Too late to get mad at me....the gig is up.
Automotive News broke it, Jalopnik et al repeated it. Gladiators not selling.
https://jalopnik.com/the-jeep-gladiator-is-struggling-1841569645
You are welcome.
The more people we inform about how desperate Jeep and Jeep dealers are to move inventory, the more we move away from the insane pricing of JLs and JTs.
There are some mighty capable vehicles, like F-Series SuperDuty Tremor, and FCA's own Power Wagon, that overlap in price...
I frequently (at least once a week) rent vehicles from Avis for work. My last 4 rentals straight have been Jeep Gladiators (Sport S, I think), even though all I reserved was an intermediate car.
Jeep is simply dumping these things at rental car fleets - it's pretty amazing to see.
These...
Some surprising data on this comparison test.
1 - Despite Jeep claiming "class-leading" payload and towing, the Gladiator tested had by far the worst payload.
Only 988 lbs for the Gladiator vs 1,476, 1,479, 1,493 for the others. Even the minivan-based Ridgeline had ˜500lbs more actual payload...