2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
By Autoweek
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Andrew Trahan
The 2012 Grand Cherokee SRT is the latest of the breed, built on the fourth-generation Grand Cherokee that debuted as a 2011 model (and promptly claimed our inaugural Autoweek Best of the Best/ Truck award).
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Andrew Trahan
The Jeep's chassis also gets the SRT treatment that effectively turns the Grand Cher-okee from capable mountain goat into a taut and muscular mountain lion.
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Andrew Trahan
In SRT trim, Jeep upgrades the engine to a Godzilla-level 6.4-liter, 470-hp, 465-lb-ft V8, hooked to a paddle-shifted five-speed automatic transmission sending power to all four wheels via Jeep's Moab-tested Quadra-Trac four-wheel-drive system.
4Andrew Trahan
The cabin of our machine came with standard SRT trim —deeply bolstered leather SRT seats with suede inserts, a heated, leather-wrapped, flat-bottomed steering wheel, carbon-fiber accent trim and plenty of space for four to spread out.
5Andrew Trahan
A bonus: Without the ceiling taken up by a TV screen, our SRT had a massive dual-pane sunroof that allowed us wide-open views skyward.
6Liam Donan
Automatic ride mode carried us across the Great Plains, but sport was our setting of choice in ski country, where it provided a just-right level of responsiveness without tacking all the way to track mode.
7Liam Donan
Though our 2,924-mile journey included mind-numbing hours of cross-country interstate travel, there were few complaints from passengers or pilots.
8Liam Donan
Spring trips always end too soon, but we didn't dread loading our bump-run battered bodies back aboard the SRT for the 1,200-mile ride home.
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