---
title: "2019 Jeep Cherokee Unveiled Ahead of Detroit Auto Show Debut"
description: "Jeep is calling its most popular model's new look an 'authentic and more premium design.'"
date: "2017-12-19"
modified: "2017-12-19"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/17097/2019-jeep-cherokee-unveiled-ahead-of-detroit-auto-show-debut"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Cherokee"
  - "compact"
  - "detroit auto show"
  - "Jeep"
  - "NAIAS"
  - "NAIAS 2018"
  - "SUV"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "Trailhawk"
---

# 2019 Jeep Cherokee Unveiled Ahead of Detroit Auto Show Debut

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/12/2019-jeep-cherokee-trailhawk.jpg>)
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Building hype for its official debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan next month, Jeep just released a few pictures of the all-new 2019 [Jeep Cherokee](<https://thestore.thedrive.com/>). Being the brand’s most popular model and one of the best-selling SUVs in its class, this redesign is a big deal and we should prepare to start seeing these things everywhere.

The overall shape of the new Cherokee is largely the same as [the outgoing model](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/6808/the-2017-jeep-cherokee-overland-4x4-pays-homage-to-the-past-while-exemplifying-the-future>). The biggest, most noticeable difference is in the headlights. Those thin, eyebrow-like headlights get a bit thicker giving the SUV a more conventional aesthetic while still looking decidedly more rugged than the softer competition. The new face of the compact crossover has a family resemblance to the new [Jeep Compass.](<https://thestore.thedrive.com/>)

![message-editor%2F1513721003331-cherokee1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1513721003331-cherokee1.jpg>)
*Jeep*

![message-editor%2F1513721031860-cherokee2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1513721031860-cherokee2.jpg>)
*Jeep*

![message-editor%2F1513721046802-cherokeeinterior.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1513721046802-cherokeeinterior.jpg>)
*Jeep*

We get a good look at what is presumably the 2019 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk. It has the signature red tow hooks that all [Trailhawk](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/5870/the-2017-jeep-grand-cherokee-trailhawk-is-better-than-our-judgment>) models share along with a slight lift, black wheels, and black accents on the hood, grille, mirrors, and roof rails. We also see a non-Trailhawk Cherokee that looks like it could be premium enough to be a Limited model. A glimpse of the interior shows no significant updates, but it looks like a pleasant place to be.

The [press release](<https://media.fcanorthamerica.com/newsrelease.do?id=18740&mid=>) doesn’t give us much information about the next-gen Cherokee other than what it looks like. Jeep calls the new look “a new, authentic and more premium design” and promises “even more fuel-efficient powertrain options.” We reached out to Jeep looking for specifics on those new powertrain options, but we were told no further details will come out on the new [Cherokee](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2392/the-jeep-cherokee-latitude-4x4-the-peoples-suv>) until Jan. 16. Could a [hybrid](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/16542/plug-in-hybrid-jeep-wrangler-confirmed-for-2020>) Jeep Cherokee be in the works?

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