JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TRACKHAWK 2018-Present Photos, engines & full specs

When launched in 2018, the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk was the most powerful SUV in the world, and, unlike its siblings, it was made to tear-up asphalt, not trails.

With an increased demand for high-performance SUVs, Jeep didn't want to stay aside and watch Porsche, BMW, or Mercedes-Benz dominating the segment and mixed some of its best assets and parts to create an incredible machine: the Trackhawk. It wasn't the first high-performance Grand Cherokee ever made by Jeep. In 2006, the carmaker also produced the Grand Cherokee SRT8, which was also a tire-shredding monster.

Jeep didn't want to be subtle with the Trackhawk version of the Grand Cherokee. Thus, it developed a new aerodynamic package that made the car looks fiercer on the road than its siblings. Like any other Jeep ever made, it featured a seven-slat grille. The massive front bumper sported a broad lower grille in the apron flanked by two air-intakes that cooled the front brakes. Since it wasn't built for off-roading, the Trackhawk received a different suspension package with lower ground clearance. To complete the sporty image, Jeep added a specific set of wheels and a quad-exhaust system.

Inside, the customers were greeted by high-bolstered bucket seats at the front adorned with the "Trackhawk" lettering on the seatbacks. At the front, the driver was spoiled with a flat-bottom steering wheel decorated with the Trackhawk badge at the bottom and sporting aluminum paddle shifters. The rear seats, on the other hand, looked almost standard, apart from a specific vertical seven-slat theme embroidered on them.

Under the hood, Jeep installed the same engine used in the Charger and Challenger high-performance vehicles: the 6.2-liter supercharged V8 Hemi powerplant. Unlike its RWD siblings, the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk got an eight-speed automatic transmission that sent the power in all corners.