2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 | Retro Review 

Nice looking SUV. I still see these from time to time, flying down the road. I love the sound of the Hemi... not the gas pump 😅.

Wow!!! Just under $40k for this bad boy. Today the msrp would be around $60k with stealerships asking $20k markup on top of it.

9 out of 10 gas stations owners recommend you get that Jeep.

Wow, this was in 2006? Still looks pretty modern in 2023!

OG trackhawk. Also they should have kept the center exit exhaust on newer ones

The 6.1 is a beautiful engine

2006 is a 'retro review' now? omg... I remember this as if it were yesterday. Scary to think it was 17 years ago. I was 20 then and 37 now.. I drove one of these. Lots of fun and you learn to love and hate it. :) I have a '23 ram 1500 with the 5.7 now and it sounds sooooo nice

Part of me wonders how other SRT Jeeps would’ve sold at that time if Daimler had let Chrysler have more creative freedom.

Truly ahead of its time

It was always love at first sight with this jeep

I think this was the best body style especially for the SRT8 trim

I remember this being so cool when it first hit the scene! Way before the Hellcat engine days, this was it!

Had an 06 GC HEMI - loved and hated that truck at the same time lol. Great speed and also a great appetite for fuel. The early 00s every Chrysler interior was filled with hard plastics and cost cutting everywhere which they resolved with the next gen Cherokee.

I had a 2008 , man that thing was a beast , it scared the crap out of my wife when she first dove it 😂. It had tv’s and the better looking black interior, the dual exhaust was beautiful.

Ahead of its time. Or a trendsetter. Either way it's still viable as a daily even today.

I had a 2006 inferno red just like this one many years ago. Drove it hard and enjoyed every minute of it. I miss that Jeep.

A buddy bof mine got one years ago, he was so happy he leased it with all the problems during ownership.

5:01 John: JUST WATCH FOR SPEED TRAPS ALONG THE WAY! LOL

Got a black one… sweet ride

I'm not a jeep.guy but I love these 😊

I miss the 2008 that I had

Lovin mine in UK! 2010 here

I still love mine 💥

Now mostly in the hands of Edgars. 😂

The 2011-2021 Jeep SRTs are better looking, but this first Jeep SRT is still a legend. Some people I know (one of whom happens to be the president of a boat manufacturer used to have a 2009 SRT Jeep.

No way this video was 17 years ago

My neighbor had the sickest one of these. It sounded crazy loud and the thing hauled ass.

Very nice the Jeep Cherokee SRT8

That’s a sweet keep!

Fast forward to December of this year....The party's over!

Have an 07 45k miles on the clock…. 25k cash isn’t a bad price tag

Great job Keep it up From Argentina

The transmission shifting sounds like it's pausing rpms. Like a manual. Odd.

Dr Jeky ll And MR. Jeep

Not srt but it’s had a kind of odd one from 2006. Me and my dad were looking for a car around 4K and a blacked out one with an umbrella corp resident evil sticker on the side caught my attention. It was a basic Laredo no 4x4 but had leather seats and a few minor problems but it never broke down. Had to sell it but found another blacked out 06 basic Laredo with leather seats. Thought it was the same one but had no sticker and saw it was different. I’ve seen a. Few like that. Maybe it was a fleet company version or something

Good deal for money 💰 sweet ride 😊😊😊

Easily the best looking of all Grand Cherokees, and I loved the hinged tailgate glass. As far as gas mileage, I only had the 4.7 and even it never got over 19 mpg, even cruising on the highway at legal speeds.

The good old days before Stellantis took over and decreed that there would be no more muscle cars

only one problem... it wasn't the first high performance grand cherokee, the the 1998 5.9 limited was

Really cool jeep

More aggressive cams? This is an OHV engine, sir.

Love these old school/new school reviews! We have one of these but an 08.

First retro review talking about Bluetooth as a feature? Where did time go?

As the owner of a 75th anniversary 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It'd be cool if i could have the exterior of this, with my 2016 interior. I like the look of these way more than the 2014-2021 body style. The interior of this however is trash.

Dang did this have a gas guzzler tax?

I've had a couple of Jeeps and I've never wanted to go fast in any of them. But I did want more range when I'm off-roading. That's why I got the Ecodiesel.

Our 2015 V6 grand Cherokee has 300hp

I can’t believe this car was under 40k!

I wonder how that would stand up to my 392 Jeep Wrangler?

The shifts were soooo slow

Back when chrysler reliability fit n finish was horrible...how was it ever gonna tow w a center exit exhaust

Towing!!??? How?

So it had only 490 hp?

Bluetooth in 2006?

Cara usv isso me agrada muito mais 😁👍

this has more than 120hp compared to the 1992 gmc typhoon but is slower in the 0 to 60 and quarter mile.

How is it going to tow? No tow hitch?

It's almost hard to believe that these are nearly 20 years old... yikes

How could it tow 3500 pounds if it has a center exhaust?

I would still consider buying this Jeep. However, the SRT badge should have been Dodge only. The Trackhawk badge would have worked here perfectly.

Wheels look so dumb I’d go for a stock/sleeper look

This SRT engine is made mainly for better towing than performance because I think Jeep needs more towing power in the Grand Cherokee! Though you have to be careful on what you can tow because the engine is not made for towing a trailer especially with a 20,000 bulldozer on it!

Keep this suv running all year round. Get butter gas mileage than gasoline power commercial vehicle get a 4 of 6 miles per gallon on gasoline

whomever greenlit the headlights on this generation of Jeeps and Durango/Dakotas better have lost their job 🤢

The entire interior was complete junk.

No sound....

Mine gets 3 miles per gallon and and a whole lot of smiles per tank. ⛽️🛢