Hennessey Performance. 650hp Jeep SRT8 Grand Ch...
VisionSunday, May 12th, 2013Hennessey puts its new 650bhp Jeep SRT8 Grand Cherokee to the test on the quarter mile drag strip. SRT CEO Ralph Gilles can tell you what it’s like powering a Jeep SRT8...
The crankandpiston Guide to Sri Lanka. Classic ...
RoadWednesday, April 3rd, 2013crankandpiston hit the road in Sri Lanka and discover a land rich in cool classic cars. Travel guides are a great source of information brimmed full of super helpful stuff, like...
SRT Grand Cherokee. CEO Ralph Gilles. Circuit o...
LifestyleMonday, March 11th, 2013SRT CEO Ralph Gilles explains the virtues of the brand whilst lapping the Circuit of the Americas at speed in an SRT Grand Cherokee. We’re beginning to think we’ve massively underestimated...
Jeep Wrangler Sport Auto. Desert Jamboree. Duba...
RoadMonday, February 4th, 2013crankandpiston takes a Jeep Wrangler Sport Auto off-road to Wadi Shouka and into the desert at Jebel Maleiha and Fossil Rock. Thanks to the 17th annual Jeep Jamboree, we put the...
The simple life. Jeep Wrangler
VisionWednesday, November 7th, 2012Sometimes, life gets too complicated. In the search for perfection, we end up tangled in a web of complexity. Much better, don’t you think, to try and keep things simple? Take...
Ford Raptor. Dubai, UAE. Extinction? Pah!
RoadTuesday, November 6th, 2012Giving the mighty Ford SVT Raptor a proper drive out was an exercise we’d been wanting to do for the last couple of years, yet for a multitude of reasons it...
Night Shooting. The Star Trail. Ben Canales
LifestyleSaturday, September 29th, 2012Hunting for mind blowing examples of light capturing has become a bit of a habit of the team at crankandpiston recently. Yes we look mostly in and around the Middle East,...
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. Looks. Noise. Power!
RoadMonday, June 18th, 2012BWAAAAAAAAAAARGH bellows the huge 6.4-litre HEMI V8, raging at startled passers-by from behind a familiar seven-slot Jeep grille. Heads turn, lattes are dropped, small children start to cry. It’s understandable –...
Jeep Grand Cherokee STR8. Lapping The Nurburgri...
VisionThursday, April 5th, 2012We’ve featured a lot of Nurburgring charges on crankandpiston in the past: Dodge Viper ACR, Jaguar XKR-S, Formula BMW Single Seater. You get the idea: high performance machines with a bucketful...
