Hot Take: WK2 Jeep Grand Cherokee is STILL the Best Crossover Ever

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind) 01/11/2018 at 10:07 • Filed to: Jerp Jren Jherijree

4

20

Totally not biased because it’s true.

jimz > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:11

4

not based on a car platform = not a crossover.

Wobbles the Mind > jimz 01/11/2018 at 10:19

1

It has been unibody since day one. The GC has never been a truck.

jkm7680 > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:19

1

no

jimz > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:20

4

that doesn’t contradict what I said. Escape is a CUV because it’s based on the Focus. Journey is a CUV because it’s based on the Avenger/Sebring. Equinox is a CUV because it’s based on the Malibu.

GC is not based on a car platform, therefore is not a CUV.

Milky > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:24

1

I mean Jeep does say its the most awarded SUV ever.

Nibby > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:25

2

agreed

but i am also biased, my dad has one

cbell04 > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:25

3

Wobbles the Mind > jimz 01/11/2018 at 10:26

0

Its a crossover sport utility vehicle just like the Mercedes variants. Its not a CUV but it is a crossover.

jimz > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:32

2

you’re not making any sense.

adamftw > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:38

0

With this mindset the Range Rover (current and last gen) and new Discovery (and LR3, LR4) are both crossovers.

adamftw > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:38

0

Unibody since day 1. “Not a truck.” Does not compute.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > adamftw 01/11/2018 at 10:45

0

Latest LR variants are crossovers, L322 RR, LR3 and LR4 were still body on frame.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:47

1

Um I hope you know “CUV” stands for Crossover Utility Vehicle.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Milky 01/11/2018 at 10:48

0

Emphasis on SUV

Nothing > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:51

0

Unibody does not equal crossover. Otherwise, the XJ Cherokee is a “crossover”, the ‘60s Ford F100 is a crossover, etc. Crossover, or CUV, whichever term you prefer, means it’s based on a car chassis. There is no car equivalent to the WK2, or the 61 Ford F100, or the XJ Cherokee, etc. I have a feeling though that this is an argument not worth having based on your other comments. You’re being wrong just to be wrong.

I like our GC, but I wish the passenger side foot well wasn’t shaped so wonky. It’s the main reason I don’t like to ride in it as a passenger.

Ash78, voting early and often > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:57

0

Crossover doesn’t exist, it’s marketing.

But this is one of the best unibody SUVs ever. I also like the original Touareg, assuming you’re paying for maintenance.

E92M3 > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 10:58

0

Well...better get used to seeing this.

Wobbles the Mind > Nothing 01/11/2018 at 11:16

1

I seriously always thought that the Grand Cherokee shared a platform with the ML, GL, and R. I never knew you HAD to build a car on the same platform for it to be a crossover. Most of these vehicles are so large that the car would be a RWD minivan which will never be made, so the SUV nomenclature (to me, until now) was for anything midsize and up.

But unibody and lifted was a crossover regardless.

I come here to learn something new and I did!

Nibbles > Wobbles the Mind 01/11/2018 at 11:48

0

The M and GL share the platform, not the other way around. It was built for the WK2 and sent elsewhere

The R is a very heavily modified version. Enough that, even though they are technically related, it has a completely separate designation

Spanfeller is a twat > Wobbles the Mind 01/12/2018 at 07:59

0

As a fellow wk2 owner, I must admit its quite versatile.