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2018 Jeep Cherokee Spied in LA, Should Lose the Lemon Sucker Split Headlights

Not all that many cars in Jeep's history have brought changes as significant as those delivered by the current-generation Cherokee. And while the non-offroader platform has gifted the SUV with respectable handling, thus earning plenty of praise, the split headlights have divided opinions ever since they showed up. Well, Jeep is now testing the 2018 Grand Cherokee and it looks like the facelifted crossover could lose the lemon sucker look.
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As we mentioned when we spied the 2018 Jeep Cherokee back in June, peeking through the serious camo covering the headlights makes it seems that the grille will be flanked by conventional light clusters.

While we belong to the camp that has applauded the original look of the current Cherokee, it seems that the mid-cycle revamp will see the LED daytime running lights being integrated into the now-in-a-high-position headlights.

The revamped Cherokee has now been spied doing its thing in Los Angeles, with the test car still wearing camo that's serious enough to keep us at bay.

Okay, but what about the other aspects of the facelift-touched Jeep Cherokee?

On the safety front, the Cherokee could borrow plenty of new features from the Grand Cherokee, with this being an important part of the facelift.

The rumor mill also talks about a Trackhawk badge for the Cherokee. And while we're not quite sure this will happen, we could see the crossover getting a reworked version of the current 3.2-liter V6 as a new range-topper - we're expecting the said badge to remain reserved for all-out performance offerings, such as the 707 hp Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, whose Hellcat power is now at our disposal.

With the current Cherokee having shown up four years ago, coming as a 2014 model, we're expecting Jeep to drop the revised model by the end of the year, which means we should end up with a 2018 model.

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