Personally I would only be temped by the generator-electric system introduced in the Ramcharger 1500. I'm not a fan of the current ICE>electric motor>drivetrain hybrid systems like the 4xe. Way more complicated than they need to be compared to an ICE>generator>drive motor system.
I've bought a number of new vehicles over the past 25 years, and with the exception of work trucks, I keep them for at least 8 years.
I’m not here to change your opinion as obviously you only see benefits of the new powertrain offered and probably buy vehicles every 2-4 years. The ‘24 gladiators, to me, don’t offer a substantial step forward or value according to the configurator. The average age of vehicles on the road today is 12.2 years. We are now producing vehicles where a significant part of the power plant is not predicted to last the average age listed above. Because it is too costly to upkeep most repairs cannot/will not be made. In essence we are now purchasing substantially degrading vehicles and, at worse, throw away vehicles. EVs are even worse. Depreciation has nothing to do with it, performance and reliability does and only time will show that as well as how FCA handles powertrain warranty claims.
Actually they are covering things some might not expect. If it's related to that battery system at all, it's covered.
Space. And I suppose they figure that it's similar in range to a typical JT, for example.
And I've spent over a year with one..... including very long drives from central Iowa to Sarasota, to St. Augustine back to Iowa, driving almost non-stop.
I just posted about this - as my sales guy said - we're still in a recovery or rebalancing from the covid years where values were STUPID high, way too high. Now because new ones are all over the place - on the lots or a short order time away, people are ignoring used Gladiators instead jumping on new. There's hardly any 23s around here and the 24s are selling well. The used ones are being ignored in favor of new.
It doesn't sound like you need to worry about resale value any time soon then. You're not alone, anyone who purchased a vehicle since 2020 is facing the same reality. I think by the time you are ready to sell prices will have normalized and Wranglers and Gladiators will stay on top of most for resale value.
I don't share your optimism. The reason the values plummeted is because of the price cut on new ones and 15%+ off to try to get people to buy one. Its worth noting the used value of the Wrangler is proportionally better than the Gladiator. People can talk Covid, supply chain, crazy high used prices for a period...but all vehicles experienced that. The Gladiator resale values have fallen more than most.
Well, if my cursory check of the two - X and non-X JTRs is correct, if you don't want leather seats, then don't get the X, which works out to be about 2 grand more anyway. It's all funny prices anyway, since most don't pay the list price anyway.
No, you misunderstood me. I totally agree with you. I was trying to say that ONLY those who trade in for a new vehicle every 3-4 yrs will possibly see a use for an EV or PHEV. Most of us keep our vehicles much longer, which means that their value will be nearing that of mere scrap metal instead of still retaining a useful resale value.
I just bought a new 23 Gladiator far out edition rubicon and between the 15% and the dealers discount of 8% I bought a 78k sticker gladiator for 60k out the door including taxes, dealer fees ect and got 2k over kbb for a 20 gladiator overland trade,this was last week. Hard not to do this upgrade to a loaded rubi diesel.
There is no free lunch. I bought my 2020 Rubicon in early 2019 and when the covid market hit, I traded it off for more than I paid for it with 30K miles into my 2021 Willys for no out of pocket. Basically did the same again into my current 2022 Rubicon with maybe $1K out of pocket. Now it's a bloodbath for trade in. Do not like it, but understand my last two deals would have never happened in a normal market. Just a rubber band affect and what we get with both govt. meddling and giving free money and Corporations padding some "greedflation" to create the mess we are in now.
