Auto review: The 2020 Jeep Gladiator is a beastly pickup truck that's built to be battered
by Charles Fleming, Los Angeles Times
Jun 21, 2019
4 minutes
With its 2020 Jeep Gladiator, Fiat Chrysler has delivered what amounts to a four-door Jeep Wrangler with a pickup truck stuck on its hind end.
It's a sort of Jeep/truck hybrid, an off-road-ready puddle jumper that can carry a lot more cargo than the standard SUV.
The corporate thinking behind this mashup is clear: The Jeep division outsells all other FCA brands, and the Wrangler alone accounts for a quarter of all Jeep sales. America loves Jeeps and America loves trucks. So, why not a Wrangler for truck buyers - especially because, according to numbers compiled by Kelley Blue Book, FCA's Ram truck division is the only one showing
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