Exterior

Fresh Exterior Styling for All Models

The newest Jeep Cherokee was given a freshened exterior design in 2004, with new front fascia, grille, fog lamps, fender flares, bodyside mouldings and new standard roof-rack rails and wheels.

Styled to highlight its on- and off-road suitability, the Jeep Cherokee Sport comes with a painted body-colour front grille and a front bumper with "twin-tube" appearance for a customised accessory look. The Cherokee Limited has a more upmarket treatment with chrome grille, body-colour painted fascias and wheel arches and five-spoke alloy wheels. Both the bodyside moulding and the roof-rack rails are chrome finished.

The restyled and repackaged Jeep Cherokee Renegade is the image leader for Cherokee and features a more rugged, classic Jeep appearance. The Cherokee Renegade offers a distinct exterior when compared with the Sport and Limited models and appeals to a slightly different buyer with its more rugged design.

Jeep Cherokee Renegade features a flatter bonnet and taller grille, plus off-road fog lamps, taillamp guards, "bolted-on" wheel arches and large six-spoke alloy wheels. Renegade also features standard tow hooks, three skid plates (under the transfer case, fuel tank and front suspension) and an optional overhead light bar.

Visual enhancements that further distinguish the Renegade include roof-rack rails, functional side rock rails and skid plate appliqué below the front bumper, all painted a bright silver.

Since 2004, all Jeep Cherokee models have a wider, more stable appearance thanks to completely re-designed front grille, front fascia and corner fenders that follow the sweeping line of the wheel arches and mount the park/turn lamps in a higher location for better protection. This also results in a broader look, which retains its famous Jeep seven-slot grille, and now has room to accommodate a fog lamp below each headlamp.