Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 Vs Porsche Cayenne GTS - Can American Muscle Trump German High Tech?

The last time we put the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 up against the mighty Porsche Cayenne, it wasn't exactly a fair fight. The Porsche was packing twin turbos on top of its 4.8-liter V8 engine, while the Jeep was forced to get by on its 6.4 liters of displacement alone.

OK, so it's hard to cry any tears for the Jeep, but this time around the Porsche in question has a little less help. Instead of the mighty Cayenne Turbo, we used the latest Cayenne GTS, a lightly modified version of the standard V8 model. There are no turbochargers to help this time, only a few minor tweaks that bump its output to 420 horsepower and 380 pound-feet of torque.

 

ThierryHenry14 - 10/25/2012 11:15:59 PM

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Wonder why you were deboosted... some people are just in denial maybe...

t_bone - 10/25/2012 2:43:55 PM

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Every time I see SUV's pulling in amazing track figures like this it makes me wonder - how much are the corporate attorneys holding back sports car development?

The 911 gets 60-0 braking in 110 feet - you add 2,000 lbs and jack up the vehicles and both stop quicker - something is wrong here.

chewy - 10/25/2012 3:45:51 PM

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Probably limited by the tires, unless you go to racing slicks you probably won't get much more improvement.

I95SPEEDINGTICKETS - 10/25/2012 4:04:43 PM

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T-Bone

Wind resistance helps in the case of the SUVs ?

Thats the only thing i could think of at such short notice.