Ever since Dodge unleashed its 707-horsepower Hellcat Challenger and Charger, fans of the Jeep brand have eyed the supercharged V8s enviously from across Fiat-Chrysler’s corporate architecture.
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Will there be another Hellcat Jeep model after the Jeep Grand Cherokee?
Jeep went onto the Detroit Auto Show with a huge smile on their faces as they begin celebrating their 75th anniversary in the automotive industry. Manley replied “not only can I put a Hellcat motor in one of those for you, I’m going to bring that to market before the end of 2017”. The Grand Cherokee SRT is one of the few SUV to incorporate a launch control feature which is located ahead of the gear selector knob.
In the Grand Cherokee will only get a Hellcat for two years, expect this vehicle, which was once a Mercedes-Benz ML, to enter the rarefied structures of the collectible SUV world. In August of a year ago, reports emerging from a Jeep dealer conference in Las Vegas suggested the rumored Hellcat Jeep Grand Cherokee would sport all-wheel drive and notch zero to 60 miles per hour times of just 3.5 seconds.
After numerous speculations, Jeep has officially confirmed a SRT Hellcat version of the Grand Cherokee is being planned. It is mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission and power is sent to all four wheels.
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Forum talks sees people who claim the are insiders talking about the Hellcat-ized Grand Cherokee using the Trackhawk name. Now that Jeep has made it official, some people are saying that there will be more Hellcat models from Jeep in the future.
