Not long ago, the 56th Easter Jeep Safari Off-Road Conference was held in Moab, Utah, USA, and for more than 50 years, this off-road event has attracted more and more Jeep fans, and has gradually developed from a pilgrimage trip for global off-road enthusiasts to a platform for Jeep to show the future development direction of the brand.
During this conference, Jeep announced 7 newly created concept models, of which the Jeep Gladiator D-Coder concept car is quite eye-catching, and the rich modification accessories and bright color matching have moved many fans. But since it is a concept car, it means that it will not enter the market with the car, but fortunately, the original model of this concept car, Jeep Gladiator, is about to be listed in China, which is the first time that domestic consumers can contact Jeep's pickup model, and it is also a gospel for many off-road enthusiasts.
You can think of the Gladiator as a pickup version of the Wrangler, and the design and performance of the whole car are quite hardcore. The national limited edition of 500 units has created a precedent for the domestic market segment.
The new car still continues the Jeep family's classic seven-hole grille with piano black spray paint, the front half of the body is not much different from the regular Wrangler, and the rear half of the car adopts an open warehouse design, and the overall shape is much longer than that of the regular Wrangler.
Among them, the first domestic first edition model is equipped with 18-inch wheel shape and off-road tires to further enhance the rugged atmosphere, with exclusive decals and badge embellishments to make the first edition model solitary flavor, exclusive MOMAR large-capacity roof placement platform and baffle angle three-level adjustable open tail box, further enhance the car's expandability, with a rich hidden storage space design, so that Jeep Gladiator can achieve 568 kg load mass. That said, the Gladiator is not only a hardcore off-road vehicle but also a pickup truck that is perfect for outdoor camping and work cars.
Of course, the performance of the Jeep Gladiator is also very tough, it is not equipped with the current domestic common Wrangler 2.0T power, but equipped with the 2019 and 2020 "Ward Top Ten" engine 3.6L Pentastar V6 naturally aspirated engine, with ZF 8AT gearbox, equipped with Selec-Trac professional intelligent four-wheel drive system, can achieve low-speed 2.72 times torque amplification, front and rear axle 0-100% torque distribution, rear axle to provide limited slip differential. At the same time, the vehicle can also achieve the vehicle's 40° approach angle, 25° departure angle, 18° pass angle of the ability, is definitely a Jeep 4x4 "DNA" off-road toughman.
The launch of Jeep Gladiator meets the needs of domestic multi-gold players to play with cars, and its excellent design also makes it differentiated from other pickup truck models in the Chinese market. Looking at the entire domestic pickup truck market is dominated by "tool cars", it is only in the past two years that the boom of high-end pickup trucks has gradually emerged, but most of them are not pure enough, so the arrival of Jeep gladiators can be seen as the "stimulant" of domestic off-road players, which not only allows off-road enthusiasts to have more diversified choices, but may also further stir the domestic high-end pickup market, but looking at reality, aside from the money level, this "strongest climbing ability in history" Will the pickup truck be able to adapt to the domestic policy of not being friendly to pickup trucks after it is launched?