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This is a very different review than their initial review.
Motor Trend's test had some bad results for towing with the Gladiator diesel.
interesting that the diesel ran out of steam to pull the hill and the V6 gasser could outrun it. Case study that when the pedal is floored, more horsepower will prevail if the gearing is there to let it RPM
"Every editor who drove the Gladiator with the trailer attached called the experience "scary" and agreed they'd never tow anything larger than a little single-axle trailer with a Gladiator again. Every one of them had multiple incidents, witnessed by other editors in chase vehicles, of the trailer nearly colliding with other vehicles as it swayed around the lane. I, personally, experienced more trailer sway control intervention on a one-hour drive on I-10 at California's ridiculously low 55-mph towing speed limit than I've had in 12 years of professional truck reviewing combined. Passing through a construction zone with rough pavement coming down a steep hill, I genuinely believed the trailer would push the truck off the freeway and into a sound wall."
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/jee...ep-gladiator-ecodiesel-first-test-review/amp/
Here's their initial review from September:
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/jee...-jeep-gladiator-ecodiesel-first-drive-review/
Motor Trend's test had some bad results for towing with the Gladiator diesel.
interesting that the diesel ran out of steam to pull the hill and the V6 gasser could outrun it. Case study that when the pedal is floored, more horsepower will prevail if the gearing is there to let it RPM
"Every editor who drove the Gladiator with the trailer attached called the experience "scary" and agreed they'd never tow anything larger than a little single-axle trailer with a Gladiator again. Every one of them had multiple incidents, witnessed by other editors in chase vehicles, of the trailer nearly colliding with other vehicles as it swayed around the lane. I, personally, experienced more trailer sway control intervention on a one-hour drive on I-10 at California's ridiculously low 55-mph towing speed limit than I've had in 12 years of professional truck reviewing combined. Passing through a construction zone with rough pavement coming down a steep hill, I genuinely believed the trailer would push the truck off the freeway and into a sound wall."
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/jee...ep-gladiator-ecodiesel-first-test-review/amp/
Here's their initial review from September:
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/jee...-jeep-gladiator-ecodiesel-first-drive-review/
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