I get it, I traded a JKRHR on my Gladiator. Absolutely beyond any doubt more capable and useful off road.
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Im on another large non-jeep board and occasionally the Gladiator comes up in gen discussion. Nearly everyone there hates the gladiator as is but loves the 2dr version you posted. Most every comment I see is "you can buy a fullsize truck for that..."I think this is a very intriguing thread and koodoos for starting it!
In my opinion, I think the J6 will be produced. If not in a two door as shown in Moab it will be an extended cab. Either way, lifestyle or whatever you need to have a 6 foot bed configuration in this market.
That said, I also think it is a reasonable point about the Ram Dakota filling the this slot for FCA. This could be the strategy that FCA employs. But it would still be too bad as the J6 has generated an awful lot of positive buzz and everyone who has seen it, loves it. And quite frankly the proportions of the J6 look much better than the 4 door Gladiator - plus obviously much better off-roading (break over angle) - just say'in....
Disagree. There is no more capable off-road pickup than the Gladiator. The Power Wagon and Raptor are both quite capable, but their size is a real deficit on the trail. The ZR2/Bison is a terrific truck, but articulation is fundamentally limited by its IFS.
You make a lot of really good points.
Actually the J6 is a very capable truck even though it is a concept - it can tow 7,000 lbs and haul over 1,100 lbs even though it is in fact based upon a JLU frame. I hope they make it but who know.
It's not that they're stubborn, they're just realistic about how many they'd actually sell. Single cab trucks are pretty much non-existent outside of fleet sales, so if there are no fleet sales, there's almost zero reason to make a single cab these days as the general public just doesn't buy them. The Gladiator is already a bit of a niche product, so a single cab would be a niche within a niche. They'd have to charge the same or more than the 4 door to make it worth it.
We own a 2018 Rubicon JL Two door and love it. I understand what you're saying but why show the J6? Why even go to the trouble of developing it?
This is basically what Im thinking as well.
honestly. I bet they do it to just see how much buzz something will generate. Humans are pretty nostalgic creatures, me included. We all think back to what was great "back in the day" and sometimes want that in a modern version. We do it with music, vehicles I cant think of much that I dont look back and and say "man, this stuff nowadays sucks." I think alot of folks thought the Ford Ranger would be that nostalgic vehicle, midsized, fairly reliable, extended cab etc. But nope its as big as an f150 almost so why make it so similar ya know?
