Jeep eventually brings a pickup truck lower back to its lineup, and even though the Gladiator is based heavily on its Wrangler relative, that is a true pickup supposed to take on the mid-length truck market with a vengeance. Off-street precise upgrades, iconic styling, and best-in-class towing spotlight FCA’s most recent addition to the fleet.
Exterior
The Gladiator’s layout leaves no doubt that it’s largely based on its sibling, the long-lasting Jeep Wrangler. To a few extents, it’s nearly unexpected how little Fiat-Chrysler decided to distinguish the 2 products, which looks just about precisely like multiple fan renderings which have been proliferated across the web within the ultimate couple of years. Essentially a Wrangler it’s were given a truck bed and an extended wheelbase, the Gladiator is precisely what it wishes to be—namely, an right away recognizable Jeep it is slightly more utilitarian than the capable, but limited, Wrangler SUV.
Mechanicals
The Gladiator is a larger system than the Wrangler, and its talents are more advantageous in share to its extra duration and heft. Best-in-elegance towing is rated at 7,650 pounds, at the same time as the payload is rated at (additionally a best-in-elegance) 1, six hundred pounds. Part of these fantastic figures is way to the Gladiator’s lengthened wheelbase, and four-wheel-drive being the simplest option, but part is also way to FCA’s selection to forego the Wrangler’s turbocharged, 2.0-liter, 4-cylinder engine.
Interior
Just like the rest of the truck, the Gladiator’s indoor amenities healthy the Wrangler’s. Two full rows of seats characteristic spartan details which might be however a severe improvement over Jeeps of old.
An 8.4-inch Connect infotainment machine is like-minded with each Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Jeep additionally throws in a forward-dealing with TrailCam off-avenue digital camera to assist with negotiating harder obstacles at the trail.
PRICING
Pricing for the Gladiator has now not been revealed, however, the pickup will come in 4 separate trims: Sport, Sport S, Overland, and Rubicon. A 2018 Wrangler Rubicon begins at $37,445 at the same time as checking every option box can without difficulty push the rate tag up above $55,000. Given that the Gladiator will get hold of a few components that the Wrangler technically hasn’t obtained yet, plus the fact that it’s a bigger, more difficult truck, it seems likely that the pickup will run buyers even a little extra at the excessive-end.
