well...since I am nearest to the Jeep core I will make a few comments.
I have driven many jeeps, they are designed for different markets besides the U.S.
I drove a 5.7 hemi commander and it had power up the wasu, but it rides so close to the ground it may have issue grinding accrossed the rocks in Moab. I think the grand cherokee is another of the fine road vehicles we produce, its a good all around soccer mom ride, and if push comes to shove it will go offroad. the liberty is ok if you like them, but even the Michigan jeepers website doesn't have a category for them. the wranglers are good at what they do offroad because they have very good weight distribution(almost equal on 4 corners)makes for an easy to manuver vehicle. I personally have treed a couple going through very tough offcamber corners on sand. we tried the same trail in a ZJ and it wedged against a tree and we had to get out and push in order to save the sheetmetal. If I had the opertunity to take my H2 in the trails where we do our testing I am sure it would gring the bark off the trees, but its ability to follow a jeep anywhere is only limited by the narrowness of the obstacles.
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