Resurrecting the venerated Cherokee name was an easy decision. Affixing it to the rump of a soft-edged, squinty-eyed crossover that includes neither a solid axle nor a traditional transfer case in its mechanical specs, however, likely took a little more thought. Soften it too much, and you’ve got a Cherokee without the integrity and grit. But go too hard-core, and you risk alienating today’s crossover customer, an archetype that didn’t even exist when the previous Cherokee XJ’s 17-year reign of right-angle styling and farm-implement simplicity began.