From the left front seat, the Grand Che{{{Cherokee Limited V8 is easy to figureout and easy to deal with, though the instrument panel seems to be running
out of space to put the various switches and controls for all the power
options it packs. The typical Jeep white-on-black instruments, with color
accents, are easy to scan and very good at night.
The leather seats are very comfortable for long rides, and have a wide
range of power adjustments, with a two-driver memory feature for the seats,
radio stations and mirrors. The clear instrument covers and some of the
plastic elements used inside are a bit too shiny for our tastes, shiny
equating with, less than grand, appearance in this context.
If the Grand Cherokee has a handicap it is lack of interior space for
people and cargo compared to most of its direct competition. While the
interior is nicely done, the Grand Cherokee is built on a narrow Jeep unitbody
platform and that narrowness dictates and governs how much space there
is for shoulders, hips, heads and legs, and, behind the second seat, how
much cubic capacity awaits the family-size cargo loads.