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Jeep gladiator finally came to China, the price must be expensive, so what is this car like?
Editor/Hongzu Hu said
There is a riddle called, from a distance it looks like a pavilion, the pillar stands in the middle, the upper side is direct water, and the lower side is pedestrian, so that you can guess what it is.
Well, if I were to pull this new car out and park it in front of you, you would see it as the Jeep Wrangler from a distance. You may wonder where such a strange car suddenly appeared, the front look is a Wrangler, the side look is a Wrangler pickup version, and the back does not know what kind of car it is.
No, the jeep brand has a low sense of existence in recent years, and last year's Guangzhou auto show put the Jeep gladiator out, announcing that it would be released this year, and then there was no more. Of course, the good villain is the pedigree of the Wrangler's "real man's dream car", and this car naturally has quite obvious product highlights, so let's talk about it.
A car is a good car, but the whole world can't sell it
Jeep Wrangler, one of the YYDS models of off-road vehicles in the World Car City. Those who like to play with sand and Gobi, buy the Sahara, and those who like to play rainforest crossing and climbing stones will buy Rubicon. The hardware performance is strong enough, the strongest performance of the two Rubicon close to the angle of 44 degrees, through the angle of 27.8 degrees, the departure angle of 37 degrees, coupled with the high rigidity of the body, with four-wheel drive, torque amplification, displacement is large enough and durable engine, the classic off-road model is thus built.
Jeep got the ability on the off-road, the classic shape, many aspects of the patent and agreement restrictions, but what did not work out was that Chrysler's extremely poor quality control basically had to go out and play hard once it came back, and it had to be greatly overhauled, leaking rain and wind, uncomfortable and so on.
To tell the truth, there are many companies that can build cars like this, but the strength of Jeep is that only it can make cars like this, and then sell them and pass them on.
Therefore, this time the Jeep gladiator is also inheriting the advantages and disadvantages of the Wrangler. The advantage is that at the same price, its styling heritage is the most classic, its off-road hardware is enough, its off-road ability is only a little worse than the Wrangler because of the addition of a "back bucket", the quality control is much better than the previous generation of Wranglers, and because it continues to use the overseas 3.6L V6 naturally aspirated engine, it is considered to be more pure.
The characteristics of product strength are probably as follows:
1, equipped with the classic 3.6L V6 naturally aspirated engine, matching the 8-speed automatic transmission, leather durable, sufficient power reserve, in extreme cases than the turbocharged engine more stable;
2, the departure angle, smaller than the Wrangler, but because it is from the base of the classic off-road vehicle, its driving experience will be more flexible than most pickups, not so bulky, but after the media experience, because the steering angle is larger, slightly worse than the Wrangler;
3, multi-link, integral bridge, suspension of these chassis structure and Jeep Wrangler consistent, but because it is the identity of the pickup truck, not too large rear bucket, have to be equipped with motorcycles, motor boats, etc., so the front and rear bridges are strengthened to improve the bearing capacity;
4, a high enough return rate, the front looks like a Wrangler, the side of the back also pulls a motorcycle, 500 units of the previous term of the sales scale, in 1 year has a unique personality problem is not big;
So, you can drive this car, in the city to receive everyone's attention, the sense of presence brushed all over the community, streets, basements, public parking lots, you can also take a moment to drive to most of the places you want to go, it can be desert, mountains or a lot. Another benefit is that its future sales are not expected to be as big as the Wrangler's, so the relatively sexy can continue to be full.
The overall sales volume of the North American market exceeded 23,000 units in a single month, and the highest sales volume in North America appeared in 2019 at 228,000 units, and the highest units per month were less than 20,000 units. Ranked after the four largest pickup trucks in North America, it is not as functional as the four and is relatively popular. However, in the world, because the demand for pickup trucks in other countries is not large, its play space is naturally not large. As for entering the Chinese market this time, it is naturally because the pickup truck ushered in a very good development, the more the Great Wall Gun sold, the better, the Ford F-150 entered the passenger car identification, etc., are all relevant verifiable cases.
Therefore, entering the Chinese market, if you can rely on the shape of the pickup truck, take the relevant identification of an ordinary SUV, naturally there are many opportunities. However, everyone knows that this is difficult to operate, because there is a bucket in the tail of the car, if the policy opens an opening for it, then other car companies can also start to modify their own SUVs.
So back to the main topic, buying this kind of car, is it really interesting?
Rationally, it doesn't make much sense, with the identity of the pickup truck, driving in the urban areas of big cities is more restricted. That, buy one, most of it is the identity of "real toys for men". Unless, of course, you live in Inner Mongolia and other places that are suitable for it, the uses are naturally infinite.
However, at this price point, there are actually many cars that can cover the Jeep gladiator function to a high extent. For example, hard pickup trucks can almost all be, the Great Wall Gun, Ford Raptor, Chevrolet 2 pickup trucks; if there is no need to pull motorcycles or large luggage routine travel needs, can replace it more, tank 500 is enough? Almost no problem.
Therefore, the most fierce place to buy it is still a unique personality. Therefore, emotionally this car can arouse people's impulse to buy. As for when and how the impulse recedes, it is another topic.
Let's talk about a more realistic topic, buy it, and how to play it.
1, the ordinary player's play, naturally is to change the appearance, further raise the ground clearance, do not play the ultimate performance, the V6 engine + 8AT is enough for the vast majority of people to use, there is no need to further move the original AT tire;
2, the gameplay of intermediate players, is to change the visible performance of the whole car, front and rear axles, suspension, wheel hubs, tires, four-wheel drive transmission, etc. can be touched, overseas solutions are also many, in the big city with relatively enough money naturally there are friends who modify the circle to pick up;
3, the play of high-level players, is to squeeze the full performance of this car dry, for example, in the United States, there have been related companies to the Hellcats 6.2L V8 supercharged engine transplanted, and then through hennessey's violent adjustment, directly rushed to 1000 horsepower, brush ECU, dynamic line management, heat dissipation, intake and exhaust. A pickup truck to brush the track, a pickup to brush 04 acceleration, etc., are full of presence.
Everything, ah, or finally return to his identity question finally how to determine. Geely's Boyue plus the cargo box, the current remote FX or pickup card identity, although there is a pickup truck unblocked in 2016, but in fact, the current use of the scene is not large enough.
In 2016, the first four provinces in China relaxed the restrictions on pickup trucks entering the city. At present, the provinces that have issued the lifting of the ban on entering the city have involved 20 provinces, and pickup trucks in Hebei, Fujian, Jiangxi and Chongqing are completely unrestricted.
Well, friends who live in these places, if they have enough spare money, it is naturally no problem to buy one. As for friends in other places, you can consider what kind of car scene you are facing.
To say a few more words, its owner portrait is essentially more suitable for taller friends. The roof can be dismantled, the original vision is not particularly good, and further increase the ground clearance, which further squeezes the vision, and, integrated Wrangler's pedigree, nothing to do has to clean up the car, these are more in line with the tall figure.
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Finally, let's talk about its price.
And how about financial ability.
The price, 509,900 yuan, booked through online channels, basically strangled many opportunities for the whole moth of the 4S store. Moreover, on the basis of the price of the Wrangler, it can be found from the connection between the price of the product force that the price of this car is relatively not expensive.
Because the 2.0T Highland Bahamas Beach Powder Special Edition is priced at the same price of 509,900 yuan, and the gladiator has an advantage because it is v6. Of course, what cannot be avoided is the identity of its pickup truck, and many restrictions on the passage are relatively inconvenient for ordinary people.
And financial management ability, basically can be judged, the price is strange in the short term, because it is uncertain the number, method and whether there will be a lower price version of Jeep in the next step. If the Wrangler's 2.0T is also replaced, the price can continue to be lowered, so the corresponding residual value will not be able to continue to be firm. However, in the medium and long term, its residual value will be in a relatively high position in the field of pickup trucks, because the product strength and playability are high enough, and once Jeep begins to introduce stores in a large area, there is room for operation in the store, and in fact, the price is not necessarily reduced.
Therefore, the comments left for this new car are very clear, "the identity of the pickup truck is very uncomfortable, the product is strong enough and the price is not expensive", the mentality of buying toys is OK, but if it is commuting or something, then you have to think about whether it is suitable for yourself.