My vote goes for this trio, 2-doors with 3 pedals!
I loved all of those. The two door Pathfinders and 4Runner were rare even when they were new. Both were introduced as two door models with the four doors coming a bit later.
I did briefly own a 1999 Cherokee Sport two door, with the 4.0 and manual. It was nicely equipped - IIRC it had cruise, AC, and all the power options. Got it for $4400 from a client of mine at the time, then someone hit me in an intersection a year later and I got $4400 from the insurance company - basically just lost the taxes.
Those late XJ 2-doors were pretty rare. Super durable too. A buddy of mine bought one from a scrapyard (one of those 'last chance before it hits the yard' deals) with like 280K on it, had the 4.0L and a stick. He cleaned it up, did some maintenance items, and ran it for a good 7-8 years. He used it to tow a landscape trailer, then became a Process Server, so it was on the road 8+ hours a day. When he finally replaced it, it was up over 450K and still drove well, body was starting to go though, and he sold it for more than he had paid for it.
His was pretty base, I recall it had manual windows.
I leased a 98 Sport 4 door for 30 months new, it was as loaded as a Sport could get, which wasn't very much. It was factory ordered with a manual and the off-road package. That 4.0 could break the tires loose on the 2 - 3 shift even, was wild the torque it had! Only issue I had with it was the front rotors were
& would warp easily! First ones went at 10k kms & were dealer replaced, then again at 23k kms & again dealer replaced with the caveat that they wouldn't do them again & I was too hard on the brakes
Told the service advisor that it was a stick & I was gearing down to slow down more that the brakes even... next set of rotors were done by my indy & he put upgraded rotors that lasted to the end of the lease. Replaced that with a factory ordered Dakota 4 door 4x4, with the 4.7 and a manual again. The ex's Mom worked for Chrysler, so we were getting the employee pricing.
