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Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, Part 3
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, Part 3-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:21

Because you want an SUV that packs over 400 horsepower, runs a low 13-second quarter mile, handles like a slot car, and goes 0-60 in under five seconds. Because you like the idea of a vehicle assembled in Detroit, USA and Graz, Austria - next town over from Thal, where California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was born.

Because you are one of the few people that actually uses the towing, hauling, or off-road capability of an SUV.

· Speed Merchants:

· Fashion Victims: No

· Treehuggers: No

· Mack Daddies:

· Tuner Crowd:

· Hairdressers: No

· Penny Pinchers: No

· Euro Snobs: No

· Working Stiffs: No

· Technogeeks: No

· Poseurs:

· Soccer Moms:

· Nascar Dads:

· Golfing Grandparents: No

· Porsche Cayenne

· Land Rover Sport

· Manufacturer: Jeep

· Model tested: Grand Cherokee SRT8

· Model year: 2007

· Base Price: 40,105

· Price as Tested: 45,340

· Engine type: 6.1 Liter SRT Hemi V8

· Horsepower: 420 bhp @ 6200 rpm

· Torque: 420 lb.-ft. @ 4800 rpm

· Redline: 6400

· Transmission: 5-speed automatic

· Curb Weight: 4819 pounds

· LxWxH: 195.1 X 73.3 X 66.7

· Wheelbase: 109.5 inches

· Tires: Goodyear Eagle RSA (F)255/45 (R) 285/40

· Drive type: All-Wheel Drive

· 0 - 60 mph: 4.5 Seconds

· 1/4-mile: 13.5

· Fuel economy city/highway: 12/15

· NHTSA crash test rating: 5/5/5/4

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