Prestige car insurance socks it to ya with a High Performance Jeep!

Just to keep the ranked masses of Ken Livingstone and his red army quiet, and (as this prestige car insurer smirks to themselves) graciously bow down to their authoritarian manner, Jeep, the legendary manufacturer of heavyweight town cars on both sides of the Atlantic, has created something of a shrinking violet in automotive terms. Realising the error of their needless ways by tempting our very own (prestige car insuring) feeble of mind, yet expansive of pocket out of their ill-gotten gains (when really they should be cow-towing to their largely redneck clientele stateside) they've got in touch with their touchy-feely, almost feminine side to bring the conscientious urbane motorist the shy and retiring Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8. That, prestige car insurers is its 6.1 litre HEMI engine'd V8 brute that offers the discerning driver some 420bhp, producing a maximum speed of nigh on 152mph.

"What's that coming over the hill, is it a monster, is it a monster?!!" well, very nearly a triffle concerned prestige car insurers, yes. Possibly the fastest off-roader ever built it will more than likely be spotted parked up in Islington very soon. With its tail end hanging over into Kensington. Open its driver's door, and any prestige car insurer oblivious to public opinion, will step into Chelsea . But it's not about size, a thought most women will comfort you with. As aesthetically it looks no different than a bog-standard Jeep Grand Cherokee without a stupidly large engine dropped into it. 420lb per ft of torque the SRT-8 is 25% more aggressively urgent in its duty of shuttling the kids to school, and back again, than the standard, and rather wet-lettuce-like Grand Cherokee. And it uses a unique four-wheel drive system to guide it to 62mph in just 5.0 seconds. 5 seconds. Think about that for a minute. That's quicker than a Porsche Cayenne Turbo; and a fraction of the mortgage that you'd have to arrange to purchase one for your family to live in. as the SRT-8 is a give-away at £40,585 on the road/pavement/bus lane and every other piece of street furniture it encompasses. Come to think of it, that's quicker than my Ford Escort XR3i too. Jeez, that's some degree of making progress. SRT stands for Chrysler Groups (Jeeps owners) Street and Racing Technology division. A high performance division that obviously goes hand in glove with the world of off-roader's.

"When Jeep set out to create its quickest-ever model, it was with the race track rather than mud track in mind," said Peter Lambert, Managing Director of Chrysler Group UK, reading from a hurriedly sent fax from America, that he had to instantaneously translate from American as he imparted this info to us. "The SRT-8 is not intended to be off-road capable. Instead, with this injection of SRT DNA, the new Grand Cherokee SRT-8 establishes a fresh benchmark for high-performance SUVs. It has the raw power to out-perform a Porsche Cayenne Turbo at a fraction of the price." Impressive. And opening up whole new horizons for Peter and his mastering of another language.

Apparently though, performance isn't the reason Jeep have done what they've done. The real aim of the unique four-wheel drive system is to maximise the on-road traction available to the driver. Terrain being as it is in our city centres these days. Whilst being robust enough to handle the HEMI engine's rather copious amount of power and torque. They go on to tell us about rear axles, slippery surfaces and stability control, but frankly I can't get over the 0 - 62 time. And its top whack. Well, not until I've seen the overall exterior effect of this Goliath pelting David of vehicles. Although, being American it wouldn't be called David. Trent maybe? Or Brad perhaps? Superhero names. An all new front fascia that gobbles up lift and drag, which previous Jeeps haven't had to worry unduly about. The providing of sufficient airflow to meet the increased cooling demands of the HEMI is pretty high priority. As are the air intake ducts that help keep the front Brembo racing-styly brakes feeling fresh. And specially designed side sill extensions that are supposed to keep the thing on the road. Although I'm confident the engine will cover that area with considerable ease. And then there's a new rear fascia aswell; incorporating two largely diametered tail pipes that start their life near to the exhaust. And the suspension having been dropped 25mm. And 20" forged aluminium 5-spoked alloys to draw a swish line under the superficiality scoring. Although it has to be said, this time substance hasn't given way to styling; on the contrary they both seem to live in harmony with the Jeep. Must have taken a leaf out of this prestige car insurer's book in that case. As we manage effortlessly to mate both in order to create the perfect prestige car insurance package for you.