It remains a somewhat awkward combination: a sporty version of a colossal car. Ford is going down that road with the Expedition ST, but of course there are already more of these huge powerhouses.
Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
According to good tradition, almost every product of the former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles must be equipped with a Hellcat-V8. That is what they did with the Jeep Grand Cherokee. “You want a 710 hp strong 6.4-liter V8 in your 4.84 meter long off-road executioner? That’s possible! Then it weighs almost 2.5 tons, but you can come from a standstill in 3.7 seconds at 100 km/h and you can continue to 289 km/h.” Is it necessary? New. It’s so weird that it’s fun again.
Range Rover Sport SVR
Like the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Land Rover Range Rover is a car that was historically known as a utilitarian all-terrain vehicle, but has evolved into much more than that. In the long run, the Range Rover Sport came to be next to it and the British go just a little further than with the regular Range Rover. Although the normal Range Rover is also available with the 5.0 V8, they draw a lot of power in the Range Rover Sport where the rest pales in comparison. No less than 575 hp stamps the SVR out, partly thanks to the supercharger that is on it. It is not as fast as the Cherokee above, but in 4.5 seconds from 0 to 100 km / h in an SUV that weighs 2,310 kilos, remains a special spectacle.
Mercedes-AMG GLS
Can it be bigger and crazier? Yes, you can. The Mercedes-Benz GLS extends over no less than 5.33 meters – it can also be seen in its stature – and yet there is also a genuine version that has been overhauled by Mercedes-AMG: the GLS 63. An elephant Putting on sports shoes is a fitting metaphor here. The 4.0 biturbo V8, known from many other AMG’s, delivers no less than 612 hp power in the GLS, which enables the 2,530 kilo colossus to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.2 seconds. Anyone who sees this happening spontaneously begins to doubt the laws of physics.
Dodge Durango Hellcat
The Dodge Durango has never really been a model valued for its looks or off-road capability. That’s never what the Durango was about: this is a large SUV that especially families can be transported comfortably and spaciously. You can even wonder whether the current Durango is still an SUV at all, because in terms of appearance and with its three rows of seats, it also looks suspiciously like an MPV. In short, a car of which you would not expect that bizarre performances are possible. But wait, what about the former FCA and the Hellcat V8? Right, you can also get that in the Durango. Then it listens to the name Durango SRT Hellcat and you just pump 710 hp to the wheels. Exactly the same as with the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk and also the 3.7 seconds that are needed from 0 to 100 km/h are the same.
Alpina XB7
Finally, a colossus with monstrous power where people thought ‘if the brand doesn’t do it itself, we will do it’. There is no BMW X7 M, but Alpina gives a pretty good impression of what that could be like with the XB7. After all, it does not go beyond the 530 hp strong X7 M50i and that is of course not possible. Alpina went to work with the 4.4-liter biturbo V8 that is in it and still manages to pull out 621 hp. Enough power to keep up with the Mercedes-AMG GLS, because the XB7 also needs 4.2 seconds to reach 100 km/h. With the top speed of 290 km/h, you trump the GLS, because it is electronically limited to 250 km/h. Yet we wonder how many people have compared that way and gone for one of the two.
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