📰 Auto News Spied - 2011 Grand Cherokee SRT8

[Mook]

would fucking drive.

Chrysler is currently gearing up to launch several new models, including the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 shown here. While we’ve seen the Grand Cherokee SRT8 out testing before, our spy photographers have managed to snag the first images of the Chrysler’s new 6.4L HEMI V8.

The wheels, tires and brakes tell the tale on this test car as all three components match the last-gen Grand Cherokee SRT8 very closely. However, underhood lies a new engine, which will make it beneath the bonnet of all of Chrysler’s SRT8 offerings.

Trumping the current Grand Cherokee SRT8′s 6.1L HEMI, Jeep’s newest high-performance model will come packing Chrysler’s updated 6.4L V8, which is seen in our spy shots for the first time. Although previous reports suggest the bigger engine would receive a rating of 450-480 horsepower, our spies say this new Jeep will be good for at least 500 horsepower. The new engine is expected to be mated to a new 8-speed ZF transmission.

Putting power down through all four wheels, the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 should easily be able to make the sprint from 0-60 in under 5 seconds, giving the Porsche Cayenne and BMW X6 reason to sweat.

No word on when the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 will make it official debut, but we suspect we could see it on the auto show circuit by the end of the year.

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[Bru]

I'm in the 2011 GC tonight. Not too shabby from my first impressions. Would love to rock a 2011 SRT8.

 

[EmersonHart13]

I see a hitch, that is a good move for Jeep.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

looks like a regular ol 2011 GC, with the SRT8 wheels on it spray painted flat black.... I dont know what they look like under the hood though so who knows. Whats with the 4x4 badge and what looks to be a GXP badge on the right side of the tail gate?

This seems like some idiot that owns a 2011 GC that put some stupid shit on it.

 

[EmersonHart13]

It is a test vehicle so the disguise it on purpose.

 

[Bru]

This one has manufacturer plates. Not sure what the plenum on the 5.7 looks like compared to the 6.1 or larger.

 

[blakbearddelite]

I see a nice murdered out one in Schaumburg every now-and-then. I think the guy is always trying to egg people on to race him. I was heading west one time on Golf Rd, and he kept goosing it next to me. Had we been in a less conspicuous area, I would have played along. Those SUVs are gorgeous and sound amazing! Plus they haul balls.

 

[StrobinSS]

looks like a regular ol 2011 GC, with the SRT8 wheels on it spray painted flat black.... I dont know what they look like under the hood though so who knows. Whats with the 4x4 badge and what looks to be a GXP badge on the right side of the tail gate?

This seems like some idiot that owns a 2011 GC that put some stupid shit on it.

Also has upgraded brakes . . . HEMI badge on the right side

 

[Kbrown]

 

[Yaj Yak]

awesome

 

[BillyBru]

hahahah joe and I were JUST talking about this. mojo so dope.

 

[SHOmuff]

I hope the final product looks better then that test mule.

 

[UWISHU1]

damn 6.4L Hemi

 

[Runtz52]

the new jeeps look mean as hell

 

[bikrboy128]

i really hope they lower the final product. looks stupid as it sits now.

 

[BoostedK20]

must have

 

[Chrisco]

I think the previous model looked wayyyyyyyyy more aggressive. This thing looks like an Audi SUV in the rear and a bland Jeep front end.

 

[bikrboy128]

I think the previous model looked wayyyyyyyyy more aggressive. This thing looks like an Audi SUV in the rear and a bland Jeep front end.

i think lowering it will do just that. maybe even bigger wheels to fill the gap even more.
i wanna see what that new hemi can do though.

 

[Boostie]

I think the previous model looked wayyyyyyyyy more aggressive. This thing looks like an Audi SUV in the rear and a bland Jeep front end.

Agreed, the center exhaust on the old style FTW!

 

[UWISHU1]

I think the previous model looked wayyyyyyyyy more aggressive. This thing looks like an Audi SUV in the rear and a bland Jeep front end.

the center exhaust on the old style FTW!

 

[CamaroSS]

i like it from every angle but the front, thats not doing it for me at all

 

[Primalzer]

I am kind of hoping this is just a drivetrain test mule and not really close to the finished product

 

[Darkness01]

the new GC looks like ass. i have them at my work, and i think they look like shit. it looks like a GMC Acadia buttfucked a Jeep Compass. i like the previous generation better

 

[ktraver97ss]

I am kind of hoping this is just a drivetrain test mule and not really close to the finished product

Me too.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i like how the new ones look