What is it?
Just when Europe needed an abuse test for its newly certified WLTP emissions labs, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has generously provided one in the shape of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk.
This is the first car in a new order of performance SUVs from the original American 4x4 brand. It uses the supercharged 6.2-litre Hemi V8 of the Dodge Challenger Hellcat, which puts a frankly unhinged-sounding 700bhp and 640lb ft at its disposal.
And so the Trackhawk now joins the super-exclusive ranks of two-and-a-bit-tonne 4x4s that can crack 0-62mph in less time than it took the Ferrari F40 in 1987 (3.8sec). This Jeep and the Lamborghini Urus are the founder members of that little club (what a pair), but expect them to be joined by Porsches, BMWs, Mercedes-AMGs and others before very long.
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TStag
This is a stupid car, but I
This is a stupid car, but I loves it!
Ubberfrancis44
Fiat Chrysler lost their
Fiat Chrysler lost their minds while signing this for production, but I love them for that.
Will86
Irrational but brilliant
This should be filed under 'guilty pleasures'. I know I shouldn't but if I had the cash to buy (and run) one, I would. Nice to see Matt talking about the importance of having the right tyres for the job; there isn't enough awareness of how critical tyres are.
eseaton
So very easily the most
So very easily the most appealing of all the fast SUVs. Even the crappy bits add rather than detract - not being like an Audi is the higest of compliments.
It has back-to-basics raucous charm, doesn't pretend to be saving the world, and is very specifically intended to make the driver smile - a quality long forgotten by most.
Love it.
James Dene
Fuel
I know someone who very recently bought one and I asked him about it. Half his conversation was lamenting the fuel consumption. I somewhat dozed off, although the number 8 seems to have stuck with me.
Peter Cavellini
Different strokes for.....
They say there’s a Car for everyone, one we like, we don’t necessarily like each other’s choices but there you go, the human nature for you, so this beast is a good ol’ Uncle Sam Hotrod in SUV form, reading between the lines I think it’s a handful if you go near the limit, and where’s the fun in that?, wondering if it’s going to Chuck you off the Road if you overstep the mark, nope, for £90K I could think of loads of Cars I’d like to buy, old and new than this SUV.....
Peter Cavellini.
eseaton
Peter, please tell me.
Peter, please tell me. Whatever would you be doing 'near the limit' in a Jeep?
Peter Cavellini
Find out!
Esaton@, you obviously lead a senditary life, near the limit is where your most alive, just at the point between life n death, never heard that before....?
Peter Cavellini.
FRI2
I think it is time for Peter
I think it is time for Peter Cavellini to leave his mother's basement....
Peter Cavellini
Nice Car !!!!!
FR12@, only if you stop having a Shandy every Night?
Peter Cavellini.
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