Willy's with Diesel or Rubicon with Pentastar

[Gladiator4Runner]

Not a poll about what engine is more $ or mileage. Just curious what people will choose overall if they had to choose.
I would need the diesel in the Willy's to go above 6000 GVWR.
I have my own list of pros/cons but would like to hear what people would pick.

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[869 KPH]

Have you driven one with the ecoDiesel yet? That will seal the deal. I want that engine above any other single option/trim. If I had to surrender rubicon for willys, so be it.

 

[MF Comics]

For towing, I assume the Diesel would win hands down

 

[red/green hawk]

Since I'll only be towing nothing larger than a small boat and pop up camper I'll take the off road capability of a JTR any day.

 

[TheSolarWizard]

I would need the diesel in the Willy's to go above 6000 GVWR.

I’m almost positive every gladiator is above the cutoff

 

[JWagon]

Emission laws have ruined the Diesel engine. The pentastar is less ruined. All hope is lost, we will all be driving Retarded EVs before you know it. ?

 

[CerOf]

I prefer the way the diesel drives. But....if it’s either or, I’d rather have a Rubicon for it’s off-the-shelf capabilities.

I was lucky and found a diesel rubi sitting in the dealer lot.

 

[PDiddy]

I need all 7000lbs for towing so I gotta go Rubi. If I wasn’t towing, I would probably still go Rubi. Only because I like doing a little bit of crawling.

 

[ssteve]

Its easier to do lockers than it is a motor swap. The minivan motor is extremely underwhelming imo.

 

[Gladiator4Runner]

I’m almost positive every gladiator is above the cutoff

Unfortunately at least the Willy's is under. Something like 5800

 

[TheSolarWizard]

Unfortunately at least the Willy's is under. Something like 5800

That can’t be right. The lightest diesel I’ve seen was 4950 lbs and it had 1350 payload

 

[guarnibl]

Willy’s with diesel no question

 

[brianinca]

Not a chance. Someone gave you bad data.

Edit to add: Found it at Edmunds, they are wrong.
https://www.edmunds.com/jeep/gladiator/2021/features-specs/

GVWR on all models is 6,250, they subtracted the added weight of the Diesel from the GVWR instead of the payload.

Unfortunately at least the Willy's is under. Something like 5800

 

[869 KPH]

All hope is lost, we will all be driving Retarded EVs before you know it. ?

Honestly, bring them on. I consider the Jeep I'm about to buy here to be my bridge to that future. If the future can do anything to alleviate range anxiety then I am in. Just don't take away the ICEs I already have.

Rivian is looking pretty cool to me. When the MSRP on a nice JTRD is over 60k, and a Rivian R1T can be had for right at 60k with incentives, it's pretty enticing. The charging infrastructure just isn't there for me yet. I want easier road trips.

 

[guarnibl]

Honestly, bring them on. I consider the Jeep I'm about to buy here to be my bridge to that future. If the future can do anything to alleviate range anxiety then I am in. Just don't take away the ICEs I already have.

Rivian is looking pretty cool to me. When the MSRP on a nice JTRD is over 60k, and a Rivian R1T can be had for right at 60k with incentives, it's pretty enticing. The charging infrastructure just isn't there for me yet. I want easier road trips.

+1 on that.

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