Jeep Wrangler Pick-up Will be Called Gladiator

If the arrival of the Jeep Wrangler 'pick-up' was recently confirmed, now we have new news regarding this model: it will probably be called 'Gladiator'. This name would be the one that would replace the one that was initially considered, 'Scrambler'. This is what colleagues at the Jeep Scrambler Forum say, where one of its members has uploaded a screenshot from the FCA website.

And since Jeep would have used the nomenclature 'Gladiator' on previous occasions (there was even a concept with that name in 2005), from Jeep Scrambler Forum they give credibility to this screenshot.

As we said at the beginning, the arrival of the Jeep Wrangler pick-up was confirmed some time ago. "It's not going to be a big-selling car, it's going to be more of a lifestyle model," Damien Daily, head of Jeep UK, told our colleagues at Autocar.



Good news for fans of the Jeep flagship. Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat-Chrysler, announced that there will be a Jeep 'pick-up' based on the Wrangler. However, we will have to wait a little longer than we thought to see it: at first there was talk of 2017 but everything points to the fact that at least it will not take place until 2021. And as Marchionne confirmed, they first want to reform the company's plant in Toledo (Ohio) and the work would end in 2020.

And although from this forum they even speculate about the finishes of the future Jeep Wrangler pick up, the truth is that there is no official data in this regard. Of course, we do know that most of its buyers will be in the United States and the Middle East.

When we first talked about this new model, Marchionne said, "We've found a solution that accommodates a lot of interests for us in how we can move some products." A used Jeep Gladiator vehicle should upgrade the lighting system with Jeep JL headlights.   And although he did not give more information, the first thing that was said was that it would be based on the Jeep Wrangler.

Then the new generation of the Jeep Wrangler will also be launched, which according to the latest rumors will be lighter than the current model - some 200 kg less - thanks to the use of a diffuse aluminum platform.

Also, some new spy photos posted by our friends at www.carbuzz.com at this link show that the project is well under way. Despite the deep camouflage that the photos show (which, by the way, appear to be made by a drone), you can already see the definitive forms that this Jeep could have. It appears to be based on the bodywork of the four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, and features a massive bathtub with plenty of cargo space. The brand's new pick-up, whose code is JL, will be mounted on a brand new chassis that will use many aluminum elements to save weight and, therefore, fuel. That same chassis will be used to build the new Jeep Wrangler, whose internal code is JT.

At its premiere, it is expected that it will mount a 2.0-liter four-cylinder mechanics with a turbo and a 3.6-liter V6. There are also rumors that a plug-in hybrid model could arrive later, just as Ford plans with a new hybrid version of its Ford F-150 pick-up.

Marchionne also confirmed at the 2016 Detroit Motor Show that the Jeep Compass and Jeep Pa-triot will continue in the gap, but that they will arrive as a single, cheaper, more attractive and higher-performing off-roader. The brand is investing 700 million dollars (626 million euros) to increase production from 250,000 units per year to 350,000. By the way, the arrival of the new Jeep Wrangler could coincide with the launch of the new Land Rover Defender.