Review: 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
In many ways, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is one of the best vehicles in Chrysler’s lineup. Along with the Wrangler, it packs real off-road capabilities into an angular, no-nonsense body. It’s an authentic Jeep, first and foremost, and makes no excuses for being anything another than a full-fledged SUV.
Then there’s the SRT8 version.
This is what happens when you let the hot-rod mavens at SRT play with time-honored Jeep tradition. Over the last decade, many manufacturers have created high performance SUVs and crossovers, but this beastie is the only one available with a HEMI. The SRT8 is the twisted offspring of the unnatural pairing of a Jeep and a Dodge Viper, and Chrysler was kind enough to loan us its hottest GC for a winter trip to the ski mounds of Northern Michigan.