Seems to me that the "range" between the gas and the diesel on the Gladiator are roughly the same (~500 miles per tank). The diesel's slightly greater fuel economy is offset by the smaller tank since they had to shrink it to add the DEF tank. So that is a wash.
There are other costs with...
I'm coming from a 2015 Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel so was wondering about all the upgrades they made with the Gen 3 engine (compared to my Gen 2). Noticed that the Gen 3 Jeep engine and Gen 2 Jeep engines have roughly the same TQ, so got me thinking about where the extra TQs are lost compared to...
Motor Trend posted a pretty good review today. They liked it but wondered if the cost and reduced payload offset the "fun with torque" selling point of the diesel (what else is new).
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/jeep/gladiator/2021/2021-jeep-gladiator-ecodiesel-first-drive-review/
Question - when you chose leather on the online builder, it appears to change the back seats and adds a fold down armrest with cup holders. What is back there for the cloth seats? Do you completely lose the armrest?