For years, the XJ Cherokee was shunned by its short-wheelbase, ladder-framed brethren. Eventually the Cherokee earned its street cred, leaving the XJ's rich uncle, the Grand Cherokee, to languish in ...

When the Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ was rolled out in 1999, it looked similar to its predecessor, the Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ. In fact, it was almost all new. It was also a very adept off-highway machine.

Cobus has never been able to keep his car opinions to himself and at age 12, he expressed them in no uncertain terms to a certain motoring magazine’s editor. It was the first of many times he would be ...