If Wrangler and Gladiator are the same from the cab forward ......?

[Mr Miami]

Then the logical question, at least in my mind, is why not the 5.7 or 6.4 V8 in the Gladiator that everyone here keeps talking about? There has to be some other reason. By definition, the weight and towing capacities are greater on the Gladiator so have I missed something on an earlier thread or something? To me, if choosing one vehicle, and all things are equal, the Gladiator should get the V8 instead of the Wrangler.

Personally, I have no horse in the race and the 3.6 does what I want it to do and am overall happy with it. But I know for many here, the V8 is on their wish list and it seems like at least a 5.7 Gladiator would not be that big of a deal for Stellantis to produce.

Am I missing something?

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[bleda2002]

 

[Mr Miami]

LOL, thank you. I guess then I'm not totally stupid but just not as well versed as I should be on the current situation.

 

[ChrisNLA]

Brother, this horse has been beat, run through the glue factory, turned into kids art projects, and is reincarnated and headed for a second pass at it all.

 

[Cburd61]

It is beating a dead horse, but I agree with you. If the Gladiator had a 5.7, it would be the perfect truck for me.

 

[MPMB]

Am I missing something?

Upper right hand corner of the page.

Happy to help as always. lol.

 

[ChrisNLA]

Can we go ahead and take this one off topic or do we need to carry on for about 50 or 60 pages first?

 

[Mr Miami]

Upper right hand corner of the page.

Happy to help as always. lol.

I guess I get a bit confused thinking if this is such an issue, others, far smarter than me, would have put this to bed by now.

 

[MPMB]

Can we go ahead and take this one off topic or do we need to carry on for about 50 or 60 pages first?

Yes.

 

[ChrisNLA]

I guess I get a bit confused thinking if this is such an issue, others, far smarter than me, would have put this to bed by now.

Surely though you would have found by now that the answer isn't gonna be here

 

[bleda2002]

If you want a serious answer, yes we should, imo most likely it's a tow rating issue being deemed unacceptably low due to heat and they don't want to sink money in to fixing that.

Question answered, please commence the off topic

 

[Mr Miami]

Can we go ahead and take this one off topic or do we need to carry on for about 50 or 60 pages first?

Sorry if I started something so obvious to most of us but I just thought that if there are so many threads on apparently such an obvious issue, there must be much more to it than what appeared obvious to me.

I fold.

 

[ChrisNLA]

Sorry if I started something so obvious to most of us but I just thought that if there are so many threads on apparently such an obvious issue, there must be much more to it than what appeared obvious to me.

I fold.

My vote is, Jeep doesn't want to.

You know. Occam's razor, or whatever.

 

[MPMB]

I guess I get a bit confused thinking if this is such an issue, others, far smarter than me, would have put this to bed by now.

1. The platform isn't engineered for a V8 w/o heavy re-engineering; the 392 Wrangler isn't a plug-n-play V6 to V8 swap either.
2. CAFE, crash testing, and other regulations to be satisfied at a heavy cost
3. Stellantis' idiotic EV-First direction from previous management that killed/delayed anything fun
4. The mandate from Jeep brand managers to engineers and designers about the look of the Gladiator and Wrangler must remain very, very similar hampered V8 integration.
5. Market size doesn't produce a viable break-even point

But if you have an extra $35k lying around and live in emission-free area, you can get it done in a couple months.

 

[Mr Miami]

If you want a serious answer, yes we should, imo most likely it's a tow rating issue being deemed unacceptably low due to heat and they don't want to sink money in to fixing that.

Question answered, please commence the off topic

Well, that answers it for me and I won't mention it again: heat. The Wrangler has a lower towing rating (even though it is now 5k in some cases) and not expected to tow as much as the Gladiator.

OK, good answer. I get it. Thanks to all for being patient with me.

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