What do you get when you bolt a 6.4-litre HEMI V8, stroked to 7.2 litres, into a Jeep Grand Cherokee? You get a family wagon that’s capable of covering the quarter mile in just 10.4 seconds at 207km/h, just like the example below. It is apparently the world’s quickest naturally […]
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2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT review (video)
You may have heard of the Finnish tradition, jumping straight from a hot sauna and into the icy cold snow. It’s meant to be invigorating for the body and soul. We think we’ve found something better; pressing the start button in the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, fresh in the […]
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee now on sale; 8spd auto, RWD option
The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee range has landed in Australia, bringing lower entry prices, a new eight-speed auto, a revised interior, and a new rear-wheel drive base model. Starting out the new range is the Laredo 4×2. It comes with the 3.6-litre Pentastar V6 petrol engine producing 210kW and 347Nm. […]
Hennessey 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 HPE650 kit with 485kW (video)
Hennessey Performance in the US has come up with a tuning package for the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 V8 monster, called the HPE650 kit. The muscle SUV is able to cover the quarter mile in just 12.6 seconds. Featuring a naturally aspirated 6.4-litre HEMI V8 in standard form, the SRT8 […]
PerformanceDrive’s Top 10 quickest factory cars – 0-100km/h (2013)
Here at PerformanceDrive, we’re often asked ‘what’s the quickest car we’ve tested?’ To answer the question to a more broader audience, we’ve put together a top ten list of the quickest vehicles tested for 0-100km/h, so far. Officially, the 2013 Nissan GT-R is the quickest car on sale in Australia, without […]
2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 review (video)
With a 6.4-litre HEMI V8 lurking under the bonnet producing an anabolic 344kW, the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is about as close as you can get to a brand new road-legal monster truck. It’s bloody awesome. 2013 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT8 – PROS AND CONS PROS: No doubt one […]
2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 ‘Vapor’ and ‘Alpine’ announced
Jeep Australia has announced two new limited edition performance SUVs for the local market; the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 Vapor and SRT8 Alpine. Both come with distinctive highlights and added equipment. The Grand Cherokee SRT8 is the highest performance SUV on the market this side of $100,000. It comes with […]
Chrysler Q1 profit ($456 million) four times higher than 2011 effort
Chrysler has posted a first quarter profit of US$473 million (approximately AU$456 million) which is four times what the company achieved in the same period last year – US$116 million. The significant profit increase is thanks to a 33 per cent hike in worldwide vehicle sales, including an 80 per […]