SEEN & HEARD

ICE SPEED RECORD

t the annual Baikal Ice Motor Sports Festival in Russia, a Jeep Grand Cherokee Track Hawk recently beat a speed record on a frozen lake. The 6.2-litre supercharged Jeep, pushing out 522kW, achieved an average speed of 257km/h over 1km, with a maximum velocity of 280km/h (just shy of the Jeep’s 290km/h top speed). The Jeep had a total of 12km to achieve