I’ll second the TRANSMISSION complaints in post #13 ,, the car you mentioned has a CVT which doesn’t sound like a good match for a 4wd vehicle except in the easiest of conditions ,( Ford says absolutely NO TOWING with theirs and theirs is considered one of the better ones) , I have heard it said that Chrysler keeps the tranny shops in business ... I know one person who uses her Dakota for commuting and drives gently .. tranny needed replacing at about 60,000 miles , this was a traditional auto ... but that CVT is engineered by the same crew ... it ain’t a 727 torqueflite..
The XJ Cherokee was a great Jeep. There hasn’t been a new one sold for 12 years now and you still see them in numbers every day. The Wrangler is still very capable, even with the minivan’s V6. The Grand Cherokee can be equipped to be off road capable but is too damn expensive unless you get an old one. The rest of the Jeep line up, including the Liberty, are exceptionally bad or fake Jeeps unworthy of the name.