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I'm looking for Launch addition details. Supposedly Jeep had preorders for the Launch edition that sold out within 24hrs. How many were available for order? I've seen on this forum and on YouTube many launch editions that were on dealer lots for sale. Now I'm seeing Launch addition worldwide. So far 100 launch editions are available for Australia and 300 for the middle east. Does anyone know how many launch editions were reserved for each market and for dealers?
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I believe Launch additions where meant to be special order only until they sold out. They did so very quickly. Like 24 hours or so. Everyone thought they would receive there trucks first but that was not what happened. Once the folks that ordered the LE's found out that they could pick one up on the lot or order another one and receive it before there LE would ship they dropped there LE orders.
 

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Supposedly 4,190 were made, but not all will ever be on the road. A train derailed in the midwest ( I believe ) and a few LE's were totaled in that incident. So it appears our LE's are even more exclusive than before ( wishful thinking hahaha )
 

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They went on sale on April 4th, not the 19th
April 4 = 4/4 = 4x4

The LEā€™s went on sale for order one day last year (4/19), and they made 4,190 available, this is to pay homage to the Toledo plant that built the Gladiator (area code 419), which you can see little Easter eggs on the truck dedicated to this (419 with a heart ā¤ on some of the interior molding). How many are available currently, who knows....
 

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Does anyone know how many launch editions were reserved for each market and for dealers?
I own one of the 419 Canadian Jeep Gladiator Launch Edition. It was built on August 17th 2019 and my dealer received mine on September 5th 2019.

Hereā€™s the badge, the odometer in km/h and the French owner manuals available by default in my province of Quebec.



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The reason some Launch Editions were available on dealer lots is because some dealers (well one in particular, but I suspect many others as well) had their employees pre-order a Launch Edition so they would have more for their inventory.
I know of a Ford Dealer in particular as well that had employees do that with the Broncos and the F150 LIghtning as well. I suspect it's a pretty widespread thing dealers do for highly sought after, limited supply vehicles in order to supplement their allotment from the manufacturer.
 

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I bought mine from a dealer, 100ish miles on It, they were driving It around to a bunch of local fairs in August/ September 19ā€™ (thatā€™s where I first saw her šŸ˜šŸ˜) to put on display. Not sure how they acquired It but ended up dumping It to me for $55,xxx subtracting $32,000 (window sticker MSRP $40,xxx) trade on my 16ā€™ Wrangler Unlimited Rubi, truly an offer I couldnā€™t refuseā€¦.
 

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Saw one at the dealer here in SoCal when I went to enquire about a Overland. Dealer ordered it! Thought about getting it. This was in June of 2019. It sat there for 2 months at least with the dealer markup!
 

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Saw one at the dealer here in SoCal when I went to enquire about a Overland. Dealer ordered it! Thought about getting it. This was in June of 2019. It sat there for 2 months at least with the dealer markup!
Yeah, Iā€™m almost convinced the dealers got the bulk of themā€¦
 

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I think they could only order 1 and only certain dealers.
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