Jeep Pickup (Gladiator)

discovery4us wrote:
Our Jeep dealer has been offering a conversion that looks a lot this one for about five years or so. There are probable 5 or 6 running around town, four door and two door wranglers.

Yep, the AEV Brute conversion (there may be others, I don't know). You can even get it with a Hemi V8 installed!
As with so many things, all it takes is time and money. LOTS of money!

For the last 40+ years I have gone back and forth between a small to midsize pickup, and a Jeep, for back country exploring (they call it overlanding these days). I don't do as difficult of terrain as I did decades ago, and a small pickup has made a better platform for back country exploring lately. Right now I own a Chevrolet ZR2 for that purpose. It works well with its improved suspension and front/rear lockers, but it is really limited by the small 30" tires it comes with. And 32s are as big as you can go without major changes. The main problem with the ZR2 though, is a relative lack of aftermarket products for it.

This Gladiator pickup truck will have a ton of aftermarket products made for it. Every offroad oriented aftermarket manufacturer in the world is going to be making products for it. Plus, 35s will fit with no lift, and 37s will fit with a 2" lift.

There will be a Gladiator in my garage within the next year or two. The only decision left to make is ... gas or diesel. :)

I still have the F350 for camper hauling and towing heavy, and that wont change.

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Oh and don't count the Dakota out just yet! ;)

Keep telling me that! I want it so bad.

I'd really like to see a hybrid Dakota with a 6000lb tow capacity and a payload to match...

Leather or vinyl seats (no cloth) with seat heaters.

I saw a Gladiator on the freeway last night. It actually looks nice in the Red and Black.

So long as any new Dakota isn’t as hideous as that final version. I had a ‘98 which I like the looks of. It had a few mechanical issues but nothing disasterous.

I’m not too fond of this Jeep pickup either. It just looks wrong, along with 4-door Wranglers in general.

In the early 90’s I owned a Comanche pickup which was styled like the Cherokee classic in the front. That was more my style for a Jeep pickup.

GordonThree wrote:
Fiat should bring back the Jeep station wagon, what was that called? I still see one on the roads around town, getting old now... Was a fan of the Magnum too.

2022 the Jeep Grand Wagoner comes out. Will be built on the Ram platform at the Warren truck plant along side the Ram HD line.

Oh and don't count the Dakota out just yet! ;)

dodge guy wrote:

toedtoes wrote:
I hear the midsize trucks are going to make a comeback. Hopefully this jeep will sell well and they will bring back the Dakota.

There are a lot of us who don't want or need those massive Ram trucks, but still want a Dodge. I'll kwep on watching the jeep. At some point I will need to replace my Durango.

With the Gladiator they wont need the Dakota. So It will be nice to see a midsize again.

They definitely need the Dakota. I grew up in a Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth dealership family and a Jeep does not quite follow my grandfather's "I told you you shoulda bought a Dodge" decree. :)

donn0128 wrote:
Just dont order one with a manual trans. DDs Jeep Wrangler,has been in the shop for over 6 weeks waiting for a new trans. And there is at least one other sitting for the same problem.

Sisters 4 door Rubicon manual seems to be doing great, though it is a 2017, so not sure if the trans is the same. She's like me, would always opt for the stick shift as long as they are still available.

I like the new Jeep truck, and I'm sure will sell well, but personally wouldn't serve my purposes.

toedtoes wrote:
I hear the midsize trucks are going to make a comeback. Hopefully this jeep will sell well and they will bring back the Dakota.

There are a lot of us who don't want or need those massive Ram trucks, but still want a Dodge. I'll kwep on watching the jeep. At some point I will need to replace my Durango.

With the Gladiator they wont need the Dakota. So It will be nice to see a midsize again.

IdaD wrote:

js9234 wrote:
It does in the Rubicon package.

FishOnOne wrote:

IdaD wrote:
I think it's cool. Solid Dana 44's with lockers on both ends, swaybar disconnects, and a 4:1 low range ratio. The breakover and departure angles are going to suffer compared to a standard Jeep but you can't really avoid that in a pickup platform. This thing will smoke all the other trucklets on the market in terms of offroad prowess. In fact it should be right up there with the Power Wagon with the advantage of being a lot handier size. And it looks a lot cooler in Rubicon form than it does in the picture above.

It doesn't have a locker on the front axle, but it does have a limited slip.

Link

https://gearjunkie.com/2020-jeep-gladiator-pickup-truck

Agree. This article says it has front and rear lockers with the Rubicon package, and the Wrangler with the Rubicon package has front and rear lockers. I think the pickuptrucks.com blog has failed again.

It sure does