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Well truth of the matter is that I dont really drive off road, I drive in some pretty bad road conditions as far as snow, but very rarely go off road. It does bug me that the fron fasia is so low to the ground, which will deffinately prevent me from driving in snow thats very deep. Everything else it has to offer though I feel just about makes up for it.
I dont tow much, so basically I drive an suv for the room, and the ability to drive on roads with alot of snow on them. I also drive suv's because other then pick up trucks you cant get a very decent rear wheel drive car here in the states. The ameican market is really limited, and one dimensional. you can drive a big fast car that doesnt have much room inside, or you can drive a luxury sedan that doesnt handle well, and isnt that fast, but has a luxury type interior, or you can drive a big slow truck or suv. unless you go up to an escalade of course, and even the escalades are slow, and dont handle well.
I really thiink jeep hit it on the head with the srt8 cherokee. Its an suv, and has the tall stance of an suv, the interior is everything that most luxury sedans are, and it has the performance of most american muscle cars like the camaro's or mustangs. its not as fast as a vette or a gt by any means, but one must keep in mind that its an suv, and there are limits to how practicaly fast you can make an suv. I think its an all around good mix of everything I want from a car/truck. Once you take price into consideration then it seems like an even better deal.
I honestly dont konw that there is another vehicle around starting at 40k that has what the srt9GC has. Leather interior, 20" wheels, and great acceleration and power, along with insane breaking for an suv. Sure it probly doesnt go threw the curves, and corner up to par with performance cars, but its an suv.
its not a sports car, or a super car by any means, its an suv. Its tall, and it weighs alot, so to expect it to perform exactly like other sports cars, or super cars just isnt a fair comparison. I dont think that jeep had any intentions of compeating with such cars. I think they rather wanted to make a much more sporty suv. 90% of suv owners dont take their vehicle off road anyway, so why not put a more street agressive suv on the market. sadly they did have to sacrafice alot of offroad ability. I would like to see them make an srt8 cherokee that was alittle more trail friendly, but had atleast comparable street agression. other then that I feel its a well ballanced vehicle. That or I would like to see them take it to the other extreme and make a twin turbo verssion lol. get those 0-60 times down to the mid to lower 4 seccond range. That would more then make up for its lack of off road ability. I still like it enough that I bought one though.
I do have a cheaper less expensive sports car. its actually a motor cycle lol, but it serves the purpose weather permitting. its 0-60 times are more comparable to the supercars, and top line sports cars, and probly handles better, besides the problem of not having the protection around you that you do with a car lol.
I do think though the fact that it can even approach the same performance levels of some cars shows that it is a very high performance suv, although it is still an suv, and isnt meant to be classified with with the super cars, or top of the line sports cars...freak
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