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2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Spied

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2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Spied
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Our spy photographer caught a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk prototype sans camouflage testing on public streets. The Hellcat-powered SUV was spotted between FCA's Auburn Hills Tech Center and the SRT headquarters.
Power for the new Grand Cherokee Trackhawk comes from a supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8 making 707 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. With its all-wheel drive traction, we expect the Trackhawk to be the quickest Hellcat-powered model with a 0-60 mph time in the mid-3.0-second range.
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Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Is Only Months Away From Arrival
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The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is coming our way in April so there isn’t much longer to wait. Jeep gave confirmation that the Hellcat powered vehicle will be called the Trackhawk and will come with the V8 6.2 litre HEMI engine.

The boss of Jeep spoke out at the LA Auto Show and confirmed the name along with the fact that the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is making its way out during quarter three of 2017. He said that the vehicle isn’t going to take over from the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT and its V8 6.4 litre HEMI engine, rather the two are going to be sold side by side.

He said that there wasn’t any need to stop the production of the Cherokee SRT just because the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is coming our way. This is down to the fact that both are very different vehicles.

Jeep consumers that live outside of the US will be able to get their hands on the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk eventually but for the time being it is only going to be launched in the US. However, it was said that Europe may be excluded as it will arrive in selected markets only.
Bring it on! Out of my budget, but I certainly want to see it on the roads. 8)
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The Hellcat Jeep Trackhawk: Quickest, Fastest and Most Powerful SUV in the World
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FCA has announced all of the official information on the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, which uses the supercharged Hemi from the Hellcat Dodge cars to stake its claim as the quickest, the fastest and the most powerful sport utility vehicle in the world.

We have been talking about the possibility of a Jeep Grand Cherokee packing the Hellcat Hemi, but ahead of Wednesday’s Big Apple debut – the supercharged Trackhawk has made its online introduction.

Strongest, Quickest, Fastest in the World
The 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is everything that we had hoped, with the supercharged 6.2L Hemi delivering 707 horsepower and 645lb-ft of torque, making this Hellcat-powered beast the world’s most powerful gasoline-powered production SUV – beating every other SUV in the world by a massive margin.

That power is channeled through a high strength transmission and a high strength transfer case to all four wheels so efficiently that the Trackhawk Jeep is able to blast from a stop to 60 miles per hour in just 3.5 seconds while covering the quarter mile takes the newest Grand Cherokee just 11.6 seconds at 116mph. This is quicker than any gas-powered SUV in the world, and each of those measures are just a few clicks slower than the lighter Hellcat Dodge cars. Helping this SUV get off of the line and down the track so quickly are the Torque Reserve system and the intercooler chilling system from the new Dodge Demon. With this new technology coupled with the advanced all-wheel drive system, the supercharged Jeep is capable of launching much harder and much more quickly than the RWD Hellcat cars.

Also, in addition to making the Trackhawk crazy-quick from a stop, the Hellcat Hemi also makes this Jeep the fastest SUV in the world, with a top speed of 180 miles per hour.

For comparison, the next closest competitor for the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is the 2017 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, which uses a twin turbocharged V8 to produce 570 horsepower and 590lb-ft of torque to run from 0-60 in 3.8 seconds while reaching a top speed of 176 miles per hour.

We do not yet have any pricing for the 2018 Jeep Trackhawk, but the 2017 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S starts at $161,600 and with the current SRT Jeep starting around $66k – it is almost a surefire guarantee that the supercharged Jeep will be far less expensive than the Porsche which it will beat in pretty much any race.

Best of all, in addition to being the quickest, the fastest and the most powerful production SUV in the world, the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk will still tow 7,200lbs – so this SUV could tow a car to the drag strip and the odds are good that this tow vehicle will be quicker than many of the cars in the street class…maybe even with the trailer hooked up.
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