Truly innovative
I like it.
Excellent footage giving us an in depth personal view of the test tract and vehicle attempts. Thanks so much, love you guys & you give it to us straight.
Looks extremely capable off-road, more capable than I've ever seen any vehicle in this class. Most are just soft-roaders. This looks like you could actually go fairly far off the beaten path and not leave you wishing you had something else. I actually like it the more I see it, especially upfront. It's more the profile and rear that bother me, but even that's becoming less of an issue. Trailhawk looks badass. I think I still would have just preferred they not named it Cherokee though.
The price is way out there. The idea of a Cherokee was to have a well rounded all purpose vehicle at a price everyone could have a chance to buy one.
They are good jeeps I have driven them a lot love that 9 speed transmission.
I want a rugged jeep look , like the Cherokee xj
awesome car in principle, the one i always wanted to get. two problems - reliability - I am spoiled by japanese cars. second - price tag. I understand a true off-roader (which it is) will always be pricier than an awd, but $35K is a little too much. But I would still take it if it's reliable.
As to the design, I like it and imho, it is much better both inside and outside than the new Rav4, and not worse than CRV, and Forester.
change the front end styling then you got something
I like the new style. Not just another refashioned Wrangler
What about buy it/ lease it/ forget it?
Wrangler rubicon in front of that thing probably made it up that first hill in 2wd.
pauly shore is the weeaasel; nathan and roman this needs to go offroad vs forester
how do you compare this with the 2015 renegade?
They are afraid it might lose to a Forester even with AT tires and locking diffs on the Weasel.
from the video.. "Wrangler is PERHAPS one of the most off-road worthy vehicles" - Perhaps? can you name ANY vehicle that is better?
8:58 -- and the new Cherokee is about $19,000 less than the Land Rover Evoque.
what up with the headlight
Great video, I will get one soon ;)
Fiat didn't ruin jeep, they helped bring them into the 21 century. This has more in road goodies than other cars in this segment plus it can spank them off road. This even is a better bargain than the range rover evolve. Jeep can't keep making vehicles only for West Virginian natives only if it wants to service on a global scale.
They should just bring back the last body style cherokee. One of the best vehicles ever. XJ's are tanks.
Does it always come with the jeep representative to help get up the groomed course without too much embarrassment. Maybe the next Cherokee will just be a CD which will help us visualize driving a jeep trail from the safety of our couch.
It should wear a cape.
Because its Super Ugly
I think the trail hawk looks good but the other cherokees are hideous.
I do all highway driving with up to four feet of possible snow in upstate new york right by where lake ontario dumps all of that lake effect shenanigans. Regardless of the looks, the highway fuel economy combined with the ability to handle ridiculous amounts of snow makes this car a must have for myself.
This is the most ugliest Fiat I have ever seen....Grand Cherokee SRT8 and the 4 door Wrangler is the only Jeep I'll ever drive until some duck decides to make them shitty and unattractive.
OK, this is the second vid I have seen where the editing is wrong (shot out of sink) Not bad reviews but, when I see you going up the same hill three times kind of tells me your not putting it through the steps I would like to see in order to buy it.
I know it has many haters but i honestly must say its a fairly decent crossover. I think the torque to weight ratio is what inhibit it to be a total trailrated car but hey no matter what anyone says it preformed decent for it being stock. Plus i believe there was guides mostly to not damage it too much i mean it was just loaned to do the review not given as a gift. I give it a 7.5 8 of 10 overall which is pretty high.. plus the new style took cajones to do props for that
Do you guys really like this car? Come on, be honest
Yes, they like it. Deal with it.
Aussie Four Wheelers (Hemi4WD) it's an amazing Jeep
Hate to burst your fat aussie bubble, but, yes, I like it:-)
Yes. Deal with it or go hop in your Prius....
This is the one that has my attention...
I still think you guys should find an actual off road trail. That thing was sweating locked and low on a trail most decent off road vehicle could do in 2 or 4 hi...Trail rated gets watered down with each generation. ChryingFiat just using that as an excuse to charge people 35,000 for a "car" with a locker.
I'm the owner of a '99 Cherokee and was really concerned about the performance of the vehicle because it sports a V6 (or a V4, depending). Honestly, it handled the off-roading pretty damned well. Price tag seems a bit high and the aesthetics are wonky... but it looks good.
It's like Jeep brought back the Isuzu Vehicross, except they left 80% if its capability behind.
im sure its a great FIAT. but its a pathetic excuse for a Jeep, take it out back and put one in its head. DO OVER.
When I first saw it I hated it,but it's grown on me. I have an XJ now but I think in the future i'll take a look at one of these.
I like this car. I've seen a ton of these in denver
I own an XJ and this "Cherokee" disgusts me
I also own an XJ...and I'm going to agree with Nathan on this. If it wasn't named the Cherokee, I would actually really like this thing. I'm just going to call it the weasel from now on.
I think it'd look just fine, if you slapped a Volvo badge on it.
Calling it a Cherokee is an insult.
My XJ had 304,000 miles. I love it. Deal with it. Buy the Ford Bronco.
I have one and love it
Hey. You have a t-shirt with Russian word on it which means PIMP. Cool :)
The jeep name died in 2006 when they stopped making wranglers with AMC parts. If you buy any wrangler today you're going to end up spending a bunch of money to bring it up to par with the older tougher ones.
And why spend clsoe to 40,000 for an off road wrangler with prettied up paint when you could spend half as much on an old CJ, beat the shit out of it, and have a better off-road vehicle? Hell, for even around $18,000 or so you could probably get a Polaris Ranger or Can-Am Commander and do all the off-roading you'd want to do and be more capable at it than with the Wrangler!
Looks better than a range Rover and good for Jeep for being different .
my wifes ford focus could crawl on trails this lame... for 35k you could buy a REAL cherokee for 5k and lift it for 2k... JEEP FAILED!!! dont waste your money if you want a REAL JEEP, that is all.
Yes, for that price buy a Wrangler. Plus there are unlimited options to what you can do to a Wrangler.
I don't want a Wrangler. You buy what you want. I bought a 2014 Chetokee TH, thank you very much.
Im not a Jeep hater I looove jeeps
Wrangler will NEVER have a fully independent suspension. I can guarantee u that!
Really, do you own Chrysler/Fiat?
I don't care what it looks like but Fiat has ruined Jeep with all the electric assists and independent suspension. Even the Wrangler is going independent in the near future. It truly is a sad thing to see..
Jeep was ruined when cry-slur made it's hostile takeover. TWO bankruptcies later and this is what we have to show for it. Can hardly wait till the next bankruptcy, Yippee!
qw2ps4 How.did Chrysler ruin Jeep, they kept the Cherokee well past when AMC planned to kill it and replace it with what became the ZJ, started putting the more powerful and efficent 4.0l EFI motors in the YJ in place carbed 4.2l, then replaced that with the all coil sprung TJ. Jeep never really took a dive until Daimler took over and replaced the XJ Cherokee with the Liberty, replaced the two solid axle WJ Grand with the IFS WK Grand, rebodied the Caliber as the Patriot and Compass, then for some stupid reason thought that a gasoline 6 cylinder was a good idea in a 4dr Wrangler when really it needed a diesel 4 or 6 cyliner or a gas V-8 due to it being pointlessly heavy as well as pointless in general. I'm pretty amazed that the 3.6l Pentastar moves that tub of lard as well as it does.
When it comes to bailouts, the first bailout was before Chrysler bought out AMC (who was 51% owner be Renault at the time) and the second didn't happen until Daimler took off with Chrysler's money and left them with cheaply build, low gas mileage vehicles during $4/gal+ gas times and dumped them off on an investment firm that got taken for a ride by Daimler, who then dumped Chrysler off on our "Doorsteps" in DC, leaving our idiots in the Capital to try and figure out what to do with the company while the world economy collapsed around us.
@@GreenJeep1998, the new Bronko is coming out. Buy one.
@@kennethcurtis1856 But then I'd have to drive a Ford, and I just don't do things like that.
really? the abs and the rear end are helping it go up the hill? the brakes help it go up a hill? you guys are a joke...
What the ABS does in those situations is if a tire loses traction because of loose or slippery conditions or is just flat airborn, the computer tells the brake caliper to clamp down on that rotor to keep that wheel from spinning, which then allows the power to go to the other tire on that end of the vehicle via "differential action" which has at least some traction and can use that power to keep the vehicle moving. Now a couple other things in this vehicle's bag of tricks are a selectable locker in the rear diff (much like the Rubicons and Power Wagons use), but the 9 speed has enough ratio options that it has a crawl ratio of 48:1 and can split 60% of the available power to the rear diff. Not sure off hand what the crawl ratio of the NV242 in my XJ is compared to this Cherokee, but when in 4wd, it only sends 52% of the power to the Chrysler 8.25" rear axle, which didn't even have a limited slip in it when it left Toledo.
POS! That is junk compared to the old XJ. A bone stock XJ with 300,000 miles could outperform that Fiat.
Good thing it has tow hooks...buyers are going to need them. Give me an XJ any day.
How bought you buy your own XJ?
They named it right Cherokee Trailhawk.
The Trailhawk is one of the smoothest rides on washboard gravel roads and makes it feel like you are in control of the car the whole time.
Air those tires down to 25psi and that thing will walk up those hills without even breaking traction.
For one, FINALLY Jeep decided to equip their "cherokee," stock, with 1) a LOCKER and 2) decent off-road tires - Firestone Destination A/Ts and NOT those stupid Goodyear SR-As which constantly were showing up on the "off road" Liberty Renegade.
I used to own a 1999 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Edition with a 4.0 liter, inline 6 cylinder engine. The Wrangler was not lifted but came stock with a 12 inch ground clearance and a 10 inch clearance on the pumpkins. 30 inch Kenda Klever AT tires and I was hitting mud holes and trails that lifted pick up trucks were struggling to hit. I took that Wrangler everywhere. Now I own a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited with a 5.7 liter V8 HEMI. It literally can do the same things my Wrangler did. It needs a little ground clearance but other than that it performs extremely well.
However all these new models of Jeeps and some of the older models crack me up and by new I mean 2007-present.
They are terrible. The only thing that seemingly gets better is the Wranglers and even those have taken a plastic turn for the worse.
Oh well I'll stick with my 10, 15 and 20 year old vehicles. They seem to do better with 100,000 plus miles on them then the newer ones do anyways.
If I have 30,000 dollars, I am gonna buy a wrangler instead..
Those are not 2-3 ft deep holes more like 6 to 8 inch deep holes. A 2-3 ft deep hole will swallow a stock jk wrangler rubicon. I happen to have a real 3 ft deep hole on my property (a washed out sandy ditch that swallowed my 2013 rubicon when it was stock) It has a sharp ledge (close to a 90* 3 ft drop off) and even with 8" of front lift and 5.5" rear lift I still lightly drag my rear tow hook and hitch on my rear bumper as I drop off the ledge. This issue will be fixed with another 2"of rear lift soon.
i like the weasel especially this one
Looks terrible to me it's too smooth for SUV.
Let's not forget that reliability comes over capability in SUV, in 1998 jeep got destroyed by nissan patrol y60 in the middle East and until today jeep has no trace in our roads, we have extreme temperatures and extreme sand dunes here.
We had three cars from jeep none of them passed 100k miles without spending at least 3 grands on repairs
I wasn't a fan of the running lights up high (the actual headlights are the lights BELOW) and it ruined this jeep for me for sometime. It's kind of growing on me. Funny coincidence, my dad just bought one and will pick it up in 6 weeks. I'll get a first hand look and drive as we go beat it up a little lol.
I own a Jeep Cherokee, the older model, and let me tell you, it did not take BALLS to make a vehicle this UGLY, it took some real STUPIDITY! I will NEVER buy this thing, it is freakishly UGLY!! I don't care what badge it has, it is flipped UGLY! Good luck to Jeep trying to sell this piece of UGLY!! I can guarantee you they will not sell well!!! The LIGHTS on this is a disaster!!! Kia and Huyndai, here I come!!
They have sold over 10,000 of them in its first month.
then go and buy your "piece of UGLY" kia and hyundai hahahhaha
If you are saying yhe XJ is good looking, I have news for you. It ain't winning any beauty contest with 'real' Jeep owners.
Buy a XJ comforter and when you go to bed tonight, make sure you snuggle it tight.
Good luck offroading that Kia or Hyundai bud lol
Even if you can get past the ugly front end, the side profile looks like a Mazda CX9 but uglier somehow. Just looks like a cheap ugly lifted crossover. If they made it so that it just looked like a smaller version of the Grand Cherokee, they would be selling so many of these because they are priced very well.
call it a liberty something else , the cherokee was an awesome 4+4 that chrysler was retarded to quit making . if they were going to make a new cherokee it shuolde have been based on the wrangler , real frame solid axles proper 4wheel drive not allwheel drive ,a jeep that say's sorry we replaced your second favorite jeep of all times with the liberty . a few years back jp magazine made a cruel april fools joke abuot jeep being bought by international ,chrysler please make that a dream come true ,and quit trying to destroy jeeps image more than you already have!!!
I have no idea why people compare this to a wrangler, or say that this is not an off road vehicle. Its not supposed to compete with the wrangler for one. And for two, its not an off road vehicle. Its a small SUV that has the ability to go off road in a limited manner. It does exactly what it was built to do, and it does it great. If you want to do serious off roading, buy a wrangler. If you want a nice daily driver that has some great features and can do some mild trail riding, this is perfect for that
If you have to tell people where the headlights are, then you've already failed. These guys got it right Jeep should have not named this a Cherokee. And "trail rated" either. Then nobody would give this car a second thought. The negative publicity as a result will impact the overall success besides the questionable design execution.
They're a great many people for whom "off road" has little, if anything, to do with rocks and hills; for us it's mud. How do these things do as mud buggies?
After having a Wrangler, I would say that Wranglers are horrible for highway driving, especially road trips. Horrible gas mileage and a rough, loud ride.
This video is as much of a joke as the new Cherokee. How are you going to compare a vehicle, that should have been on par with the wrangler, with a rav4? You failed us for the last time Chrysler.
I think the older Cherokees do better like the KK (as it is called in Australia).
Perhaps if they called it a 'Compass' it would have bought that class up a notch or two.
For all the people that buy this high tech mall crawler and decide to do some 4 wheeling, don't try to keep up with me in my '06 TJ. You'll be getting lots of use out of those pretty red hooks on the nose and your repair bills are going to be enormous!
Headlights look kinda small and oddly placed. Cherokee was due for a makeover so its good to see one.SEMA and the aftermaket upgrade world will make a ton of stuff for this thing.
Xj's are serisouly one of the best vehicles made and then they make this crap that can't go up a hill. My xj would smoke this thing even if it was stock. Old jeeps or no jeeps.
Oh ye it is cool and dominant when headlights are as highest as possible, especially on lifted Silverados right? lol, Nahh kudos to Jeep for doing something different, at least it will not blind every civic on road
Totally bought. The transmission is the biggest joke ever. I know several Chrysler techs telling me this transmission is a worthless hunk of metal. Disgraceful.
I think is is really dead ugly, and I don't like all the electrics, just give me an old fashioned extra lever where you can select the 4x4 by yourself.
after creating 2014 grand cherokee which is d most handsome looking suv & after that they created cherokee which is cartoonish look ugly
Is this a joke video? This thing can barely make it up an unpaved road. What's that guy's definition of a boulder?
lmao they just compared a Jeep Cherokee with a Honda CRV lmao. It's all over. I'm done. I want someone to put this head to head with a real Cherokee.
Jeep sort of copied the Nissan Juke with the front end styling.
Did you mean the Nissan Puke?
My question when I found this video wasn't if it was worthy of being trail rated. My question was is it worthy of being called a cherokee. The answer is no.
If you judge a vehicle's capabilities by watching videos, you do need to find a hobby...like playing Jax.
Just a question - on the trail, how does t his compare to a 2013 Subie Forester witih x-mode?
10,169 units sold in its first full month on sale. Dec 3rd, 2013
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And by the way, I'm not a fan of the new Cherokee design for the record. I also used to own an XJ for years and it's one of my favorite vehicles of all time, so I'm certainly not biased to this new Cherokee. I just think the market has changed and this is what people are buying. At least we still have the Wrangler for true offroad performance. Jeep should have called this the Liberty and been done with it.
Interesting how, in 1984 everyone was hating on Jeep for making a unibody Cherokee. "Ugh! Ruining the Cherokee name with a unibody car! How dare they! Might as well put a baby seat in the back from the factory! Real Jeeps are body on frame!"
And now everyone is comparing this new Cherokee to the "REAL" one, the one built in 1984 and largely unchanged for 17 years because of how incredible it ended up being.
I say relax. Time will tell how well the new Cherokee is received.
For $35k I would say just buy an XJ Cherokee for around $3k-$5k and put about $5k-$8k into it to build it the way you want/need it and just keep what remains of the $35k in the bank to use for road/offroad trips and fuel. Plus, all that new technology sounds like it's going to be very expensive to repair after the warranty is gone and how hard would it be to repair on the trail? No thanks. I'm sure it is a great "car" to drive but I just can't see paying $35k for it. $18k maybe.
I have no idea what Subaru was thinking with the CVT. One of the best things about the Boxer engine is it has great low end torque for it's displacement. The CVT messes that up pretty bad. Nissan makes a pretty good CVT, mated with a V6. Subaru needs to step up the game. Others are getting good MPG using 6-8 speed autos. And keeping the performance too. Makes me sad.. I love Subaru. But Jesus... the CVT Sucks
The new Forester has a CVT trans. Not enough torque to do this. No low range And the AWD is not as beefy. Search YTube for Behind the wheel Jeep Cherokee drivline. The Axle shafts are huge compared to most AWD type cars. I love Subaru too... have owned several. And the look of this new Cherokee well... not great. But I do think it is probably the best off road small SUV. Though 35K seems steep to me.
Why would I want the jeep to drive itself through the woods
I was going to ask the same thing.
That is really a stupid statement.
At 3:10 you say the wrangler is the best off road car it isn't the best offroad car is the mercedes g wagon
It looks like a fiat multipla rapped by the bigfoot and crashed into a fiat 500
These guys are so annoying, and my 99 xj would destroy that Cherokee
Are you kidding me? My '07 Suzuki Grand Vitara Xsport (4x4 w/ 2.7L V6) can go anywhere that this Grand Cherokee can not. My SUV has the ARB front bumper, Old Man Emu lift kit, and BFGoodrich tires. But I wish Suzuki would've offered the diesel engine as an option in the US.
Next time you criticize, make sure you reference the correct vehicle. This is a Cherokee, not the GC:-)