Not really and apples to apples comparison, but you're technically correct. There is 1 trim level of the JT that will tow 7,650. IMHO to option out a Sport to tow 7650 will cost somewhere north of $50,000. If you want to compare base level trims (i.e. Ranger WT 7,500 max tow vs. Sport 4,500 max tow with auto or 6,000 with auto and 4.10s) the ranger wins out. I not a huge fan of the Ranger's styling, but my practical side which is what the OP initially eluded to tells me there's much better options out there. I love the JT, but the more I look at the specs vs what I predict the price will be the JT is a whole lot of show and not much real world go.
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That's insane - the only 'option' you'll need is the max tow package, which isn't going to cost 10-15k...
The Gladiator has it's own unique frame--it is not built on the Ram DT frame; but it's rear suspension is partly borrowed from the Ram; the 2021 Wagoneer will be built on the Ram DT frame.
I bought my first red jeep new...a C5...the shortie...in a soft top of course. Then came the cj 7...longer...more stable. Then I bought a great one...a 1988 I think....olive and beige Sahara YJ....cool jeep...beige (sand) hard top, extra soft top, matching wheel cover with Sahara written on it, cool stitched olive denim seats with knapsacks on the front seats. GREAT truck. Next came a red Islander model...maybe three years later. Then a white sport with the little 4 cyl engine. This jeep loved it on the frozen lake near our farm. I recall one march day being on the lake...very little snow...just a white crust. We drove out to a big huge pressure crack, and fished in theopen water at the crack joint about 1.5 miles from shore off of Oro Township. It was 70 degrees...tunes playing on the jeep radio...and dazzling sun on the white ice. Next up...Jeep TJ's came along. Classic red...my youngest son coveted that vehicle. Finally, the four door jeep in 2012...a lost leader new truck from Canada's #2 Chrysler dealer. The engine had a tick...and the local dealer could not have cared less. I got a lost leader (4 hour maximum hold) buy, so I sold it and got out and switched brands to a european luxury unit. Now...I will trade in the Euro-sled and get a Jeep Truck....the 1 1/2 cab model hopefully in the sand dune color. Of course by now the pentastar engine should work. I guess I should have kept the 2012 four door, but I got torqued out of shape about the shoddy local service!! This new truck covers all the basis, sorta like the new big three half tons. The four door versions have become mall assault vehicles, and arena attack machines. So nowadays the ladies love em, the kids love em, Dad loves em, fishermen, hunters, campers, and people who just love jeeps and always have. I would rather have the jeep than the little Nissan truck thing with the apple electronics, or the Tacoma which looks nerdy and is, or the cheap-seat Canon or Colorado...which just looks weak and flakey. But if they still made Chev trucks with the traditional stepside boxes...I would take one of those over the jeep perhaps. But GM is too stupid to honor tradition or history, whereas Jeep is going back to the early sixties when a fellow I knew had a jeep truck new. In the 80's an employee of mine still drove a jeep half ton...orange. So the thing about the new jeep truck...is the cool factor, and the market application realities. Toss in that pentastar engine....and it should be a winner instead of a weiner. Happy J-Trucking to all! Hope they don't botch the delivery date or get nuts about the pricing. They should just bang them out...250,000 in the first year...and own the market. Hopefully the Italiano running Chrysler isn't stupid.
Jeep has already swayed from what Sergio said, He also said there would only be 2 trims for the Gladiator as well. Jeep knows that they hav e something special which is why it'c going to come in 4 different trim levels, Having that many already tells you they are going to build more than 100k of them. The intentionally expensive went away when they decided to build a Sport model. They are going to close to what the JL will be priced. However we should no in the next 30 day's what pricing is goin to be if what my dealer said is true.
You are insane in the membrane.
I agree this is a special truck, but the entire category only moves 500k units /yr- not sure it's realistic to assume Jeep will be scooping up over 20% of that right off the bat.
Oh really the only option you need is max tow? Suggest you take a look at the one trim pack that can tow 7,650.
