Mojito! Now Available on Jeep Gladiator For First Time!

[Splenda]

When I bought my '23 when they were heavily discounted in January '24, those were consequently the only colors still available in my area. I chose the black one because it was the nicest looking of the 3.

I bought mine in September 2024, and the dealer where I bought it had 12 Gladiators in Tuscadero or Snazzberry. They currently have 9 Mojito and 11 41 Gladiators.

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[stingrey]

Now the big question -
hydro blue was removed from the Mojave X a while back. You could still order it, according to my sales guy, on Rubicon and other levels, even Mojave, but not Mojave X. That's what made me decide to maybe skip a trade this spring - no hydro blue.

Is THIS color available for Mojave X ??

I assume so since I found this -it says "Mojave X"

These, regardless of colour, are going to be tough to sell up here.
In 2020 I paid $55k (after rebates) for my well equipped Rubicon. These are almost $100k now (before discount) and I didn't add/select any options aside from the colour.
They're insane! .... nice colour though. It caught my eye in 2018 when I bought my JL.

 

[legacy_etu]

These, regardless of colour, are going to be tough to sell up here.
In 2020 I paid $55k (after rebates) for my well equipped Rubicon. These are almost $100k now (before discount) and I didn't add/select any options aside from the colour.
They're insane! .... nice colour though. It caught my eye in 2018 when I bought my JL.

OUCH!! Those prices......

 

[DanW]

I like the fact that Jeep continues to make real colors, even though the car-buying public prefers black, white, and gray.

Actually, white is usually most popular, among all makes/models. That's precisely why you see so many. Dealers order more of the easiest colors to sell. That's why you see so many on the lot. That's the smart play.

I hate dull colors. But when I look at my friends' rides, they are mostly.....white or black with a few that are red.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

These, regardless of colour, are going to be tough to sell up here.
In 2020 I paid $55k (after rebates) for my well equipped Rubicon. These are almost $100k now (before discount) and I didn't add/select any options aside from the colour.
They're insane! .... nice colour though. It caught my eye in 2018 when I bought my JL.

one reason I jumped was that even without discounts or incentives, the Mojave X was only about $2,000 to $3,000 USD higher than my 2022 Overland was (MSRP pricing)
Plug in the $4,000 incentive, it actually make it just a touch less than the Overland was 3 years ago.

Agreed, that's going to be crazy up in Canada.

 

[Tsqtomnkaren]

The color kinda looks like my dogs pee. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. As long as it's outside.

Better take fido to the vet...A.S.A.P. !

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Better take fido to the vet...A.S.A.P. !

I was thinking that, but resisted............

 

[krcpgh42]

This is the color I really wanted, but couldn't wait. The deals on the '24s were took good to pass up and I went with Tuscadero Pink instead. Still a great head turner. Can't wait to see these on the road.

 

[Jchap1987]

Highlighter green. Who would ever thought people would like that

 

[Jteakus]

I drug my heels and missed out on Punkin which I really wanted. Jump on the green if you want it.
Life is short, wheel hard.

 

[MudderNuker]

But does it drone at 60mph? I have a 7 mile drive to work. 3 miles through town and 4 miles on a country road with no stop signs or cross streets. That 4 mile stretch is pretty flat, and I usually drive 60mph. My Gladiator goes back and forth between 6th and 7th the whole way, and sits right at about 2000 RPM. I would hate to buy one that drones at that RPM.

There is minimal drone at that RPM range. I usually have my music going although at low volume and that is enough to cancel out the minimal drone you hear. I say minimal because I've had cars with exhaust systems that droned so bad that I took them off. I despise drone. With that being said, I don't mind this system at all.

 

[jeramie964]

My wife really likes green and she loves the Mojito (me not so much). I've always loved Gecko Green ever since it came out on the JK in 2012. Unfortunately, I wasn't in a financial position to buy a new Gladiator in '21. My wife isn't a huge Gecko fan, but I found a fully equipped used '21 Gecko Rubicon with only 16K miles on it for $38k last month. I showed her the price of the Rubicon X I would order in Mojito if we got a new one. Needless to say the extra $30K for a new Mojito wasn't worth it her. So I FINALLY traded in the JK for a Gladiator.

Honestly I really can't justify spending the kind of money that Jeep is asking for on a new 2025 Rubicon X Gladiator, even with the basic discounts that the higher inventory dealers offer. It's just too much money. But the huge discounts on the excess inventory for the remaining '24's finally drove the price of used Gladiators down to the point that I was able to buy my fully loaded '21 for $25K less that it's original MSRP of $63k.

I even flew to Florida from Colorado (and had it shipped back to CO) to buy this last month because the price was so right.

 

[ecidiego]

@ShadowsPapa what exactly did you order?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

@ShadowsPapa what exactly did you order?

Mojito! Mojave X, tonneau cover, sunrider (forced to get that to get the MOPAR cover), and RSE power steps.

It's the exact same thing I was looking at in the 2024 models a year ago - but with this new color.

Was going to either buy a roll-up tonneau later or move mine over.
Barbara said - new truck, start new.
So got the factory roll-up tonneau. They force you into one of two option packages to get that these days - the sunrider or the trail rail package.
So it's the Mojave X with roll-up tonneau, MOPAR spray-in bedliner, sunrider.

I wanted something at least as nice riding as an Overland and nothing less as far as options.
We both insist on body color fender flares and roof - the X package is the only way to get those since 2024. So it had to be an X package Rubicon or Mojave.
The power seats are a good thing as my wife drives my JT now and then and she can't easily deal with the manual seat settings with her handicap.

The biggest NEGATIVE for me is the lack of LSD. I really rely on that a lot at times when towing, pulling my trailer up the gravel hill, and when plowing snow. that LSD in the Overland handles the snow plow around turns and on the straight like a dream. In fact, the traction control never kicks in even when plowing snow.
So the open differential of the Mojave will by a huge negative for me - We'll see how much I hate that the first time I have to pull my trailer up the steep loose gravel incline and up my neighbors gravel driveway, and plow snow up our steep driveway and around corners. I have zero use for a locking differential but it's forced.
If it doesn't work out, I'll see about swapping the rear locker for an LSD differential later.

Last year about this time, I was looking at a 2024 Mojave X in hydro blue.
I didn't really care for how the green interior looked against the blue (blue shows inside, too of course, it's a jeep LOL) and the orange on the hydro blue just didn't hit me right. I could have been ok with it, but the finances and other things didn't line up well at that time either. I have been looking since that day - checking out colors, prices, and saw that the 2025s had a fair price drop so kept watching even closer.
The thought of transferring all of my stuff to a new one was almost sickening, and my situation body-wise (my body) also killed it for last year. That's when I ended up in ER twice, emergency surgery, then the stupid doctor getting me into a tangle of drugs. So everything fell apart last year.
Except for Barbara's heart problems this year, finances are a bit better and the color and timing is right - mine will be 3 years this year - Edmunds says it's a sweet spot and mine is is really nice shape, a sweet spot for miles on the odo, too.

 

[MudderNuker]

My wife really likes green and she loves the Mojito (me not so much). I've always loved Gecko Green ever since it came out on the JK in 2012. Unfortunately, I wasn't in a financial position to buy a new Gladiator in '21. My wife isn't a huge Gecko fan, but I found a fully equipped used '21 Gecko Rubicon with only 16K miles on it for $38k last month. I showed her the price of the Rubicon X I would order in Mojito if we got a new one. Needless to say the extra $30K for a new Mojito wasn't worth it her. So I FINALLY traded in the JK for a Gladiator.

Honestly I really can't justify spending the kind of money that Jeep is asking for on a new 2025 Rubicon X Gladiator, even with the basic discounts that the higher inventory dealers offer. It's just too much money. But the huge discounts on the excess inventory for the remaining '24's finally drove the price of used Gladiators down to the point that I was able to buy my fully loaded '21 for $25K less that it's original MSRP of $63k.

I even flew to Florida from Colorado (and had it shipped back to CO) to buy this last month because the price was so right.

I like Gecko!

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