This jeep is the companies answer to the small SUV market. This is a deep problem because it is competing against vehicles like the Rav4 and Passport yet it does not have a ground breaking new design like we would all like to see Jeep do. It also comes standard with a solid rear axle with 3 link suspension that also offers 8.5 inches of total travel and is balanced with the front travel of 4.5 up and 4 inches down.

The inside of the new Liberty was a little disappointing. it is only a little larger then a Wrangler. With this size as the choice DC should have just put out the Drakar with the new engine and suspension and left the larger Cherokee as an option so we could have Jeep reliability in a larger package. The inside has also gone the way of many other vehicles with white gauges, chrome trim, and a whole lot of plastic.

Under the hood you have the option of the tried and true I4 or the new V6 power plant. The inside of the new Liberty was a little disappointing. It is only a little larger then a Wrangler. With this size as the choice DC should have just put out the Drakar with the new engine and suspension and left the larger Cherokee as an option so we could have Jeep reliability in a larger package. The inside has also gone the way of many other vehicles with white gauges, chrome trim, and a whole lot of plastic. Plastics are not built for all terrain vehicles. So the Liberty doesn't get our promotion.

The Liberty has some potential as an off-road vehicle, it should fill the needs of 98% of the Jeep purchasing public, and the street handling was great. I guess that other 2% will have to wait and see what our favorite companies can do to improve the off-road capability we have always expected in our Jeeps to come with.