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We've been granted early access to the 2020 Jeep Gladiator pickup truck, but we

only have like 20 minutes to shoot i.t Better get moving.

Like the return of Szechuan dipping sauce, Jeep's Gladiator is an impossible

dream come to life. Based on the latest Jeep Wrangler platform, the mid-size

Gladiator pickup rides on an extended 137-inch wheelbase with a single body

style. Four doors, five seats and a five-foot steel bed that can accommodate

a 1600-pound payload. Let's talk about the cargo box. One its low. You can easily

reach over and grab stuff. Is it easy to get into? Let's find out. It's more

awkward if you're wearing a suit but you can sort of leap inside. While we're in

here there's a ton of tie-down spots right here, the optional tracks here, look.

You've got a three-prong power outlet, which is great for I don't know,

margarita machine probably. I really like this, check it out. There's a tire tread

pattern right here to let you know that this is exactly where your motorcycle

should go. Let's talk about the tailgate though. It's damped, boy is it damped. Well

this is a neat trick, check it out. It's got these little tabs right here where

you can put the cables and leave the tailgate in a mid position for hauling

long items. Who wants plywood?Underneath the bed hides a full-size spare with

enough room for a 35-inch tire. You'll also find a Gladiator specific 5-link

solid axle suspension. The pickup truck bed is an obvious differentiator, but

there's actually a ton of commonality between the Gladiator and the Wrangler.

You can flip the windshield down. You can take the roof off and the doors come off

for a true open-air experience. It really is like a Wrangler that is also a pickup

truck. Where roof options are concerned there's an easy folding Sunrider soft

top and a black or body style three-piece hardtop with a manual

sliding rear window and removable roof panels inside. If you've seen the

Wrangler the Gladiator will be familiar. The dashboard and center stack are

identical. A 5-inch touchscreen comes standard but 70 and 8.4-inch units are

optional. It's in the second row where the Gladiator really changes things up.

There are 60/40 split fold seats with cargo space behind here, and these seats

lock in place so that stuff is safe when you're out on the trail.

But outside of your Jeep, if you flip the seats up there's more cargo space under

here with little dividers. Same thing on this side. Flip, cargo! You can take these

dividers out and put something long under here and again these have locks,

which are optional that'll keep all your stuff safe if you're not near your

vehicle, and then one last thing that I think is super cool, a bolt bin. Check

this out. For all the bolts that go into taking up when you take off your doors

you they all go into these specific slots and it tells you exactly which

bolts need to go where and for where they're from. That's for the windshield,

that one's for the windows. Me, I'm sweating after all that climbing around

the Gladiator but there's one more challenge. Let's see how I, the

quintessential average American male, fits in the back seats. Wow, okay

the front seat is set for my normal driving position and I'm told this is

best-in-class rear seat legroom. Yeah story checks out. A ton of space under

the front seat. My knees are nowhere near the seat back.

This is very comfortable. Rear seat back angle perfectly manageable. I sit in the

middle seat a little bit more upright, but that could do this, and look cup

holders. I am an American after all. At launch the Gladiator's lone engine will

be a 3.6-liter V6 featuring engine start/stop technology and it'll come

teamed with either a 6-speed manual transmission or an 8-speed automatic.

Wait until 2020 and you can choose a 3.0-liter diesel engine paired

exclusively with an 8-speed automatic. Being a Jeep four-wheel drive with a

two-speed transfer case naturally comes standard, and if you plan to tow just be

sure to keep your load under the Gladiator's claim the best-in-class 7,650-

pound max. Filling out the Gladiator lineup are

four trims starting with the base Sport, moving up to the Sport S and Overland

trims and peaking with the off-road oriented Rubicon trim, which offers 11-

inches of ground clearance, locking front and rear differentials, a

four-to one-transfer case, gnarly tires, electronic front sway bar disconnect, and

a front camera for extra visibility when crawling. Among the Gladiator's more

compelling optional features are adaptive cruise control, blind spot

warning, a spray in bedliner, a rollup tonneau cover, a track life limited slip

differential for the Sport and Overland trims, and removable wireless

speakers that dock behind the rear seats making it easy to fill your campsite

with music or the moral ambiguity of acclaimed podcast Serial. Your choice. In

modern Jeep fashion I'm told there are numerous Easter eggs hidden around the

Gladiator. I haven't had time to find them all but I do know if you look right

here that's 419. That's the area code for Toledo where it's built, and there's

a heart. When Jeep starts cranking these things out they'll be built at the same

Toledo, Ohio factory where they build the Wrangler. In total the 2020 Jeep

Gladiator takes everything you love about the Wrangler and adds pickup truck

utility. It's pretty cool. I'm guessing when it goes on sale in the second

quarter of 2019 it is going to move quite briskly, so if you'd like a Jeep

badged pickup truck get your order in early. This one's mine.

For more infomation >> 2020 Jeep Gladiator - First Look - Duration: 5:56.

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2020 Jeep Gladiator: The Jeep Wrangler Pickup You've Always Wanted | Edmunds - Duration: 2:36.

DAN EDMUNDS: Ever wish Jeep made a Wrangler pickup?

Well, now they do, and it's called the "Jeep Gladiator."

From this point forward, the Gladiator

is just like a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.

But as you can see, they've lengthened the frame,

and they've made it stronger.

They've added 19 inches to the frame,

and that allows them to put a five foot bed back here.

It can haul as much as 1,600 pounds of payload

and tow 7,650 pounds of trailer.

Those two numbers are tops in the class of the mid-sized 4

by 4 crew cab division.

This thing's a real truck.

The Gladiator's bed is about five feet long.

It's within an inch of that of the Tacoma.

It's not uncommonly wide but the tailgate opening is.

And as you can see, it easily holds a couple of motorcycles.

Sitting in the back you'd swear you

were in a Wrangler Unlimited.

I mean everything forward looks the same.

But these seats-- they're in the same position

relative to the front seats of a Wrangler Unlimited as well.

So there's as much room as there is in that vehicle,

but they do fold in interesting ways.

You've got a nice flat load surface here,

or you can fold the bottom up and access a storage

compartment.

Pretty clever.

As you can see, the top comes off.

You can get a three-piece hard top or a soft top.

And the doors come off as well.

And the windshield folds because, after all this,

is a Jeep, right?

The thing about the Gladiator's wheelbase

is it's significantly longer than that of a crew cab Tacoma,

and that could spell trouble for the break-over angle.

I think they're going to do a real strong business

in skid plates, lift kits, and oversized tires.

But that's OK, because the frame rails on the back of this thing

are spaced far enough apart that a 35-inch spare will

fit underneath.

I'm really excited about the new Gladiator.

I can't wait to drive it.

This thing is really going to upset the apple cart

in the midsize truck segment.

If you knew what you wanted to buy before,

you're going to have to start all over.

This thing's is pretty cool.

If you want to read more about this

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For more infomation >> 2020 Jeep Gladiator: The Jeep Wrangler Pickup You've Always Wanted | Edmunds - Duration: 2:36.

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