{"id":21731,"date":"2019-02-11T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=21731"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:24:39","slug":"srt-tantalizes-your-tastebuds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/reviews\/2019\/02\/srt-tantalizes-your-tastebuds.html","title":{"rendered":"SUVs to Tantalize Your Tastebuds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you need to haul the family (of humans and\/or dogs), but still want to feel like Leah Pritchett on the tree at Norwalk every time you\u2019re at a light? The SRT\u00ae<\/sup> team has added a little spice to SUVs from both Dodge and Jeep\u00ae<\/sub>: the Durango SRT<\/a> and Grand Cherokee Trackhawk<\/a>, respectively. Both are delicious options. And while you\u2019re gonna look super dope dropping the kids off at school, on Saturday, you\u2019ll be able to hit the track and act out those race hero impulses for real and run some legit \u00bc-mile times.<\/p>\n

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I say \u201cdelicious\u201d because I love food and a good metaphor. Before we hit Detroit for dinner, we need to decide what will satisfy our hunger, so let\u2019s lay out a few questions.<\/p>\n

How big is your family? What kind of price point is acceptable? What do you need to tow? Do you prefer your V8s big and naturally aspirated, or big with forced induction? How quickly do you want to cover the \u00bc mile?<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s be honest, vegans aren\u2019t exactly the target market. And we\u2019re in Detroit, so I\u2019m gonna give a little love to my two favorite spots for these particular main dishes. I think if you\u2019re looking at this pair of SUVs, it\u2019s kind of like choosing between a large meat lover\u2019s pizza from Pie-Sci<\/a> or a filet mignon, medium rare, with crispy potatoes from Roast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Say you want pizza. You head down Trumbull Avenue, across the bridge over 94, and Pie-Sci is right there on the west side of the street. You head in and get a large pizza, could be a meat lover\u2019s, could be the \u201cSalami Kilpatrick\u201d, and the entire family can dig in. It\u2019s not cheap for pizza, but it won\u2019t break your wallet; and it\u2019s worth every penny for the incredible crust and farm fresh ingredients. It\u2019s very satisfying.<\/p>\n

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In this case, I think you\u2019re a Durango SRT kind of person. It\u2019s a nearly 500-horsepower AWD automobile that seats a legit 6 people. Healthy fun for the whole family! And it\u2019s got that something special . . . it\u2019s not just a pepperoni and cheese pizza from a chain. There\u2019s an aggressive stance, the mean mug, and it sounds like a muscle car. The throttle is especially zesty. Dodge and SRT kept it real. It has the soul of a hot rod and you feel that behind the wheel, especially in track mode with the paddle shifters. If you wanna shake and bake, get over to Milan Dragway, put the fam in the stands and run a 12-second pass at over 100 mph!<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, maybe it\u2019s fine dining you\u2019re in the mood for. Instead of bringing the kiddos (or dogs, if you\u2019re me) along, you\u2019re gonna grab a couple of friends for a night out. Downtown at the corner of Michigan and Washington sits Michael Symon\u2019s Roast. The food scene in Detroit is blowing up, but Roast was there before the boom and remains my go-to restaurant for a big, juicy steak. You\u2019re going into this dinner knowing the bill will climb well into triple figures, but you\u2019re a baller, right? You catch the scent of roasting meat and get a taste of that perfectly prepared cut and you will be hooked.<\/p>\n

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At nearly 6 figures, the Trackhawk is a bit more exclusive than the Durango SRT. It’s not exactly on the menu for the working class family and it\u2019s definitely pushing the boundaries of what the average consumer will pay for a Jeep Brand vehicle. Yet you won\u2019t find anyone who orders and tastes the 707-horsepower Grand Cherokee disappointed. (If your palette isn\u2019t so refined, maybe hit Outback; you get what you pay for.) Personally, it might be my favorite thing I\u2019ve driven. Inside, there is slick and refined space for 5 people that belies the SRT Hellcat powerplant sitting just in front of you. I read that it would do high 11-second runs, but my butt dyno sensed that the Trackhawk was quicker than that. My suspicions were confirmed when I scanned some enthusiast forums and found a guy who went 11.3 at 118 mph bone stock, tires and all. The acceleration is a gut punch, and not just on a prepped track. It grips in snow, rain and sleet. I love doing burnouts as much as the next person, but the Trackhawk\u2019s instant quickness is intoxicating. It also tops out at 180 mph! I\u2019m sure somebody has hit that. In a controlled environment, of course…<\/p>\n

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Externally, the Trackhawk is attractive, yet subtle, more so than the Durango. The noise is beautiful, but subdued compared to either the Charger or Challenger SRT Hellcats. It\u2019s the filet mignon set on crab bearnaise next to crispy potatoes done to absolute perfection VS. the outrageous \u201cOooooo, BarraGouda!\u201d butternut mac & cheese sauce with broccoli, bacon, red peppers and Gouda pizza at Pie-Sci. Yellow Brembos and quad tail pipes give the Trackhawk away, but only to those in the know.<\/p>\n

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Money is money, you can always make more. Can you put a price on the permanent smile you\u2019ll have every day, to and from work, or school, or softball practice, or to get groceries? All seasons, any conditions, any occasion. There is no need to tuck the Trackhawk away, ever. You really can eat steak every night.<\/p>\n

Both SUVs are pretty impressive tow vehicles. Let\u2019s say a 12-second, or even a low 11-second pass isn\u2019t enough anymore. Perhaps you\u2019ve modded a Charger SRT Hellcat to the point where, hey, you\u2019re running single digits and its street manners are a little rough. Pull it on a trailer and let either the Durango (8,700-lb capacity) or the Trackhawk (7,400-lb capacity) do the heavy lifting to the track. I\u2019ve seen a couple SRT Demons on a trailer behind a Trackhawk combos that, while I\u2019ll drive my SRT Demon anywhere, stirs up a bit of jealousy.<\/p>\n

Versatile. Lots of power. Delectable.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s time to eat.<\/p>\n

What will it be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you need to haul the family (of humans and\/or dogs), but still want to feel like Leah Pritchett on the tree at Norwalk every time you\u2019re at a light? The SRT\u00ae team has added a little spice to SUVs from both Dodge and Jeep\u00ae: the Durango SRT and Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, respectively. Both are delicious options. And while you\u2019re gonna look super dope dropping the kids off at school, on Saturday, you\u2019ll be able to hit the track and act out those race hero impulses for real and run […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":21786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2626],"tags":[737,605],"class_list":["post-21731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-durango","tag-srt"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/feature-4.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21731"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43658,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21731\/revisions\/43658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}