Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa Selected as Brand Ambassadors for Jeep in Europe

Jeep of Europe has given two specially prepared Grand Cherokee SRT8s to brand ambassadors Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. 

The custom built trucks are painted in Ferrari Rosso Corso with red leather interiors. The two men are getting the cars to hype the introduction of the Grand Cherokee SRT8 to Europe in the coming year. 

Other modifications to the SRT8 for these special editions include red inserts in the black front grill, a black driver's stripe with white trim, carbon fiber mirror caps, gloss black rear light bar with red caps and a red-accented Jeep logo. The ride height has been lowered by 1.5in (38mm), and the cars come with exclusive black-painted 20in wheels. 

The Grand Cherokee SRT8 comes with a 6.4 liter V8 with cylinder deactivation. It has 468hp and 624Nm of torque. The truck SRT8 will accelerate to 100km/h in five seconds and has a top speed of 257km/h.