Spy Shots: Jeep SRT-8 freshening?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/" rel="tag">SUVs</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/jeep/" rel="tag">Jeep</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/jeep-grand-cherokee-srt-8-spy-shots/880486/"><img width="450" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="304" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/080624-spy-07.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><em>Click image above for small gallery of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8<br /><br /></em>While out in the Mojave testing the new Subaru STI, our buddy Rich Truesdell not only came upon a fleet of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/24/spy-shots-even-better-pics-of-the-new-09-acura-tl/">2009 Acura TLs</a>, but caravan of Mopars. There were "several Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8s, a Dodge Challenger, with a camouflaged Jeep Grand Cherokee towing a trailer in tandem with a Mercedes ML towing a similar trailer." The ML was a tipoff that this could be a Grand Cherokee with the Mercedes-shared turbodiesel engine. But when the vehicles passed by, they knew they were listening to a Hemi under that hood. So maybe it is just an upgraded Hemi that was being load-tested against a similarly powerful ML550. Informed speculation says that a new fascia lies behind the camo and it was undergoing cooling testing. Rich also mentions tire upgrades and even a horsepower bump as possible reasons for the desert excursion. One intriguing theory is the adaptation of Chrysler's gas-saving multi displacement system to the hi-po Hemi, something Chrysler has said wouldn't work on this engine. We'll probably have to just wait and see, but for now, check out our mini gallery supplied by Truesdell and <a href="http://www.automotivetraveler.co m/index.php?option=com_cont ent&task=view&id=291&Item id=194"><em>Automotive Traveler</em></a> for the rest of the tale of the encounter in the desert.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/jeep-grand-cherokee-srt-8-spy-shots/">Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 spy shots</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/jeep-grand-cherokee-srt-8-spy-shots/880486/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/080624-spy-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/jeep-grand-cherokee-srt-8-spy-shots/880485/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/080624-spy-06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/jeep-grand-cherokee-srt-8-spy-shots/880447/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/080624-spy-07_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/jeep-grand-cherokee-srt-8-spy-shots/880487/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/080624-spy-08_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.automotivetraveler.co m/index.php?option=com_cont ent&task=view&id=291&Item id=194">Automotive Traveler</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://www.automotivetraveler.co m/index.php?option=com_cont ent&task=view&id=291&Item id=194>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/24/spy-shots-jeep-srt-8-freshening/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1235440/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/24/spy-shots-jeep-srt-8-freshening/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />

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