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The Jeep Cherokee Just Returned Only to Be Replaced in 3 Years: TDS
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The sixth-gen Jeep Cherokee only just arrived for the 2026 model year, after the previous generation lasted from 2014 to 2023. But Stellantis is already planning to replace it with a successor in 2029 that will be built at the company’s Belvidere Assembly plant in Illinois—rather than Mexico, as the current SUV is—and use the newer STLA One architecture. [ Automotive News ]