AMC designed the XJ with Renault money as a smaller, lighter Cherokee: a unitary body with a bolt-on front subframe, Quadra-Link coil springs on a solid front axle, leaf springs at the rear, and Command-Trac part-time or Selec-Trac full-time four-wheel drive. It was launched in 1984 in two and four-door bodies with the 2.5-litre four, a GM 2.8-litre V6 and a Renault 2.1-litre turbo-diesel.
The 4.0-litre High Output six of 1987 made it; the 1997 facelift smoothed the body. Chrysler built the XJ at Toledo until 2001, and it was assembled in China, Venezuela, Argentina and Egypt. The Comanche MJ of 1986 was the XJ with a ladder-frame rear and a pick-up bed on 113 and 120-inch wheelbases; about 190,000 were built to 1992.
AMC XJ (1984–1987)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERLaunch with the 2.5-litre four and 2.8-litre V6; Wagoneer-badged luxury version; the Comanche pick-up of 1986. The 4.0-litre six replaced the V6 in 1987, the year Chrysler bought AMC.
Registry records · chapter 1
Chrysler and the 4.0 (1987–1996)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe 4.0-litre with an Aisin four-speed automatic, the Renault diesel replaced by a VM Motori 2.5, right-hand-drive production for Britain and Australia from 1993, and the end of the Comanche in 1992.
Registry records · chapter 2
Facelift and the last XJs (1997–2001)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe 1997 body with new panels and interior; production ended at Toledo in June 2001 for the Liberty KJ. Beijing Jeep built the XJ in China until 2005.
Registry records · chapter 3
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.Sources
- Jeep Cherokee (XJ) — Wikipedia
- Jeep Comanche — Wikipedia