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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 Mexican plates. It turns out the owner wanted his Cherokee to be able to run the quarter mile in the 10-second range. They tried explaining that it'll easily run low 12's and that the cost to get it to run 10's was rather high, but he insisted. So what you see in the pictures may be the world's only 10-second Grand Cherokee, possibly designed to dodge Federales. The Prowlers, well that's an even stranger story...

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4:00 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Matt Hardigree
4,582 views, 29 comments

Latest by brandegee: The fact that rich Russians love Prowlers says volumes about what kind of styling adventure it was for Plymouth. Just mind-blowing. Or maybe the Russians just have really good memories of all the used K-cars that were shipped over there more »

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Jeep Owner Clicks Bedliner Option One Too Many Times

Covering a car in Rhino bedliner spray is something we've been thinking about ever since we found out that this V8-powered 2CV had a similar setup. And while the 2CV maintained a rather classy and safari-appropriate white color, this Jeep Grand Cherokee has been drenched with the standard-issue light black color. While an interesting idea, we're a bit curious if this doesn't have a few unfortunate side effects. Spotted by MotiveMag member ThatsGoodT, this Jeep is for sale for anyone looking for something tougher than your average Orvis Edition Jeep. Who needs a bed when you can have 60 gallons of bedliner?

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3:40 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Matt Hardigree
5,823 views, 75 comments

Latest by n/a: @BSAKat: The Harley Night Rod Special comes in flat black. Looks awesome! more »

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The Ten Strangest Special Edition Cars

What do Frank Sinatra, Levi's Jeans and Don Knotts have in common? Special edition cars. When a trend gets too popular and a car company gets too desperate, they find ways to merge the two into a steaming pile of car crap — otherwise known as a trendy special edition. We thought we knew them all, but when we asked you about your favorite trendy special edition car we got quite the mix. Below are the ten weirdest responses we received, complete with a poll so you can help us select the strangest special car of them all. More »

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1:00 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Matt Hardigree
12,030 views, 142 comments

Latest by gurneyflap: How about the Marlboro GMC Syclone, cuz god knows a turbo all-wheel-drive truck and cigarettes go together. more »

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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. More »

4:15 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
4,930 views, 17 comments

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Essen Motor Show: The Delta DUNE Project

The Deutschland 4x4 tuners at delta4x4 have taken on the Jeep Grand Cherokee for the Essen Motor Show, building out the big Jeep mainstay into the Delta DUNE Project, a 499 horsepower desert racer. With a 0-60 time of less than five seconds, Delta's taken the SRT8 to a whole new level. On the exterior, the DUNE has been lifted by just under four inches, but given a wedge shape with the new front spoiler lowering the clearance by about two inches, and it's riding on custom 23 inch Elements IV wheels. And we mustn't forget the spice-colored coating, for yes, it is the Kwisatz Haderach. Full press release after the jump.

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8:45 AM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By Ray Wert
642 views, 8 comments

Latest by cshontz: So... what am I looking at here? What does it do? Seriously. more »

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

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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 Jeep, Chevy Trailblazer and both the Nissan Pathfinder and Xterra faired poorly in 31 mph side-impact tests. Interestingly, when equipped with optional side air bags, both Nissan models received top marks, as did the Toyota 4Runner. In other news, water is wet.

10:00 AM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
1,673 views, 16 comments

Latest by Simpsons-Movie-ruled: @HDC: reminds me of that Silvester Stallone movie (whats it called?)U kno the one were hes a cop fomr the past stuck in the future, and sandra bullock is the other cop? DAmn this is going to kill me more »