TRACKS NOT TRAILS

BITUMEN-FOCUSED TRACKHAWK SWOOPING INTO SHOWROOMS THIS DECEMBER.

WORDS TRISTAN TANCREDI

JEEP Australia has confirmed its racetrack-tearing SUV, the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, will land in local showrooms by the end of 2017. Tailor-made for bitumen instead of the kind of roads our readers prefer, the supercharged 6.2-litre V8-powered Trackhawk generates a gutful of grunt – 527kW/874Nm worth. And, when mated to a high-torque-capacity TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission and Brembo brakes, it’s enough to get our attention. “I’m very excited to confirm that the Trackhawk will officially join the Grand Cherokee range,” Jeep Australia President and CEO, Steve Zanlunghi, said. “From the moment it was revealed... we knew we had to bring it to Australia. Public interest in the Trackhawk has been incredible – barely a day goes by when I’m not asked if it’s coming. Now I can confirm it.” “The Grand Cherokee Trackhawk…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2017

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