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The reason 2023s are sitting on lots are buyers have better options from other manufacturers. If you want to stay competitive and start selling more gladiators, you need to offer a better more competitive package stop trying to get away with the left over crappy axles when everyone knows you have a better full float axle option that you’re putting in the wrangler but yet you won’t put it in the gladiator truck when the small truck market is much more competitive???
secondly, you need to offer more engine options. Many of us would gladly pay the premium for the 392 option. Not only does the gladiator badly need a stronger engine, but you should also offer the better gear ratios that come in the Rubicon X from the wrangler.
(only a handful of people are excited about a high maintenance twin turbo V6 hurricane engine that only gets 1 mile per gallon better mpg than the 5.7 regardless of how you try to market it.) In high heat producing slow driving/offloading or in real world towing conditions turbocharged gas engines have always been horrible options.
The 392 would sell like hotcakes, you would have dealers actually congratulating you and you would have many people lining up to preorder them. Just look at what America’s most wanted is charging. They have a six month waiting list right now for 392 conversions on gladiators. They would be a collectors item and not go down in value. Just like the hellcat challengers you’re not going to sell a lot of them, but they become an icon and a statement for the brand and they help sell more challengers. You need this for the gladiator. very few Gladiator buyers give a crap about the 392 wrangler because it’s not a Gladiator so it’s not going to help you sell more gladiators they’re different vehicles. You need to offer a V8 option in the gladiator. A high heat producing turbocharged gas engine equals a high maintenance engine. (plus, let’s face it everyone knows your Stellantis. You cannot pretend you are Toyota and pretend you produce highly reliable engines.) a stelantis produced turbocharged V6 that runs on gasoline is a horrible option for a vehicle designed for towing and or offroading in high heat producing slow driving conditions. (Everyone knows you already failed at producing a reliable turbocharged diesel engine for the Gladiator. Please do not try and put a turbocharged gasoline engine in the gladiator IT WILL NOT BE RELIABLE.)
As you can see by everyone’s comments and replies: consumers are more informed. they’re not stupid, they’re not willing to take the cheesy interior upgrades you’re trying to put on the gladiator when there’s better alternatives out there.
Many of us are diehard Jeep fans however, the diehard Jeep fans who are buying gladiators are a small base of your total audience. We understand you’re trying to sell gladiators to first time jeep buyers as well. However many of those buyers who are looking in the small truck segment are going to opt for more reliable or more appealing options from other manufacturers like Toyota, Ford, GMC because they have better engine options that produce more horsepower and more torque, and or a more competitive and more reliable small truck option.
If you want to stay competitive in the small truck arena and you want to sell more small trucks which the gladiator is you need to stop trying to pull fast one over on everyone with cheap flashy interior updates like power seats and infotainment center upgrades neither of which was ever anyone’s main concerns or major complaints of the Gladiator.
The overwhelming main concerns or shortcomings that have been noted over and over again From editors of car magazines to the everyday gladiator owners have always centered around the lackluster engine and the overall reliability issues that the 3.6 has been plagued with.
Again consumers are continuing to be better informed, and are being offered more options from other manufacturers who are offering better drivetrains.
No one cares about a hybrid powertrain that “might“ get a few extra mpg (only on flat highways when not towing) when they are looking at the aerodynamic brick gladiator.
Listen to the consumer feedback and put a more powerful and more reliable engine in the gladiator, and you’ll start selling more of them!
secondly, you need to offer more engine options. Many of us would gladly pay the premium for the 392 option. Not only does the gladiator badly need a stronger engine, but you should also offer the better gear ratios that come in the Rubicon X from the wrangler.
(only a handful of people are excited about a high maintenance twin turbo V6 hurricane engine that only gets 1 mile per gallon better mpg than the 5.7 regardless of how you try to market it.) In high heat producing slow driving/offloading or in real world towing conditions turbocharged gas engines have always been horrible options.
The 392 would sell like hotcakes, you would have dealers actually congratulating you and you would have many people lining up to preorder them. Just look at what America’s most wanted is charging. They have a six month waiting list right now for 392 conversions on gladiators. They would be a collectors item and not go down in value. Just like the hellcat challengers you’re not going to sell a lot of them, but they become an icon and a statement for the brand and they help sell more challengers. You need this for the gladiator. very few Gladiator buyers give a crap about the 392 wrangler because it’s not a Gladiator so it’s not going to help you sell more gladiators they’re different vehicles. You need to offer a V8 option in the gladiator. A high heat producing turbocharged gas engine equals a high maintenance engine. (plus, let’s face it everyone knows your Stellantis. You cannot pretend you are Toyota and pretend you produce highly reliable engines.) a stelantis produced turbocharged V6 that runs on gasoline is a horrible option for a vehicle designed for towing and or offroading in high heat producing slow driving conditions. (Everyone knows you already failed at producing a reliable turbocharged diesel engine for the Gladiator. Please do not try and put a turbocharged gasoline engine in the gladiator IT WILL NOT BE RELIABLE.)
As you can see by everyone’s comments and replies: consumers are more informed. they’re not stupid, they’re not willing to take the cheesy interior upgrades you’re trying to put on the gladiator when there’s better alternatives out there.
Many of us are diehard Jeep fans however, the diehard Jeep fans who are buying gladiators are a small base of your total audience. We understand you’re trying to sell gladiators to first time jeep buyers as well. However many of those buyers who are looking in the small truck segment are going to opt for more reliable or more appealing options from other manufacturers like Toyota, Ford, GMC because they have better engine options that produce more horsepower and more torque, and or a more competitive and more reliable small truck option.
If you want to stay competitive in the small truck arena and you want to sell more small trucks which the gladiator is you need to stop trying to pull fast one over on everyone with cheap flashy interior updates like power seats and infotainment center upgrades neither of which was ever anyone’s main concerns or major complaints of the Gladiator.
The overwhelming main concerns or shortcomings that have been noted over and over again From editors of car magazines to the everyday gladiator owners have always centered around the lackluster engine and the overall reliability issues that the 3.6 has been plagued with.
Again consumers are continuing to be better informed, and are being offered more options from other manufacturers who are offering better drivetrains.
No one cares about a hybrid powertrain that “might“ get a few extra mpg (only on flat highways when not towing) when they are looking at the aerodynamic brick gladiator.
Listen to the consumer feedback and put a more powerful and more reliable engine in the gladiator, and you’ll start selling more of them!
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