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It's a great vehicle that'll sell well. People have been excited about it for a while. Very popular at the Detroit auto show this year
Reliability will be good as all the Jeeps are and nothing compares to them off road.. Nothing to be nervous about. Thanks CJ. I hope you’re right...
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A mid-size , 4 door
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A 2 second Google search came up with KBB article... Stating base model will start around $31k
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A 2 second Google search came up with KBB article... Stating base model will start around $31k
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I bought a 4 door Jeep Wrangler in '06 ('07 year model) and drove it till about a year an a half ago - I needed a truck and Jeep's been talking for 5 years about the Gladiator - I just couldn't wait any longer.
In the 11 years that I drove my Jeep (almost 300K miles) only minor issues, great riding vehicle, gas mileage was 20-22. That's one thing the really need to correct is the gas mileage.
I've heard rumors that the base price will be around $50K, where the Wranglers are going for less than $30 right now. When Jeep announced it a couple of years ago, they mentioned Niche Market and priced high on purpose???
I bought a Toyota about a year and a half ago (actually gave my Wrangler to my son who traded it) so my plan is to pay off the Toyota and buy a Jeep after the price drops.
5 foot bed, heard it's built on the Wrangler frame, and saw an article in a magazine that the last Wrangler rolled off about a year ago to get tooled up for the Gladiator - Maybe built in Ohio?
And these zombies line up and eat from the media’s trough
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I bought a 4 door Jeep Wrangler in '06 ('07 year model) and drove it till about a year an a half ago - I needed a truck and Jeep's been talking for 5 years about the Gladiator - I just couldn't wait any longer.
In the 11 years that I drove my Jeep (almost 300K miles) only minor issues, great riding vehicle, gas mileage was 20-22. That's one thing the really need to correct is the gas mileage.
I've heard rumors that the base price will be around $50K, where the Wranglers are going for less than $30 right now. When Jeep announced it a couple of years ago, they mentioned Niche Market and priced high on purpose???
I bought a Toyota about a year and a half ago (actually gave my Wrangler to my son who traded it) so my plan is to pay off the Toyota and buy a Jeep after the price drops.
5 foot bed, heard it's built on the Wrangler frame, and saw an article in a magazine that the last Wrangler rolled off about a year ago to get tooled up for the Gladiator - Maybe built in Ohio? A lot of people think it’s just a wrangler with a pick up bed. It’s not. I won’t get into all the specs because if anyone is really interested they can find the info pretty easily for themselves. It’s a real mid sized truck. If you need a full sized truck, this probably won’t work for you. If however you are good with a mid sized truck, with some pretty good payload and best in class towing capabilities, that will run circles around pretty much any other truck off road, then this thing might be for you. I think it’ll be great for what I’m planning to use it for. Certainly it’ll get better mileage than my Tundra. Which will be very welcome. . .
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Saw some preliminary pricing, very expensive. $50,000 plus. Way too expensive for a Jeep IMO.
If you are a Toyota driver, you will be disappointed in the Jeeps reliability. Chrysler still can't figure that out.
I do agree that no other vehicle commonly available in North America can touch the Jeeps off road capability.
Too bad Toyota doesn't allow the Landcruiser models from South Africa or Australia into North America. Where did you see this “preliminary pricing”? Not being a smart @$$, serious question because I frequent a site that is comprised of hard core wanna be Gladiator owners and there isn’t so much as a peep concerning official pricing there or anywhere. Yep, very expensive. In the latest issue of JP magazine they state that the lowest model the Sport will start at 60K and go upwards of 80K for the Rubicon. They loaded them with a lot of neat features but not enough to warrant those prices. Sold as the penultimate guarantor of apex masculinity, the Jeep Gladiator enshrines an identity anchored in edge and grit. Restoring authenticity to vast settlements of suburban hipsters; skinny jean clad flat-brimmers line up around the block. Facebook erupts with pressure washer threads, as a new generation of a social media sultans is cast under safari racks and behind brush guards.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Saw some preliminary pricing, very expensive. $50,000 plus. Way too expensive for a Jeep IMO.
If you are a Toyota driver, you will be disappointed in the Jeeps reliability. Chrysler still can't figure that out.
I do agree that no other vehicle commonly available in North America can touch the Jeeps off road capability.
Too bad Toyota doesn't allow the Landcruiser models from South Africa or Australia into North America. Where did you see this “preliminary pricing”? Not being a smart @$$, serious question because I frequent a site that is comprised of hard core wanna be Gladiator owners and there isn’t so much as a peep concerning official pricing there or anywhere. Yep, very expensive. In the latest issue of JP magazine they state that the lowest model the Sport will start at 60K and go upwards of 80K for the Rubicon. They loaded them with a lot of neat features but not enough to warrant those prices. Sold as the penultimate guarantor of apex masculinity, the Jeep Gladiator enshrines an identity anchored in edge and grit. Restoring authenticity to vast settlements of suburban hipsters; skinny jean clad flat-brimmers line up around the block. Face book erupts with pressure washer threads, as a new generation of a social media sultans is cast under safari racks and behind brush guards. Actually most of the guys I’ve seen posting about it are pretty much like the folks around here. Mid fifties or later that like to hunt and fish....
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Real and mid-sized cant’ both be used to describe truck.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Real and mid-sized cant’ bot be used to describe truck. Ok, if you say so... Didn’t realize there was a hard and fast rule.
Last edited by Dryfly24; 02/09/19.
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...much like the folks around here. Mid fifties or later that like to hunt and fish....
This can’t be our demographic.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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...much like the folks around here. Mid fifties or later that like to hunt and fish....
This can’t be our demographic. Too young to be?
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Real and mid-sized cant’ bot be used to describe truck. Ok, if you say so... Didn’t realize there was a hard and fast rule. Only if remedying emasculation is a goal.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Real and mid-sized cant’ bot be used to describe truck. Ok, if you say so... Didn’t realize there was a hard and fast rule. Only if remedying emasculation is a goal. Wow, thanks for saving me from quite an embarrassing mistake. . . Phew! That was close! (Insert eye roll here)
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If you’re in your mid fifties and can still wear skinny jeans, your masculinity isn’t in question.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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It's a great vehicle that'll sell well. People have been excited about it for a while. Very popular at the Detroit auto show this year
Reliability will be good as all the Jeeps are and nothing compares to them off road.. Nothing to be nervous about. ??? Not my experience...
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My experience tells me that if I want reliability like a new Jeep, I'm money ahead to buy a quarter million mile Ford from the salvage yard...
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Or a Land Cruiser of any vintage, but they won’t be integrated with your smartphone.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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