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Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 May Get Towing Package

Based on spy photos the Detroit News appears to have received from a reader, Jeep's hot-rod mid-size SUV may soon be able to pull your boat. According to their report, the 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 has been spotted with the dual center-mounted...

11:20 AM on Wed Aug 20 2008, by Andrew Stoy, 5,508 views, Comment

Mexican Police Nab James Bond-Style Jeep Grand Cherokee

In a daring bit of cartel violence, drug runners in northern Mexico smashed into a military vehicle, jumped out, lobbed a grenade and then made their escape on foot. Daring! Audacious! But it's what they left behind that's really insane.

4:15 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008, by Ben Wojdyla, 5,125 views, Comment

Spy Photos: 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD

What's this familiar SUV spotted way the hell up in northern Scandinavia, near the Norwegian border? According to those familiar three letters, it's the Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited with the CRD Diesel engine. That's the Benz-built 3.0-liter...

8:08 AM on Thu Feb 15 2007, by Mike Spinelli, 4,101 views, Comment

Illinois Woman Wants To Sell You Obama's 2000 Grand Cherokee

Liz Murphy of Naperville, Illinois discovered while signing papers on a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee that the vehicle had been owned by then state senator Barack Obama. Local paper The Naperville Sun reports that Murphy was happy to discover her Jeep...

4:00 PM on Fri Aug 29 2008, by Andrew Stoy, 3,347 views, Comment

Jeep Reveals Grand Cherokee SRT8 Pricing

Something we didn't know: the Grand Cherokee SRT8 is apparently the second-quickest SRT vehicle after the Viper, eclipsing the trio of LX cars as well as the Crossfire SRT6 and the Viper-powered Ram SRT-10. The 420-horse 6.1L Hemi powers the SUV...

4:13 PM on Thu Dec 1 2005, by Davey G. Johnson, 400 views, Comment

Startech Tunes the Jeep Grand Cherokee

With the Jeep Grand Cherokee storming European shores, German tuning shop, Startech, has annointed the SUV with its own brand of Germanocity. Startech already offers tuning packages for other products on the Chrysler side of the DaimlerChrysler...

11:15 AM on Fri May 13 2005, by Mike Spinelli, 1,030 views

Prominent SUVs Fair Poorly In Side Impact Tests

Best not to slide sideways down a snowy bank into a Douglas-fir next time you're out romping in the Grand Cherokee, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. As the clip above from Good Morning America shows, new models of the...

10:00 AM on Fri Oct 12 2007, by Jonny Lieberman, 1,706 views, Comment

Car-Based Jeep Grand Cherokee To Be Built At Expanded Jefferson North Plant

Chrysler Vice-Chairman Tom LaSorda said during a management briefing session that the company was retooling its Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit to produce a new line of car-based SUVs beginning in 2010. The plant will be getting a...

2:30 PM on Wed Aug 13 2008, by Andrew Stoy, 1,454 views, Comment

Jalopnik Visits Hennessey Performance: The Weak Dollar Leads To Some Crazy Cars

During our Hennessey Performance HQ tour there were three vehicles that caught our eye, all non-Vipers and all for foreign customers. The first was a Grand Cherokee that I mistakenly took to be Hennesey's personal Grand Cherokee SRT600, but it had...

4:00 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 4,846 views, Comment

It's not so much Edmunds' hats we're thinking they've pulled this review out of. [Straightline]

3:00 PM on Mon Oct 15 2007, by Ray Wert, 263 views, Comment