JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 6.1 V8 SRT-8 5dr Auto (2006)

ROOOAARR haha this is a beast of a machine but drinks petrol

In all fairness I won't lie about this, I am literally lucky to get 20 miles a gallon out of my Jeep Grand Cherokee 6.1 V8 SRT, but actually, for an enormous 6 litre bad boy like this, it's pretty good. That is actually quite hard to say! 20mpg is good! It is though for a 6 litre, and anyway the Grand Cherokee has just got so much to recommend it. Fortunately I'm able to claim back most of my mileage with work, which is actually one of the reasons I got it, and I reckon I'd have to move on if I lost that job, which I might, hmm...

Anyway for now, the Jeep Grand Cherokee is a fantastic machine. Sit in it, you're above everyone. Start the engine, it beats everyone's. Drive it, you'll trump any pansy pretender 4x4. Accelerate from a standstill, you'll literally beat a Ferarri. That was one of the things that also sold me on it, nought to sixty in FIVE SECONDS!!! Saying that, you would need to be careful if all you've ever driven is a tiny car. The power would be pretty immense and you might stack the car before you know what's happened.

I should also say, I had been after one of these for a long time after driving a friend's one, and it did take me a good few months to find one, there don't seem to be many around.

In terms of size and everything, the storage spaces up front are good, and the boot is a fine size. I get lots of merchandise in there, I once had a complete dining table and five chairs in there (they did sort of fit together ok-ish in the back, but still, enormous). The only sort of let down is the back seats. We mostly only have the kids back there, but when I was driving some mates to a stag do in London they started to feel it back there, and we had to stop off a few times for them to stretch out.

I don't honestly get off road with my Grand Cherokee much, but I've driven across the odd field and it's handled that just fine. Ah, tell a lie, I once had an off road experience, albeit by accident, during an excursion. Basically it involved getting us through a little river, which I thought was shallower than it was! The Grand Cherokee reared its head, cleared its throat and climbed out of it though, no problem.