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2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Spied, Looks Ready to Pounce

It’s been a heck of a long time since the first rumors about a Hellcat V8-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee, but now we have the visual confirmation we were waiting for. Yessiree, the Trackhawk is real and it’s badass.
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Our team of spy photographers caught the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk lurking between the SRT headquarters and the FCA Auburn Hills Tech Center.

Dissimilar to the awe-inspiring Challenger SRT Hellcat and ferocious Charger SRT Hellcat, the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk doesn’t have a big center-mounted hood scoop. Instead, it has a pair of thumping great heat extractors, just like the 6.4-liter V8-powered SRT does.

Actual changes can be observed up front. This is where we can see three air inlets just below the grille. They’re there to suck in the air needed by the supercharger of the 6.2-liter V8. To make room for it, the seven-slot grille is about half as tall than what the Grand Cherokee SRT has. More than that, take a good look at the lower half of the front bumper.

The lower center intake, for example, is on the large side. As for the outboard intakes, they incorporate LED fog lights. Last, but not least, there’s an intake slit incorporated into the sport utility vehicle's lip spoiler.

It’s rather clear, then, that the front end means business. As for the sides, the wheels carryover from the SRT and black insulation tape on the front doors masks Grand Cherokee lettering. The slotted brake rotors, on the other hand, make a contrasting note. As for the rear end, the supercharged V8 breathes out through two large exhaust outlets. Overall, the looks are worthy of the most powerful SUV on the planet.

At the present moment, finer details such as output and price are still on the mysterious side of things. 707 horsepower and a mountain of torque such as what you get in the Hellcat twins from Dodge sounds plausible, though. As for get-up-and-go, it’s been reported that the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk will be able to sprint to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 3.5 seconds. That, reader, is half a second less than the BMW X5 M.

The due date for the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk? Word has it it's around July 2017.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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