Official: 2026 Gladiator - What's New + Willys ‘41 Buzz Model Special Edition Annouced

[LatteSipper]

When was the manual transmission dropped as an option?

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[DylanM]

When was the manual transmission dropped as an option?

2025 model.

 

[BlackRuby23]

Exactly. People don't understand that the V8's future was all but dead two years ago. Nobody (including Stellantis) was doing any R&D with V8s. All R&D was hybrid and EVs.

The current political and consumer climate has changed and manufactures are realizing maybe the EV push was not all that its cracked up to be.

It sounds like Stellantis/Jeep will pivot back to some V8s, more than just some final editions, but that pivot is going to take some time.

I have no interest in an EV, and I have no interest in a gas-guzzling V8. The last new V8 I bought was in 2005, and that's where I'd like it to stay.

I would love a smaller ICE engine which puts out over 300hp, 350 lb ft of torque, and gets over 20 mpg city, 25 highway. Swinging wildly back and forth between full EV and 500hp V8s is dumb, in my humble opinion. Economy matters to me, and I'd guess others as well.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Swinging wildly back and forth between full EV and 500hp V8s is dumb, in my humble opinion.

Who is doing that????

 

[Gecko4]

They‘ll have to come up with a different powertrain before I’ll think of upgrading…never going back to the 3.6.
The diesels were the best powertrain the Gladiator, they’ll be hard to beat.

 

[VladtheGlad]

Hyundai shows the Truly Off Road capable Body on Frame off Roader XRT and Jeep gives us another paint job. That's sure to keep the competition at bay. The off road party is getting crowded and fierce and Jeep (with its attention on window dressing) will get its ass handed to itself. Sad, sad ... and this Off Road Hyundai will more than likely be built in the US by US workers. Hold my beer and watch this ...

 

[BourbonRunner]

But my cousin's sister's brother's mother's father's ex-wife had a girlfriend who knew a guy who worked at 7-Eleven whose brother worked at Jeep said there was going to be a 392 Gladiator this year....

Sounds legit.

About time we get some good news, all we have here is @Jrgunn5150 claiming to "know" because he says he works for the company but I bet his IP address is somewhere in Lahore or Karachi, not Toledo or Auburn Hills.

 

[Gvsukids]

Sounds legit.

About time we get some good news, all we have here is @Jrgunn5150 claiming to "know" because he says he works for the company but I bet his IP address is somewhere in Lahore or Karachi, not Toledo or Auburn Hills.

Have you seen the information or pictures that he has posted?

 

[BourbonRunner]

Have you seen the information or pictures that he has posted?

Either my sarcasm injection settings are not properly calibrated off or your meter is malfunctioning.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Sounds legit.

About time we get some good news, all we have here is @Jrgunn5150 claiming to "know" because he says he works for the company but I bet his IP address is somewhere in Lahore or Karachi, not Toledo or Auburn Hills.

I wish, I'm in the junkyard lol

 

[Gvsukids]

Either my sarcasm injection settings are not properly calibrated off or your meter is malfunctioning.

Just end with a smiley face.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Sounds legit.

About time we get some good news, all we have here is @Jrgunn5150 claiming to "know" because he says he works for the company but I bet his IP address is somewhere in Lahore or Karachi, not Toledo or Auburn Hills.

He doesn't actually even exist. He's a creation of Chinese AI.
He's part of their plan to mislead the automotive world using the internet.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Gonna convince everyone it's OK to have an EV, then, BAM! Utter grid collapse and the commies just walk on in

 

[Cwg33]

Do you have a sample of the Reign colour?

Here’s a couple of Gladi Reign photos on a Mojave.

 

[Mr Miami]

Here’s a couple of Gladi Reign photos on a Mojave.

What happened to the front windows? Are they clear, down or the factory forgot to tint them?

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