First Drive: Jeep Cherokee

Jeep has always promoted itself as the off-road vehicle but has never really been a particularly dominant brand in the UK.

To put it bluntly, Jeeps in past years have lacked refinement, but since the brand's partnership with Fiat the name is on the up.

Jeep has never really faired particularly well when it comes to residual values, either, but It's on a mission to turn this around by building the name to compete with the likes of Range Rover et al.

In accordance with its current message 'don't be in the shadows', Jeep is well and truly out of the shadows with the new Cherokee. But is it any good? AOL Cars headed over to The Lakes in Gloucestershire to find out.