love this post!

 

I agree
+1
Why not?

 

There be forum necromancers at work here...

 

Someone dug deep for this one lol this thread is from 2010 lol

 

Echo...

 

The cherokee XJ could never pass current federal safety, emissions, fuel economy requirements, not to mention current mass consumer desires for on road comfort and electronic features. just trying to meet safety guidelines would increase the weight by probably 60% and would reduce the interior space to nothing OR make it a fat bloated thing that would hardly fit on trails.

 

Maybe my old 91 lady can't meet safety requirements, but I imagine when I'm done with her she'd meet emissions requirements (maybe lol) and creature comforts. Back up camera, heated front and rear seats, rear bucket seats with removable center console and rear fan controls, 12v ports galore, manual auto mode, gauges galore, auto dim rear view mirror with compass and thermometer, heated and power side view mirrors, 6 speaker system with sub, power windows and locks, remote start... all in due time and much less than a current new SUV!

Emissions and efficiency compliance might come from a 5.3/6L80e swap.

 

The worst thing to happen to cars in general was the EPA.


For Jeep it has to be Fiat taking control. and we have the Cherokee/Fiat 500 just about the same.

 

I'm not a Fiat fan but Chrysler's been screwing things up looong before they entered the picture!

 

Whaaaaat? No way. Chrysler's incredible wiring and bulletins calling for ATF in our AW4s were pinnacles of the business model. You're just a salty AMC person.

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Lol!

 

To be fair, XJ wiring was **** since the beginning. Go read cruiser54's tips and tell me that Chrysler did that. lol

 

AMC was pretty much on its last legs when the XJ was designed and built, so it should come as no surprise that corners were cut. Funding and technical lead for the XJ project actually came from Renault.

 

Yeah. Chrysler actually fixed a fair number of things in the '91 redesign, but it's still a hunk of crap. I can't believe anybody signed off on the headlight circuit.

 

It's pretty much the way headlights had been done on domestic iron for decades. At least that particular problem is easy and inexpensive to fix.

 

Your right the last Dodge U bought was a 1966 2Dr. Post Hemi. Had a few 1 ton 4x4 Dodge tow trucks good engines/trans but the bodies rusted away.