GRAND CHEROKEE MASTERS IT ALL

How does Petersen's 4-Wheel & Off Road decide who’s worthy of being named “4x4 of the Year?” The competition is open to all four-wheel-drive vehicles with significant updates and performance differences from the previous year. The vehicles were tested for a full month, both in various on-road conditions and severe off-road use.

“The all-new Jeep Grand Cherokee rose above some extremely tough competition,” said Cole Quinnel, 4-Wheel & Off-Road editor. “Whether it is on-road performance and handling or capability in treacherous off-road terrain, the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee masters it all. We were very impressed how this vehicle combines a true car-like on-road feel with the off-road capability of every Jeep vehicle. The Grand Cherokee is still king of the hill.”

In all, this is the seventh time a Jeep vehicle has been awarded the Petersen's 4-Wheel & Off-Road “4x4 of the Year”— more than any other manufacturer.

In its inaugural model year, Jeep Grand Cherokee first won the 1993 4-Wheel & Off-Road competition, a second time in 1996 after its substantial redesign, and again in 1998 with the high-performance Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited.