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I'm surprised that no one mentioned the Cherokee or Grand Cherokee..."
OK - I did the same thing as you and did buy a Grand Cherokee. With medical problems I decided to sell my Wrangler and not do anything in the future but mild scenic trails. I also wanted something that could pull a trailer in the future so I made sure my Grand has a Hemi. The Grand is an awesome vehicle, my wife loves it. With the Quadra Drive 2 it seems to easily handle snow, ice and mild off-roading and could handle much more if built some. The Hemi is an awesome engine.
The down side to me is that there are buku electronics in this thing and could be expensive to fix. Also with the Hemi there ain't much room under the hood and it's hard to work on anything.
I probably will leave it stock and it will do What I need it to do. I bought it with 91K in very good well-maintained condition.
Jim