Dealmaker: High Quality Cabin

The exterior of the Cherokee may or may not be polarizing, but the cabin is one of the nicest and best-laid-out in the compact SUV class. It echoes its larger brother, the Grand Cherokee, which is high praise. The cupholders and cubbies are deep, crucial climate and audio controls are right where you need them, and most other controls are behind a well-planned touch screen (more on that later).

Dealmaker: Spacious, Comfortable Seats

The Cherokee will be a great vehicle to hold all manner of mountain bike, kayak, camping gear and more. But just because you’re roughing it, doesn’t mean you could rough it when you get behind the wheel. To that end, the Cherokee has incredibly soft, supportive seats. They’ll be the ideal place to plop down in after a long hike.

Dealmaker: Off-Road-Ready Trailhawk Model

When you say the word “Jeep” you might instantly think of the Wrangler or even the Grand Cherokee. Those are two off-road ready beasts when it comes to traversing the trail, but the base Cherokee is not as trail-ready (though most versions of the Cherokee will be fine on some “soft-roading”). However the Trailhawk will put your off-roading concerns at ease. This is the most capable version of the Cherokee, and sets itself apart with dark window and grille bezels, red accents, red tow hooks, and aggressive off-road tires.

Dealmaker: Outstanding Uconnect Infotainment

Good infotainment layout is one of those things that you don’t appreciate until you encounter a vehicle with a really bad layout. Well, take in the logical, sensible layout of Jeep’s Uconnect 8.4 system (2016 version shown in the video above, carried over to 2017). The 8.4-inch touch screen has vivd, easy-to-ready fonts and graphics, and the menu navigation is a standard that other automakers should follow. It has a tablet-like layout, with home buttons for the major functions, and has familiar gesture operation such as swiping to get through menus.

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