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THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL SUV IS A…JEEP

- Jason Gonderman

There is no better time than the present to be a horsepower junkie. Fuel prices are still relatively low, auto manufacturers are profitable again, and vehicles that excite the senses are back in favor. Sure, a few of the old guard are sticking with building boring, vanilla vehicles, but for the most part, each company has something ludicrous in its current lineup.

The folks at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are among the most recognized for building wildly powerful cars, trucks, and SUVs. The company’s SRT division has been cramming large-displacement V-8 and V-10 engines into things for decades. This group was responsible for the Viper, as well as the Viper V-10–powered Ram SRT-10. They’ve dropped muscular V-8s into the Challenger, Charger, Magnum, and 300, along with turbocharging and adding a large spoiler to Neon. Long held as the quickest accelerating of the SRT family was the Jeep Grand Cherokee, which thanks to its wide tires and all-wheel-drive system, could outlaunch a Viper from a standstill—or so legend had it, anyway.