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leavethegun-takethecannoli
04/13/09

In reply to 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8: Exclusive First Look!
Honestly, I'm disappointed.

I was seriously hoping for at least 600 hp.

Ah well, nothing a K&N air filter and an exhaust tip can't fix.

If I throw on a big enough wing, I might be pushing 625 horses, 650 horses with the right stickers.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
04/13/09

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It's like a Flex with direction and attitude. Sort of compelling, in that high-waisted, gun slit windows kind of way that's been successful for the 300. I doubt they'll sell enormous numbers of these, even without the carpocalypso going on, but it may drive a lot of traffic to the showrooms and help to move some regular Cherokees, and that's not a bad thing.
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Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
04/13/09

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Like a parting shot off the deck of the Hindenburg or the Titanic, it looks really cool, but you can't help stopping and imagining how fucked it's probably going to be.
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DoctorNine
04/13/09

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I really like the look of the front end. It's nice to see that the design guys at Jeep are still coming to work, and doing their job the right way. The engine can go away though. I would rather see a reworking of the old straight six, with now internals, and a twin turbo set-up. And of course a nice Cummins Diesel option as well. But that's just me. Or more accurately, that's just a small fraction of the motoring public. So who knows what last gasp this fish has in it while it flops around out of water. Hopefully Fiat will bring us more reasonable vehicles, once they get distribution through Chryslererus dealerships. I am certainly not holding my breath.
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Potatosw✭tter
04/13/09

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So now all Chrysler products are auditioning for the remake of Death Proof? Really if I were a chick (it's OK if I say it that way) those blacked out neanderthal headlights would look like the equivalent of… well a neanderthal brow with blackened bloodshot eyes. No matter how new and shiny. A car shouldn't look like it wants to hurt you.
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DoctorNine
04/13/09

@Potatoswatter: "..A car should always look like it wants to hurt you...?

There. Fixed that for you.
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Mad_Science
04/13/09

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If I send you a sketch of a car that I wished existed, would you do a post on it?
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The Auto Insider
04/14/09

@Mad_Science: For you? Yes.
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MySe7enCanBeatYour911
04/13/09

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I love the SRT8s but I can only imagine Chrysler trying to justify this to their new "Congressional" board of directors. (When I imagine it with Barney Frank's "accent" it's even more fun).
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
04/13/09

@MySevenCanBeatYour911: Sfftop it. Barney Ffffrank doethn't talk sfunny.
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TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
04/13/09

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"Appears to be"

You have got to be flippin' blind to miss the SRT8 logo.
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A strolling player
04/13/09

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Shit, the front end looks just like something else, but I can't place it...
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pauljones
04/13/09

@Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy:

My first thought was my mother, but then she never had such cool wheels. She only ever drove minivans.
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A strolling player
04/13/09

@pauljones: Well... okay. I was thinking more along the lines of this:

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Dhillaz 2.0
04/13/09

@Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: I was thinking of the ever blandening vehicle.

Headlights and grilles are just getting smaller, like Woll Smoth's face.

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The Auto Insider
04/14/09

@Dhillaz: Holy hell! That is the most freaky thing I've seen all week.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
04/13/09

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Uh, sure, why not.

I love the power but not so much the packaging. This motor should be the factory equipment for the challenger.
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.357
04/13/09

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I like the looks. I like the SRT V8. But, I agree with pauljones on this one. There is just no way that this is going to happen.
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The Auto Insider
04/14/09

@Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: It could happen, it's not that difficult of a vehicle to produce considering all the engineering work was likely done with the original vehicle team.
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LEEN4545
04/13/09

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I think we are missing a word "...been humming along quietly in the SRT garage engineer and develop the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 as a 2012 model."

possibly "to"...?
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pauljones
04/13/09

@LEEN4545: It was posted at midnight after a major Holiday.

If you recognized that little of a mistake and thought it worth bringing up, then I would assert that you haven't had enough to drink today. Go back and try again.
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The Auto Insider
04/13/09

@pauljones: I'm in China, so just trying to practice my bad english. Thanks pointing it out...
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The Auto Insider
04/13/09

@The Auto Insider: ^^ @ LEEN4545
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pauljones
04/13/09

@The Auto Insider: In China?

Oh boy, I bet there's an interesting story behind this one.
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Triborough
04/13/09

@The Auto Insider: Just don't say, "Free Tibet!"
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A strolling player
04/13/09

@Triborough: Well, now it's on his computer screen. Way to go, you just killed The Auto Insider.
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DoctorNine
04/13/09

@pauljones: Well said.
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The Auto Insider
04/14/09

@pauljones: Yep. I've been banished from the land of the free.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
04/13/09

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Needs 9 fewer or 34 more cubic inches.
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pauljones
04/13/09

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That hood scoop is anything but subtle, and at the risk of shitting on the party parade, I just can't see it happening in this climate. Not that I don't want it to, nothing could be farther from the truth; after all, if the X6M is allowed to exist, then this thing certainly should be.
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Pessimippopotamus
04/13/09

@pauljones: Hell, why not? They already have those. If they're replacing all the 6.1L units with the 6.4L, that'd be all the change there'd be.

Other than the extra ugliness sprinkled on top of it.
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pauljones
04/13/09

@Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity: It would be a new platform, though.

And yes, I agree about the looks. I don't think the 2011 Grand Cherokee looks bad by any measure, but dammit, as a former owner of a 74 Cherokee, why couldn't they have done at least a little to incorporate a little heritage in the design?

Nothing overtly retro, just a few subtle cues.
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Ray Wert
04/13/09

@pauljones: It's a new platform for 2011 anyway. This doesn't change that much.
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Ray Wert
04/13/09

@pauljones: Also, have you seen the headlights? No? Then we'll have to show you them tomorrow.
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Pessimippopotamus
04/13/09

@Ray Wert: How new is "new"?
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Ray Wert
04/13/09

@Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity: Straight-from-the-new-ML new.
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The Auto Insider
04/13/09

@pauljones: The hood scoop could have looked like the new MS3 or WRX instead...
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Pessimippopotamus
04/13/09

@Ray Wert: I don't know what to make of that. Remnants of the old Daimler-Chrysler Co? Prenup? Alimony? Child support? Which one does the new Grand Cherokee describe best?
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pauljones
04/13/09

@Ray Wert:

Headlights? I spent some time checking out the design on netcarshow.com, but I couldn't see anything about the indicative of past styling cues. Personally, one of the things I miss most about the styling of my old Jeep was long, straight lines, like semi-utilitarian vehicle should have and a simple, clean instrument panel.

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Or was this one of those headlight jokes to go hand-in-hand with the peep jokes?
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pauljones
04/13/09

@pauljones: Picture fail.

img src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j135/TooRisky/CherokeeInterior.jpg"
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Novaload
01/28/09

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So they are sitting there, idling, and the driver says, "Throttle up."

Trans delete!
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