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Say Farewell to the 300 SRT, America

(Credit: © Chrysler)

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Say Farewell to the 300 SRT, America

2014 Chrysler 300 SRT8

2014 Chrysler 300 SRT8 (Credit: © Chrysler)

Chrysler’s experiment with making SRT into its own brand is officially over, as the performance arm has become a piece of the Dodge lineup. This leaves us with a pair of popular SRT models with rather uncertain futures: the 300 SRT and the Grand Cherokee SRT.

The 300 SRT has long been the perfect American car, as it combines a 475-horsepower, HEMI V-8 with all the luxury most American buyers want. Despite its perfect fit for American buyers, a report from Automotive News claims that the soon-to-be-unveiled, revised 300 will not have an SRT version here in America. However, the 300 SRT will carry on in select right-hand-drive markets through 2015.

The 300 SRT’s elimination from American dealers shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, as Chrysler’s five-year plan made no mention of an SRT-tuned 300 and all the prototypes of the 300 SRT caught testing have been right-hand drive.

As for the Grand Cherokee SRT, Jeep plans to keep the model around for 2015, but there are no concrete plans for the future. Recently, Jeep trademarked the name “Trackhawk,” and a company rep told Automotive News that this name is likely to replace the SRT in 2016. The source was quick to point out that this plan s not set in stone and could change.

Now comes the speculation; since the Grand Cherokee is possibly getting a Trackhawk model to replace the SRT, might Chrysler be working on a new performance-oriented version of the 300 to replace the SRT? As of today, all signs point toward no, but with enough clamoring from buyers, Chrysler may not have a choice but to add one.

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