hey what's up everybody welcome to car question i'm matt is an happy guy this week because he's
rolling the jeep overland diesel but the gladiator and that gladiator is just an impressive truck
it's the only truck that you can go fully convertible and you can enjoy in the winter
and in the summer and which is off-road capable so it seems pretty much that this truck can do
anything and look at the exterior styling this is an incredible hot package you've got the led
lights on this one it's really powerful in the dark and you can see that typical jeep design up
in the front but once you get to the rear you've got the cargo bed that can add up to 16 000 pounds
of payload so it's the perfect mix for those who like adventure remove the top remove the door and
still be able to carry that atv or motorcycle in the back this is one of the best looking vehicle
that you're gonna find on the market how do you like that blue collar it's pretty impressive once
you're gonna get inside though it's typical jeep i own the previous generation of the jeep wrangler
so i find myself into known territory yes you've got a lot more technology but still
there's a lot of things that are really common to boat generation otherwise comfort is kind of
okay but it's not one of the most perfect and once you're gonna grow that highway speed you will hear
a lot of noise though inside the cabin you've got that uconnect system which is kind of great
and you've got a mini off-road application that you can use so if you like to go deep in off-road
territory you will find that pretty useful also when it comes to rear space it's kind of okay and
comfort is okay also but for the cargo bed it's not really big it's useful but not that big when
you compare it to some other truck on the market one of the main difference also between a wrangler
and a gladiator you cannot get here the 2.0 liter version there is only two engine choice
which is the 3.0 liter v6 which is going to develop 260 ponies and a mighty 442 pound foot
of torque this is diesel power but it's gonna cost 9 000 you can still go for the regular 3.6 liter
the v6 that will give you 285 horsepower 260 pound foot of torque which is kind of okay it's going to
give you decent performance for the size of this truck but if you like to tow with fuel efficiency
well this is probably the engine that you're gonna go and get but be careful though towing
capacity will go down to 6500 pounds with the diesel if you go for a manual v6 a regular one
it will go down once again to 4500 pounds which is right there on cheap rendered territory and if you
go for the automatic transmission seven thousand six hundred and fifty pounds so the diesel one
is not the most performance it's due to the weight of the truck but still fuel efficiency will be
awesome but you need to tow every day if you want to go with the diesel power engine because at nine
thousand dollar this is a lot of money let's talk about fuel consumption 9.8 liter combined numbers
12.3 for a regular engine the 3.6 so as you can see the difference is not really big but still
if you're gonna roll on the highway you're gonna be averaging 7.6 7.8 liter per 100 i did that by
going to montreal from quebec city awesome number for a fully loaded truck inside of people of cargo
not bringing my atv dough in the back if you're gonna be towing the diesel will be doing awesome
numbers but with the regular v6 if you're towing it will go sky-eye when it comes to
fuel consumption so this is why you should go with the diesel power but if you like to go in off-road
territory also with the tons of torque that the diesel power will offer to you you can go pretty
smoothly and will have always enough power to do whatever you want let's talk about the road and
lingo of the jeep gladiator well direction it's pretty vague breaking is pretty vague
it's just like a regular cheap acceleration though when you're gonna feel the boost we were rolling
summer tires i know it was winter out there next thing you know it's really tail happy and
friendly once you get all that amount of torque sent through the rear wheels
thanks to the auto lsd in the rear though this is the kind of option that you need to go for let's
talk about off-road i did enjoy myself in the snow and it was amazing out there that kind of fluffy
stuff that you just like with the power that the diesel engine was giving me you could just
send it full throttle and still it will be able to do whatever you want also make sure that you
turn traction control off this is an amazing piece approach angle 43.6 break over 20.3 departure 26
ground clearance 11.1 this is great for a truck of this kind and it can go up to 30 inches of water
fording when it comes to its capability to cross let's say a river or something that just appear
in front of you when the snow is melting so when it comes to performance on the road and off road
the jeep gladiator is just right there with that perfect balance that i like when it comes to a
truck but this comes at a price though let's talk about the price 49 000 starting price and you can
go past 70 grand this is a lot of money for a truck of this kind and it's pretty much
something of art you know you're gonna buy a jeep gladiator out of passion for the brand jeep
still i try to build myself one next thing you know 70 grand i'm not sure that i'm gonna spend
that for a truck i'll wait for use one but next thing i know resale value is just amazing also so
on the minus side that diesel engine can be noisy you've got that start and sub feature that will
create some vibration and will make you push on the button to turn it off you've got the regular
road and link of a jeep wrangler into a form of a truck and one thing that i'm deceived is
that hopping that you will get in afro territory when you're right there at the limit of traction
usually in the wrangler you don't have that but with the gladiator sorry it's gonna happen
be careful it can't get ugly when it comes to the final price of that jeep if you add all the option
and you cannot get all engine in all package that you might want to choose you've got also
the possibility to go manual transmission but be careful towing will be impacted on the plus side
fuel consumption with the diesel engine off-road ready in the truck form you've got more capacity
of towing than the regular wrangler it's going to be up to 7 650 pounds versus 3500 pounds the
territory of the jeep wrangler manual transmission yes you can personalize you can customize there's
a big catalog of accessory and that's why we like jeep so much so this is the truck
that you can buy with the most personality on the market and you can still have fun winter summer
on road offroad name it it's versatile what do you think about the gladiator feel free
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