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Published on October 14th, 2024 |
by BajaBusta
1985 Jeep Cherokee Test Drive
When Ford and Chevrolet downsized the Bronco and Blazer, sales of both took off like bats. That left American Motors with the big Wagoneer, king of the country-club cowboys, maybe, but a sluggish seller and way beyond its prime. (The full-sized Wagoneer, now called the Grand Wagoneer, lived on. It still used the basic 1963 body, giving it the longest lifespan of any mass-produced automobiles in America.)
AMC’s response to Ford and Chevy was to introduce a miniwagon. Call it a Jeep. Nothing’s more American than Jeep. In this rendition, the Jeep Cherokee/Wagoneer SportWagons were 21 inch shorter, 1,000 pounds lighter, considerably thriftier, and yet you found 90 percent of the big Wagoneer’s cargo capacity inside.
All Wagoneer’s had four-doors, while some Cherokees came with two. Since they entered the fray so late, AMC’s game strategy was to beat the Bronco II and S-10 Blazer in every way possible.
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