People said they'd never put a viper engine in a truck either. We all can want and dream, hopefully they will listen.
Won't happen. again an SUV has a high center of gravity, giving one 707HP is asking for a rollover accident not to mention the fuel consumption, the hellcat manages around 12-13 MPG in city driving, put that engine in an SUV and your looking at less than 10 MPG, few people would like that idea, if you want speed and thrills, buy the hellcat, that's what it's meant for.
Won't happen. again an SUV has a high center of gravity, giving one 707HP is asking for a rollover accident not to mention the fuel consumption, the hellcat manages around 12-13 MPG in city driving, put that engine in an SUV and your looking at less than 10 MPG, few people would like that idea, if you want speed and thrills, buy the hellcat, that's what it's meant for.
The SRT Jeep wasn't really competing with other SUV's. More of a toy with some functionality.....like the SRT-10 Ram.
Always liked the SRT Jeep.
The regular 2014 GC is difficult to roll over. The SRT should be even better given that it's lower and has better tires.
It totally was competing with the Trailblazer SS.
The 392 was kind of a budget alternative to the GL63/G63/X5M/Cayenne Turbo/Range Rover Sport/etc.
Yes, rollover would require pretty major stupidity.
Under that cladding lurks the world’s most powerful sedan.
Anyone buying a 700hp vehicle of any sort is not going to be concerned with fuel mileage in the least. I'd like to see it in a Jeep, I'd never buy it but I'd like to see it.
Actually if anyone would do it, it would be them. 1.) They already throw a pretty powerful engine in it. 2.) It already sits lower in that form and have tons of suspension improvemtns. 3.) They would basically own the high performance SUV market. Which is a decent market, I mean Porche makes more on Cayenne sales than they do on on Boxter/Caymen/911 sales.They would never do it, the buyer would have to pay a hefty price increase for that power-train then the suspension would need to be beefed-up to handle 707HP, just a bad idea, they would probably sell a few but really with that kind of power you want something with a low center of gravity..
Actually if anyone would do it, it would be them.
So no AWD option?
Yes please!Theoretically, Chrysler can only do so many Hellcat variants, but perhaps the Jeep Grand Cherokee or the Ram 1500 would be good options for another one.
Now I just need to figure out how to afford one.
This is my hesitance.. And I understand why they do it. An AWD transfer case handing >500HP is a lot to ask. And even more so is getting the clutches right so that the inevitable idiots aren't hammering down the throttle while the steering wheel is in full lock on the left or right. There's a lot of liability and wear issues for the manufacturer taking it on. But there aren't alot of high-power sport's sedans with AWD outside of the exotic manufacturers (MB AMG group comes to mind). It's unfortunate, because it completely removes all these cars from my interest aside from just looking at pictures on the internet.
Now I just need to figure out how to afford one.
I told my kids they needed to drop out of school, get jobs, and support themselves. Genius!wait 5 years?