Jeep Gladiator 2020 Video Review

Name: Jeep Gladiator 2020 Video Review
Uploaded: 2023-04-19T16:51:22+10:00
Description: Australia's outdoors enthusiasts stand to benefit from Jeep's return to the pick-up truck market as its dual-cab ute, the Gladiator, is expected to be available here in the second quarter of 2020.It's part-work truck, part-leisure machine - but is the Gladiator actually any good? We drove it in New Zealand to find out.

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EXPERT RATING

7.0

Marcus Craft

Contributing Journalist

15 Jan 2020

8 min read

Marcus Craft

Contributing Journalist

15 Jan 2020

8 min read

There's a lot of hype about the Gladiator, Jeep's first ute in a long time, and there's a lot riding on its anticipated success. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Australia is hoping the Gladiator can take on Australia's segment leaders, such as the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger, or at least rise to the top of the brand's sales charts, but let's see how that pans out.

We won't have to wait too long as Jeep's five-seat dual-cab "convertible pick-up truck" (Jeep's description, not mine), is expected to be launched in Australia in the second quarter of 2020. There's no word on how many pre-orders have been taken yet.

Australian journalists drove US-spec Gladiators at a special preview drive event staged in New Zealand in December 2019.

At this event, I drove a Gladiator Rubicon, which I'll focus on in this yarn, and an accessorised "Mopar-enhanced" Gladiator Rubicon.

Read the full Jeep Gladiator 2019 review: Rubicon off-road.