Photo: caradvice.com.au
Currently, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is offering some of the fastest family and work stuff haulers out there. The 2021 Ram TRX took the high-performance pickup crown with 702 ponies, while the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat snatched the title of “most powerful SUV” from the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk.
With so many Hellcats out there, it’s no wonder FCA fans are worried the internal rivalry will open the door for other automakers to sneak up on them and claim supremacy.
That’s not necessarily a problem, since the base is easily upgradable by knowledgeable tuners (such as Hennessey, which is working on both the TRX for a 6x6 creation and the Durango).
Now that Jeep has revealed the three-row, seven-seat 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L, the sibling competition might become of genuine concern. But managers took care of that; remember that the Durango SRT Hellcat is a limited-edition high-performance SUV? Well, that move clearly has a lot more logic now.
After all, we can all imagine that in a few years from now, perhaps for the 2023 or even 2024 model year, a Grand Cherokee L Trackhawk version will become official to claim the most powerful SUV title back for Jeep.
Of course, nobody has the patience to wait until that fabled moment without a little something to alleviate the slow passage of time. Fortunately, the folks over at caradvice.com.au did just that, and so we have an unofficial render of the supercharged next-generation seven-seater ultra-SUV.
Just to keep everything as close as possible to the real world, they based the computer image on a sporty 2021 Grand Cherokee L in Overland trim. After that, it was a case of adding current Trackhawk parts like pieces of a supercharged puzzle.
Just like the subdued 2021 Durango SRT Hellcat, this unofficial Trackhawk doesn’t look ready and willing to throw away fire and brimstone once it gets going. Still, the styling does take into account that Jeep doesn’t usually go overboard even when high-performance models are involved.
We still see wider wheel arches, a hood scoop borrowed from the TRX to give more air to the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 from underneath, along with black alloy wheels and high-performance Brembo brakes taken directly from the current iteration of the Trackhawk.
That’s not necessarily a problem, since the base is easily upgradable by knowledgeable tuners (such as Hennessey, which is working on both the TRX for a 6x6 creation and the Durango).
Now that Jeep has revealed the three-row, seven-seat 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L, the sibling competition might become of genuine concern. But managers took care of that; remember that the Durango SRT Hellcat is a limited-edition high-performance SUV? Well, that move clearly has a lot more logic now.
After all, we can all imagine that in a few years from now, perhaps for the 2023 or even 2024 model year, a Grand Cherokee L Trackhawk version will become official to claim the most powerful SUV title back for Jeep.
Of course, nobody has the patience to wait until that fabled moment without a little something to alleviate the slow passage of time. Fortunately, the folks over at caradvice.com.au did just that, and so we have an unofficial render of the supercharged next-generation seven-seater ultra-SUV.
Just to keep everything as close as possible to the real world, they based the computer image on a sporty 2021 Grand Cherokee L in Overland trim. After that, it was a case of adding current Trackhawk parts like pieces of a supercharged puzzle.
Just like the subdued 2021 Durango SRT Hellcat, this unofficial Trackhawk doesn’t look ready and willing to throw away fire and brimstone once it gets going. Still, the styling does take into account that Jeep doesn’t usually go overboard even when high-performance models are involved.
We still see wider wheel arches, a hood scoop borrowed from the TRX to give more air to the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 from underneath, along with black alloy wheels and high-performance Brembo brakes taken directly from the current iteration of the Trackhawk.
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