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The reality is that the manual Gladiator was not a big seller. Of all the leftover models on lots, most are manual or some other unpopular choice like soft top, etc.

I remember people grumbling when Ram diesel trucks got rid of the manual in 2018. The market demand was tiny and shrinking for them, and it no longer made financial sense to produce them.

The automatics of today are head and shoulders above the slushboxes of yesteryear. I just wish I had paddle shifters on the wheel for my 8 speed.
 

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There's another thread with a ton of also confused people.

I'm not a TV person, I watch YouTube and the algorithm has been feeding me all of these click bait "Jeep is going out of business" titles as of late. Although I think that's far stretched we very well may be seeing or at least getting ready to see a real hard time for all auto makers here. They have too many people out of touch with what people can and should afford in a vehicle, the shortages of COVID + free money times have kind of ended.
 

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The automatics of today are head and shoulders above the slushboxes of yesteryear. I just wish I had paddle shifters on the wheel for my 8 speed.
There's a way to do this, we can adapt the 392 controls to our vehicles pretty seamlessly.. there's a few tutorials out there. It's on my list for when I win the lottery I never play in, ha!
 

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I saw this and got to wondering if this was an attempt by Stellantis to squirrel away some of the 3.6 engines for the upcoming Ram hybrid coming this year. As for not offering the manual on one an not the other..........you got me.
 

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The reality is that the manual Gladiator was not a big seller. Of all the leftover models on lots, most are manual or some other unpopular choice like soft top, etc.

I remember people grumbling when Ram diesel trucks got rid of the manual in 2018. The market demand was tiny and shrinking for them, and it no longer made financial sense to produce them.

The automatics of today are head and shoulders above the slushboxes of yesteryear. I just wish I had paddle shifters on the wheel for my 8 speed.
You have valid points.

But this article is about the JL is going to stick only for the V6. Doesn't make much sense based on the points you made.

If you try to build a 2025 3.6L V6 JL and change the transmission to auto, the motor gets changed to the 2.0L.

Jeep Gladiator What is Jeep doing? So lost at this point JL stick auto #1
 

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What is Jeep doing?
Whatever they think they can get away with. Just like how the rubicon and mojave gladiators are 8k cheaper this year with an auto than there were last year with a stick.

They thought they could get away with that pricing last year... they couldn't... they learned.

As for axing the manuals on the JT and limiting the v6 to manual only on the JL? As much as I hate it, they'll probably get away with this just fine.

I bought my manual. They got my money. Had they stayed around i'd have probably bought another one in 2027 assuming they would no longer exist in 2028 when the JT2 (or most likely the gladiator discontinuation) came to be.
 

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The automatics of today are head and shoulders above the slushboxes of yesteryear. I just wish I had paddle shifters on the wheel for my 8 speed.
I really like the sequential shift of the stick. I've never been able to get my brain around paddle shitters.
 

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We should also bring up, in their defense, which I don’t like to do… the towing capability cut down to 4,000lb with the MT and even if you can over look that, they’re up to how many clutch recalls at this point? The manual transmission they went with just isn’t meant for a truck or even off-roading based on the clutch issues alone. Hopefully, which is improbably, they have a new stronger MT and clutch combo on the refresh.
 
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I just wish I had paddle shifters on the wheel for my 8 speed.
Wait, did a Jeeper just say he wished he had paddle shifters on a jeep truck? Now, i’ve heard it all! 😂 Well, I guess it would be useful for quick downshifts, when the tranny tries lugging the engine, while in high gear.
 

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Well I’d say what’s the ratio of manuals to autos across both platforms…..me guess is autos out sell manuals by a wide deep margin.
So…..maybe they are creating their own attrition with the V6, as in if’n you want an auto(which most likely would) only offer it married to the Polar Bear 5000. Kinda like make the V6 uninteresting. Manual transmission people are a minority. I guess why not just drop the V6 altogether??
Of course I posed a random question embedded in a thread as why there hasn’t ever been a turbo 4 slug option for the gladiator.
 

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