392 Gladiator V8 Hemi confirmed by Jeep CEO!

[Stan H]

Super light nimble off road machine? Are you still talking about a JT?

More Nimble than with a big honking V8 in it but yeah

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[AmosMoses]

More Nimble than with a big honking V8 in it but yeah

What's the weight difference of the 5.7 vs the 3.6? What is the hp/tq difference?

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

More Nimble than with a big honking V8 in it but yeah

What's the weight difference of the 5.7 vs the 3.6? What is the hp/tq difference?

Only about 150 lbs.

 

[Stan H]

What's the weight difference of the 5.7 vs the 3.6? What is the hp/tq difference?

Well they was talking 392 Vs 3.6L

 

[jmr]

Jeep marketing I would be interested if the cost was for the 5.7 was $2.5K and the 392 at $5K. Also it would be interesting to offer the SRT tuned 2.0l with 330HP for $1.5K

 

[LouisvEarlleJT]

Maybe we should start a jeep-share, one of the members who've bought like 8 JT's in 5 years can agree to make their 9th JT a V8 then we all just pay $5 a weekend to rent it out.

Brother/sisterhood of the traveling JT?

 

[JTGuy]

I have lost so much money in this JT and the Mods , I just can't stomach doing another one.

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

Well they was talking 392 Vs 3.6L

Google says 22 lbs difference between the 5.7L and 6.4L.

 

[Stan H]

I have lost so much money in this JT and the Mods , I just can't stomach doing another one.

Just do it you know you want to

 

[Stan H]

Google says 22 lbs difference between the 5.7L and 6.4L.

So thats 172 pounds more 6.4 vs 3.6

 

[PuddleJumper]

I call BS.

 

[Stan H]

I call BS.

I dont know just asking myself

 

[PuddleJumper]

I dont know just asking myself

It makes no sense from a financial or legal standpoint for the FCA. 1. the Jeep Gladiator is under contract to promise production for union purpose till 2028. So less than 3 years out from contract expiration they are gonna try and develop a 392, get it tested and rated all before 2027? And with Gladiator sales already mid at best, they are somehow gonna sell these 392s by the bucket full? At a 100k plus price tag? yeah right. the wrangler JL has made Jeep roughly 68 billion dollars since 2018. Same for Toyota and their Tacoma. These are the numbers a model needs to be close to to be worth manufacturing for a long time as far as midsize pickups and SUVs go. The Gladiator has barely broke 15 billion. And they didn't get that by stealing from anyone elses market. all the other midsizes pickups held fast or continued to climb. In fact im pretty sure Jeep stole from their own JL sales for the most part. All that extra R&D and work to only beat the Fiat 500e in sales! the gladiator is literally FCA/Stellantis second worst selling model in the US in the past 5 years. I think the only think doing worse rn is the wagoneer. If i was the CEO of Jeep, I'd drop the gladiator immediately end of 2028. Its not done right enough for the broad consumer market and its too late to fix it. To the avg joe its too little for too much and it has a record of unreliability. the offroad/jeep community is simply not comprised of enough people with enough cash to justify the gladiator. Also from a legal standpoint, what happens when we swap management in 2 year and the odds of the EPA to come back in full swing? What Jeep gonna do with all of these non compliant models? 2 years is way to short for that gamble. Not to mention it shows Jeep still isn't listening, most gladiator owners don't want a 392 Mojave/Rubicon X @ 145k MSRP. We want a Willys or Max Tow w/ a 5.7 as a 3k option.

 

[Stan H]

Hemi 6.4L is 500, 3.6LVVT and VVL weigh 340.
160 pounds

 

[PuddleJumper]

Hemi 6.4L is 500, 3.6LVVT and VVL weigh 340.
160 pounds

Aren't all hemi's cast iron block vs the pentastar aluminum cast block?

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