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- I tested a 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon, a Jeepified pickup truck that costs $62,020.
- The Gladiator is an insanely capable offroad pickup, powered by a 3.6-liter V6 making 285 horsepower.
- The Gladiator I tested was packed with cool features and enjoyed several premium upgrades to the interior.
- Going up against a spate of competition in the midsize segment, the Gladiator might be too robust for customers who would be OK with a pickup from Chevy or Ford.
- The Gladiator more naturally matches up with Chevy's most stout offroad choices for its Colorado pickup, and also the backwoods warriors made by Toyota and wearing the Tacoma nameplate.
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The Jeep Gladiator was the one that got away in 2019.
Normally, we manage to sample just about every new, important vehicle that shows up in a given year, so that we can include the best of the best in our annual Car of the Year award competition.
We had the Jeep Gladiator, a hotly anticipated midsize pickup from the off-roading legend, all lined up. But there was a delay, and unfortunately, we couldn't hold the presses.
But no harm, no foul. We knew the Jeepified pickup would be available in 2020.
Jeep has done pickups before, including a few with the "Gladiator" moniker. The better-known models, however, were the 1980s and 1990s-vintage Scrambler and Comanche.
The midsize-pickup-truck segment, after being sort of abandoned by everybody except Toyota, has come roaring back in the past half-decade. You can now buy as many midsize pickups as full-size ... Wait! With the Gladiator on the scene, you can buy more!
If you're going to get a 2020 Jeep Gladiator, go for the Rubicon 4x4 trim level and go for the orange paint job — or "Punk'n," as Jeep has cleverly named it.Matthew DeBord/InsiderMy 2020 model tipped the cost scales at $62,020, and it was well-optioned. Base, it was $43,545. The cheapest Gladiator is the Sport, stickering at $33,545.Matthew DeBord/Insider
The Jeep family resemblance is unmistakable.Matthew DeBord/Insider
You might think that, like certain Jeep pickups of the past, the Gladiator is simply a Wrangler with a bed bolted on. Not so! The Gladiator sits on its own, dedicated pickup-truck frame.Read the review.
What we're really dealing with here is the blessing/curse of the Jeep design language. Up front, the Gladiator of course looks very, very much like a Wrangler.Matthew DeBord/Insider
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