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With much regret, the Chrysler 300 SRT is about to bite the dust because of low sales volume, while the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT will be kept alive. So how did the American automaker arrive to this unfortunate conclusion for the 300 SRT?
Numerous voices hinted that the full-size luxury sedan's pumped up variant will be killed off soon enough. We sort of agree with that, more so when you consider that the Chrysler 300 SRT moved just 75 units or so per month in the first half of 2014.
To put that low figure into perspective, more mundane variants of the 300 are selling an average of 4,300 units per month. Thus, the flagship sedan in SRT guise will be drooped along with its marvelous 6.4-liter HEMI V8. In a correspondence with MotorTrend, the Chrysler brand's numero uno Al Gardner has hinted that the 300 SRT is likely to be axed in the United States, but the model could live on other markets where the SRT sells well.
Furthermore, the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, which is the best-selling SRT model of them all, will retain that moniker and will fortunately live on. That's a little bit curious when you think that SRT has recently been appointed as the official in-house tuner for the Dodge brand. Coupled to an eight-speed 8HP70 automatic transmission, the 6.4-liter HEMI V8-powered Grand Cherokee SRT is one of the most thrilling SUVs out there, but it can also tow a respectable 7,200-lbs when properly equipped for towing duties.
In other SRT-related news, Dodge is cooking up at least two new performance models. At this year's Fiat-Chrysler Investor Day event, the manufacturer confirmed that a revised Dart will be launched sometime in 2016 with improved driving dynamics, two new engines and a turbocharged SRT variant aided by an all-wheel drive system. Two years from now on, Dodge has promised we'll get a new-generation Dodge Journey as well, dubbed as the "D-CUV." An SRT variant is expected to be launched in 2017.
To put that low figure into perspective, more mundane variants of the 300 are selling an average of 4,300 units per month. Thus, the flagship sedan in SRT guise will be drooped along with its marvelous 6.4-liter HEMI V8. In a correspondence with MotorTrend, the Chrysler brand's numero uno Al Gardner has hinted that the 300 SRT is likely to be axed in the United States, but the model could live on other markets where the SRT sells well.
Furthermore, the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, which is the best-selling SRT model of them all, will retain that moniker and will fortunately live on. That's a little bit curious when you think that SRT has recently been appointed as the official in-house tuner for the Dodge brand. Coupled to an eight-speed 8HP70 automatic transmission, the 6.4-liter HEMI V8-powered Grand Cherokee SRT is one of the most thrilling SUVs out there, but it can also tow a respectable 7,200-lbs when properly equipped for towing duties.
In other SRT-related news, Dodge is cooking up at least two new performance models. At this year's Fiat-Chrysler Investor Day event, the manufacturer confirmed that a revised Dart will be launched sometime in 2016 with improved driving dynamics, two new engines and a turbocharged SRT variant aided by an all-wheel drive system. Two years from now on, Dodge has promised we'll get a new-generation Dodge Journey as well, dubbed as the "D-CUV." An SRT variant is expected to be launched in 2017.
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