2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 | Retro Review
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- Big muscle sport utes were unheard of when Jeep pulled the pin on this SRT8 Grand Cherokee. Check out our first impressions of this dragon wagon!
Show 2527 | Original Airdate 03-07-2006
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Nice looking SUV. I still see these from time to time, flying down the road. I love the sound of the Hemi... not the gas pump 😅.
Had an 06 Commander HEMI - can confirm filling it up sucked lol. But OMG the speed of that thing it felt like a sports car taking off.
Wow!!! Just under $40k for this bad boy. Today the msrp would be around $60k with stealerships asking $20k markup on top of it.
$39,995 in 2006 money is equal to $61,000 in todays money due to inflation. So you are not wrong?
Try $100k lol
@@connorPiper0yeah people always seem to forget that part when saying 'cars aren't cheap anymore'
Their Hellcat versions are over 100k now
Picked one up this same color(inferno red) a few months ago w 113k on the clock. (Stock) It's not bad, ride is firm but you get used to it and I don't commute far to work so it works out at the pump. It's a fun rig
2006 is a 'retro review' now? omg... I remember this as if it were yesterday. Scary to think it was 17 years ago. I was 20 then and 37 now.. I drove one of these. Lots of fun and you learn to love and hate it. :) I have a '23 ram 1500 with the 5.7 now and it sounds sooooo nice
LOL I listened to Pat Benatar on the radio recently. It was called an "oldies" station.
OG trackhawk. Also they should have kept the center exit exhaust on newer ones
for real though. it looked so much cooler.
It got in the way of the hitch for towing
@@hasonlavajunk9774 good point
@@hasonlavajunk9774 was wondering how it had an ability to tow with that exhaust
@@hasonlavajunk9774 Yeah, he mentioned a tow rating, but you can't tow without a hitch lol
9 out of 10 gas stations owners recommend you get that Jeep.
Why doesnt the 10th lol
@@luminator982 He only sells diesel
Ctfu ... FAX ! 😂
@@davidandersson5610 than it isn't a gas station but a diesel station lol
LOL
Truly ahead of its time
The 6.1 is a beautiful engine
Wow, this was in 2006? Still looks pretty modern in 2023!
ahahahhahahahaa
Because it's Chrysler. You get a facelift every two decades.
Looks modern? Haha. It looked dated the moment this body style rolled off the assembly line. Typical Chrysler
Lol.... modern I would have to disagree....doesn't mean I don't like the way it looks... because it is NOT modern looking
I think of modern and I think of egg shaped
It was always love at first sight with this jeep
Very beautiful and nice the Jeep Cherokee SRT8
I think this was the best body style especially for the SRT8 trim
I remember this being so cool when it first hit the scene! Way before the Hellcat engine days, this was it!
Part of me wonders how other SRT Jeeps would’ve sold at that time if Daimler had let Chrysler have more creative freedom.
with General Motors and Ford as Chrysler's Badge Engineering Benchmark, i dont think they would any more creative
@@alfonsomartinez7919 Yeah, you don’t see many people reminiscing about the Torrent GXPs and Vue Redlines.
I had a 2008 , man that thing was a beast , it scared the crap out of my wife when she first dove it 😂. It had tv’s and the better looking black interior, the dual exhaust was beautiful.
Had an 06 GC HEMI - loved and hated that truck at the same time lol. Great speed and also a great appetite for fuel. The early 00s every Chrysler interior was filled with hard plastics and cost cutting everywhere which they resolved with the next gen Cherokee.
I had a 2006 inferno red just like this one many years ago. Drove it hard and enjoyed every minute of it. I miss that Jeep.
A buddy bof mine got one years ago, he was so happy he leased it with all the problems during ownership.
5:01 John: JUST WATCH FOR SPEED TRAPS ALONG THE WAY! LOL
Ahead of its time. Or a trendsetter. Either way it's still viable as a daily even today.
Love these old school/new school reviews! We have one of these but an 08.
Got a black one… sweet ride
Lovin mine in UK! 2010 here
I'm not a jeep.guy but I love these 😊
I miss the 2008 that I had
I still love mine 💥
Very nice the Jeep Cherokee SRT8
My neighbor had the sickest one of these. It sounded crazy loud and the thing hauled ass.
That’s a sweet keep!
Not srt but it’s had a kind of odd one from 2006. Me and my dad were looking for a car around 4K and a blacked out one with an umbrella corp resident evil sticker on the side caught my attention. It was a basic Laredo no 4x4 but had leather seats and a few minor problems but it never broke down. Had to sell it but found another blacked out 06 basic Laredo with leather seats. Thought it was the same one but had no sticker and saw it was different. I’ve seen a. Few like that. Maybe it was a fleet company version or something
No way this video was 17 years ago
Fast forward to December of this year....The party's over!
The 2011-2021 Jeep SRTs are better looking, but this first Jeep SRT is still a legend. Some people I know (one of whom happens to be the president of a boat manufacturer used to have a 2009 SRT Jeep.
11-21 interior is far better exterior not so much
Different strokes for different folks.
Dr Jeky ll And MR. Jeep
Great job
Keep it up
From Argentina
The transmission shifting sounds like it's pausing rpms. Like a manual. Odd.
Easily the best looking of all Grand Cherokees, and I loved the hinged tailgate glass. As far as gas mileage, I only had the 4.7 and even it never got over 19 mpg, even cruising on the highway at legal speeds.
Now mostly in the hands of Edgars. 😂
Good deal for money 💰 sweet ride 😊😊😊
Really cool jeep
Have an 07 45k miles on the clock…. 25k cash isn’t a bad price tag
only one problem... it wasn't the first high performance grand cherokee, the the 1998 5.9 limited was
The good old days before Stellantis took over and decreed that there would be no more muscle cars
First retro review talking about Bluetooth as a feature? Where did time go?
How is it going to tow? No tow hitch?
So it had only 490 hp?
I've had a couple of Jeeps and I've never wanted to go fast in any of them. But I did want more range when I'm off-roading. That's why I got the Ecodiesel.
More aggressive cams? This is an OHV engine, sir.
Our 2015 V6 grand Cherokee has 300hp
Dang did this have a gas guzzler tax?
As the owner of a 75th anniversary 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It'd be cool if i could have the exterior of this, with my 2016 interior. I like the look of these way more than the 2014-2021 body style. The interior of this however is trash.
I can’t believe this car was under 40k!
Bluetooth in 2006?
Bluetooth has been in cars since around 2000.
It wouldn’t stream music, only hands free for phone calls
I wonder how that would stand up to my 392 Jeep Wrangler?
Assuming stock vs stock. The 392 Wrangler is governed at 100mph. This is governed to 155mph.
Offroad, wrangler would dominate, on road, other way around
Both kings of Jeep .
Back when chrysler reliability fit n finish was horrible...how was it ever gonna tow w a center exit exhaust
How could it tow 3500 pounds if it has a center exhaust?
There actually was a hitch that routed around the exhaust. Goofy looking but I guess it worked.
Towing!!??? How?
Cara usv isso me agrada muito mais 😁👍
this has more than 120hp compared to the 1992 gmc typhoon but is slower in the 0 to 60 and quarter mile.
The Jeep is almost 1000lbs heavier.
Should not matter with that much HP.
@@crazybear5475 it does matter, as does power delivery, gearing, sprung weight as well. N/a vs turbocharged does too.
@@crazybear5475it's all about power to weight ratio
Typhoon Has Shorter Gearing ... Srt-8 Has Longer Gearing .. Its Kind Of Common Sense
The shifts were soooo slow
I would still consider buying this Jeep. However, the SRT badge should have been Dodge only. The Trackhawk badge would have worked here perfectly.
This SRT engine is made mainly for better towing than performance because I think Jeep needs more towing power in the Grand Cherokee! Though you have to be careful on what you can tow because the engine is not made for towing a trailer especially with a 20,000 bulldozer on it!
It's only rated for about five thousand pounds in any body style, still better than Explorer or Trailblazer
It's almost hard to believe that these are nearly 20 years old... yikes
Wheels look so dumb I’d go for a stock/sleeper look
Keep this suv running all year round. Get butter gas mileage than gasoline power commercial vehicle get a 4 of 6 miles per gallon on gasoline
whomever greenlit the headlights on this generation of Jeeps and Durango/Dakotas better have lost their job 🤢
Yeah they were terrible
The entire interior was complete junk.
No sound....
It's there now.. I think that happens sometimes
Mine gets 3 miles per gallon and and a whole lot of smiles per tank.
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