Jeep SRT is a grunting road-eater! - Independent Online
DRIVING IMPRESSION . Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT. Cape Town - You could say a lot of negative things about the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, if you were so inclined. You could say it’s a heap of wasted resources, from steel and glass to the plastics derived from fossil fuels, that continues to waste more resources throughout its lifetime in the form of fearsome fuel consumption. And yes, in a sense you’d be correct, especially politically. 4-litre V8 delivering 354kW and 637Nm of torque in a big, block-shaped wagon built for rugby forwards is no longer considered an acceptable package in certain polite circles. But if you own one or are thinking of owning one, you’d be welcome in my circles. Because the Grand Cherokee SRT is some truck. It’s not an off-road vehicle by any stretch of the imagination, although I suspect it might do surprisingly well in certain conditions when fitted with higher profile tyres. That said, the rubber with which it is shod appeared a bit higher in profile than that, say, of the Range Rover Sport, which is really useless in off-road conditions due to its footwear. Here is a Jeep that has a “track” setting in its set-up system. And no, we are not talking about a jeep track in the Richtersveld. Source: www.iol.co.za
