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"Jeep&amp;#039;s 2014 Grand Cherokee SRT is a hammer\u2014a big effin&amp;#039; hammer with prizefighter power and a methed-up-Chris-Brown attitude begging for confrontation. It&amp;#039;s the school bully, the bazooka at the knife fight, and your daughter&amp;#039;s black-leather-jacketed prom date all rolled into one. We&amp;#039;ve been fans of the hottest Grand Cherokee since the model appeared in 2006 and began giving Porsche Cayennes atomic wedgies. After handing the 2014 example some abuse at its Circuit of the Americas (COTA) press launch, our adulation for the Jeep has only grown.  Picture a 5150-pound barn door ripping down the back straight of an F1 track at more than 125 mph. You blaze by the first brake marker, then the second, then slam the brake pedal to the floor, making the business end of America&amp;#039;s baddest SUV dance around like a drunk pinup. You drop three gears via a steering-wheel shift paddle, crank the wheel left, mat the gas, and power off the corner in a killer drift that makes you feel like a Hollywood stunt driver. This is not a made-up story. It&amp;#039;s the factual recollection of my run into COTA&amp;#039;s Turn 12. In the rain.  The Grand Cherokee SRT, face-lifted for this year, no longer sports an &amp;quot;8&amp;quot; in its name\u2014the model used to be called SRT8\u2014but its engine is still a 6.4-liter, 470-hp V-8. SRT engineers ditched the old truck&amp;#039;s ancient five-speed automatic in favor of a new slick-shifting eight-speed that bumps fuel economy by 1 mpg both city and highway, to 13/19. Built-in launch control helps the Jeep consistently hustle to 60 mph in a claimed 4.8 seconds. Oddly, this is the same time quoted for last year&amp;#039;s SRT8, which had much taller gearing. Combine that with five different modes for the adjustable suspension and all-wheel-drive system (Auto, Sport, Track, Snow, and Tow) and a 7200-pound towing capacity (2200 pounds more than last year), and you&amp;#039;ve got a performance SUV that has the jack-of-all-trades thing nailed.  The old SRT&amp;#039;s kidney-jarring ride has been replaced with one that&amp;#039;s compliant and confidence-inspiring, and the truck feels a heck of a lot lighter than it used to. Visually, however, it&amp;#039;s still a heavyweight, as Chrysler&amp;#039;s design team went full-bore aggressive with the squat nose and LED running lights. Out back, a nicely integrated rear spoiler and dual exhaust finish things off.  There are drivers out there who will dismiss this thing. They&amp;#039;ll say it&amp;#039;s too brash, too American, too far over the top. They&amp;#039;ll point out that it lacks the refinement, class, and pedigree of a BMW X5M or a Porsche Cayenne GTS. To them we say, see you at the track. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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