The Belvidere factory employed as many as 5,000 people several years ago, but it closed in early 2023 after Jeep Cherokee production ended. Only a skeleton crew overseeing the building’s ...

The boxy, AMC-designed Jeep Cherokee that bowed in 1983 wasn’t supposed to last more than about 10 years. Instead, it made it the better part of two decades, becoming a genuine classic in its own time ...