2020 Jeep Gladiator Mojave
When Jeep launched the Gladiator for 2020, it hit the market with all the standard Jeep offerings: Sport, Overland (analogous to Sahara on Wrangler), and the Rubicon. However, there was a hole in the lineup, and we knew it wouldn’t be long before Jeep jumped into the field of performance midsize pickups with a variant aimed to run tire to tire with the likes of the Chevy Colorado ZR2 and Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro.
Enter Mojave; a go-fast version of the Gladiator made for mobbing down desert washes and whooped-out two tracks common to the desert landscape. Although the Rubicon is geared more toward the crawling crowd, the Mojave enjoys a list of upgrades to make it withstand running high speeds in the harsh and abusive terrain of the desert. For example, the Mojave package adds reinforcements to the frame, huge 2.5-inch Fox internal bypass shocks, front Fox hydraulic jounce bumpers, and upgraded axles with cast-iron knuckles (replacing the aluminum knuckles on the Wrangler and Gladiator Rubicons). The front suspension, like the rear, uses links and coils (progressive
