27K Original Miles: 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited

This is a surprising find, mainly because it hasn’t sold yet. This 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited is peak ZJ-era, but it’s also incredibly low mileage. The seller reports there’s just over 27,000 original miles, and if you know these trucks, that should translate to many years of dependable use for the next caretaker. The only issue I see is the seller is asking $17,900 here on eBay, and perhaps that’s still a bit too frothy for the current market. At $14,500 or so, you’re talking about a potentially smarter buy than a new SUV stuffed with tech you don’t want or need.

This era of Cherokee represented an ideal middle ground for Chrysler’s bread-and-butter SUV. It was still a truck with real off-road capabilities but you began noticing the emphasis on luxury come wafting into the recipe. While the Grand Wagoneer had introduced the idea of a truck with a luxurious underbelly, the standard Cherokee was typically a fairly basic rig with the exception of its own Limited trim, which was truly limited in additional features. The ZJ Grand Cherokee, however, took some of the best lessons from the Wagoneer and brought them to the mainstream.

Supper leather seats, woodgrain trim, high-end audio options, full power features, seat heaters, and special edition trims like the Orvis edition all signified that the idea of a bare-bones Cherokee was a thing of the past. The seller’s truck presents well inside with the only signs of use coming from the driver’s seat, which likely signifies that the low mileage was racked up by a solitary individual. My favorite feature of these older Grand Cherokees is the traditional instrument cluster with its analog gauges, and plenty of additional gauges for vital info about operating conditions.

The seller reports that despite being a New England truck, it’s quite clean underneath with no obvious rust. The engine is the 5.2L Magnum V8, a legendary engine by many accounts, generating 220 b.h.p. and a healthy 300 lb.-ft. of torque. Despite the low miles, the seller has still performed a variety of recent maintenance tasks, including replacing both front axle shafts and front wheel hubs/bearings, new shocks, new brake pads, rotors, and calipers, transfer case fluid changed, and much more. While the asking price is high, this is about as good as it gets for a 90s SUV you can drive anywhere.