Show EXPLORE AND CONQUER, The 2023 Jeep® Grand Cherokee continues its legacy of advanced capability, offering a Class-Exclusive available V8 engine or a Class-Exclusive PHEV engine that gives you the power to explore new horizons and bold terrain. , 2023 JEEP® GRAND CHEROKEE CAPABILITY, EXPLORE AND CONQUER, The 2023 Jeep® Grand Cherokee continues its legacy of advanced capability, offering a Class-Exclusive available V8 engine or a Class-Exclusive PHEV engine that gives you the power to explore new horizons and bold terrain. , With the Jeep® Grand Cherokee (WK2) ending
production at end of 2021, there has been a lot of questions regarding the future of the Trackhawk nameplate. The 707 horsepower performance version of the Grand Cherokee has proven to be a powerful competitor on the track and a downright menace on the drag strip. So what is left for the Trackhawk? Back in 2018, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) held a Captial Markets Day event where it told its investors the plans for the direction of its global brand portfolio over the next five years (till 2023). While some plans have
changed, Jeep went into detail about its strategy for the Trackhawk nameplate. Jeep listed the Trackhawk as the brand’s statement of “ultimate on-road performance” and that it would continue the Jeep brand’s message of “segment-leading capability”. With that being said, any performance variant of the Jeep brand could use the Trackhawk nameplate. That being said, with the
recent “disbanding” of the SRT division, it appears that the SRT name will continue on Dodge vehicles only as the top performance trim level. This means that the fifth-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee (WL) could produce a 6.4-liter 392 cubic-inch HEMI V8 with the Trackhawk nameplate similar to the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT392. Our sources have indicated there are still a few more years of Hellcat power left under the Dodge, Jeep, and Ram brands. We don’t expect the HEMI to die anytime soon, but
instead, incorporate more fuel-saving technologies to allow them to continue to meet federally mandated emissions requirements. So will a 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk make the cut? More than likely!  But what could the next-generation Grand Cherokee Trackhawk look like? One particular digital artist on Instagram believes he has the answer. Giving the fifth-generation a low slung profile, ildar_project gives the new Grand Cherokee a more menacing look despite its more squared look. Based on the Overland trim, this Trackhawk design adds a massive front chin spoiler, massive 6-piston Brembo brakes, lower side sills, a Durango-styled performance hood with scoop, 20-inch forged Alcoa wheels from the 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320. Looking at the rear, there are two different rear spoilers, one massive one about the rear window and the other just below it acting as more of a wicker bill spoiler. Of course, this Trackhawk design features four massive exhaust outlets coming out the back of the vehicle. The vehicle is finished in a Redline strip similar to that offered on the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT392 and SRT Hellcat. So what do you think of the design? Let us know in the comments below. Don’t forget to check out our dedicated WLJeepForum.com forum, to discuss everything surrounding the fifth-generation Grand Cherokee (WL) models.
Robert S. Miller is a diehard Mopar enthusiast who lives and breathes all that is Mopar. The Michigander is not only a Co-Editor for MoparInsiders.com, 5thGenRams.com, and HDRams.com but an automotive photographer. He is an avid fan of offshore powerboat racing, which he travels the country to take part in. Will there be a new Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT?While Jeep has made no changes to the Grand Cherokee SRT for 2021, an all-new Grand Cherokee is expected for the 2022 model year. That means big changes should be coming for this high-performance variant.
Is Jeep going to make another Trackhawk?Speaking to Motor Authority at the 2022 New York Auto Show, Head of Jeep brand Jim Morrison explains that future performance models of the Jeep Grand Cherokee won't have a V8, and the name Trackhawk won't see a second-generation on the new WL platform.
Is the Trackhawk getting discontinued?Trackhawk replaced by WL Grand Cherokee
In addition, we can all blame stricter emissions regulations for the supercharged Trackhawk's unexpected demise. The Trackhawk could make a roaring comeback in the fifth-gen Grand Cherokee for the 2023 model year, but it won't be the Trackhawk of yore.
Is the Grand Cherokee being phased out?Production of the outgoing Jeep Grand Cherokee—chassis code WK2—has ended, according to a Jeep representative, but it can still be found on sale as a 2022 model alongside its replacement, the new 2022 Grand Cherokee WL (the one available, for the first time ever, as a three-row).
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