JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT-8 ON WAY – JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT-8 ON WAY
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 on way – Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 on way High-performance Jeep Grand Cherokee will admission at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month
Jeep has appear that a high-performance SRT-8 adaptation of its new Grand Cherokee is advancing to the UK in right-hand drive, afterwards it takes its bow at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Under the billowing beanie is a 6.4-litre HEMI V8 giving 464bhp and 630Nm of torque – that’s 49bhp and 61Nm added than the 6.1-litre V8 of its predecessor. But acknowledgment to a butt deactivation arrangement that shuts down bisected the pistons beneath ablaze engine loads, ammunition abridgement has bigger by 12 per cent – to just beneath 20mpg combined.
Performance should be strong, with 0-62mph demography 4.8 abnormal and a top acceleration of 158mph. That puts the Jeep on a par with the £84,790 Porsche Cayenne Turbo. The SRT-8 goes on auction beyond Europe aboriginal next year.
It will be awash in alone a individual trim level, priced about £50,000. Equipment will cover sat-nav, a accompanying sunroof, adaptive cruise ascendancy and alive dampers. Sports seats aswell feature, while on the outside, bargain abeyance and LED daytime active lights mark out the SRT-8 from bottom models in the range.
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