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Pursuing the debut within the all-new 2011Jeep Grand Cherokee, the software just didn't acquire a long time before this queries and also gossips began hurtling: Could Jeep recreate all the Cherokee SRT8? Chrysler's Neighborhood as well as Contest Technologies crew continued to be hushed because of most of the questions as well as patiently lay so that the 2011 Texas automobile express to provide her reply to available as it's recent uber-Jeep, your 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8.
Once we tried the actual first-gen Cherokee SRT8 all around California's Willow Spgs Raceway in 2006, all of us easily learned that it's 6. 1-liter Hemi V-8 -- performing within 420 horse power together with 420 pound-feet connected with torque -- made it easier for allow it to be one of many simplest and the majority agile sport/utilities we'd at any time examined, outperforming the actual Porsche Cayenne Turbo inside the skidpad, slalom, and also 0-60 mph period (5. 8 to be able to 5. 1 just a few seconds, respectively).
Not surprisingly, Chrysler's revamped 6.4-liter Hemi has been fitted under hood of the new super Jeep. Both the horsepower and torque figures bump up to 465, 45 more than before. Jeep is still rating the 0-60 mph time at 4.8 seconds, although there's a good chance that Chrysler may be sandbagging. We'll find out soon enough when we get our hands on one.
More power, however, doesn't equate to decreased fuel economy, thanks to Chrysler's Fuel Saver Technology and new-for-2012 active valve exhaust system, which deactivates four cylinders in most cruising situations. That should be good enough for a 13-percent improvement in highway fuel consumption, according to the automaker's estimations.
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 2012
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
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Once we tried the actual first-gen Cherokee SRT8 all around California's Willow Spgs Raceway in 2006, all of us easily learned that it's 6. 1-liter Hemi V-8 -- performing within 420 horse power together with 420 pound-feet connected with torque -- made it easier for allow it to be one of many simplest and the majority agile sport/utilities we'd at any time examined, outperforming the actual Porsche Cayenne Turbo inside the skidpad, slalom, and also 0-60 mph period (5. 8 to be able to 5. 1 just a few seconds, respectively).
Not surprisingly, Chrysler's revamped 6.4-liter Hemi has been fitted under hood of the new super Jeep. Both the horsepower and torque figures bump up to 465, 45 more than before. Jeep is still rating the 0-60 mph time at 4.8 seconds, although there's a good chance that Chrysler may be sandbagging. We'll find out soon enough when we get our hands on one.
More power, however, doesn't equate to decreased fuel economy, thanks to Chrysler's Fuel Saver Technology and new-for-2012 active valve exhaust system, which deactivates four cylinders in most cruising situations. That should be good enough for a 13-percent improvement in highway fuel consumption, according to the automaker's estimations.
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
