"JEEP started going downhill when they started putting Independent suspension on the front of the vehicles and got rid of the tractor motor known as the Inline 6" -Skully

We use to have an old Cherokee with the inline 6 and it would flat fly up the mountain with plenty of pedal leftover and go anywhere, I guess that is why when Jeep came out with this version it caught my attention. I am very skeptical of 1st gen vehicles but then I keep justifying it by saying it is a Jeep after all and they wouldn't produce a lemon. Im not looking for a rock crawler but more of a small SUV daily driver and weekend getaway with short trips to Wyoming to shoot my toys with an old friend. I also hear that Chevy is coming out with a new version of the Colorado, suppose to have plenty of power but again, another first gen vehicle.