2020 Jeep Gladiator Review: The Perfect Pickup, Except This One Thing… 

I absolutely love my Overland!! I wanted a Jeep and my husband wanted a truck, JT was a perfect choice!

Bought mine a week ago from a dealer in Toronto, they were selling them for 15k under sticker price just to clear the 2020 and mine is a totally loaded overland listed for $61505.... do the math ,added a 2.5 lift 35 inch tires and rock rails done and done !!

I've seen some ridiculous prices on these things. I bought a Sport S with max tow in Gator green for 36K last week. Has the 7" screen, 8 speed auto and power everything. All I did was throw on some 33" Falkens and ordered some step rails/rock sliders. I don't get spending 50+ on it

Paid $39K (before taxes) for my 21 Gladiator Willys (6MT) that MSRP'd slightly over $43K. I don't consider that 'ridiculous' in today's market. They aren't all $63K...

I wish Jeep would offer a model with a rear electronic locker. Don't need a Rubicon front locker or crawler tansfer case , or shocks to jump from the Mojave. Th e Willys would be perfect with a rear locker.

I'm skipping the Rubicon and the Overland for the Sport S with Max Tow along with the cold weather pkg. and I'll be set.

Pricing for these are pretty similar to all the other midsize trucks right now due to the whole covid thing. Think i might check one oot.

I own a Sport S with max tow and 4.10 gearing. Ive owned many jeeps including a GC ZJ from 1993, which I still have in the garage. The gladiator is a cool truck. It feels like my JKU and my tacoma put together. The gladiator has the towing capacity, the solid axles, simple design and some really great electronics and media. It took me a year of looking around and really understanding what I needed and wanted, and the gladiator satisfies both. Great job FCA and Jeep engineers. Keep me posted once you guys make it full time electric and I'll buy another! ( Go speak with Elon about some battery tech, better things happen when we all work teogther!)

20’ Sport owner. Paid a tick over 46k cdn for a loaded Sport and the dealer added take off Rubicon wheels/tires/suspension. Its not a major hit in the wallet if you know when and where to buy. Love mine and brother loves his JL sport.

People are calling it a failure for selling 4 times less than the Tacoma.. nevermind that the average Tacoma rolls off the dealer lot at around 23k and less than 5k profit margin and the average gladiator rolls off north of 55k with 14k of profit margin. The gladiator is already a massive success.

Why do all the reviewers buy into the claim that the window contols couldn't be mounted on the doors because the doors are removable? Power is still running to the doors to operate the window motors. So, it should be entirely possible to place electrical switches in the door as well. At most you need a simple device to shut off or cover the hot contact in the frame when the door is removed. Outdoor AC outlets have an always hot side and are exposed to the weather. I still have switches on everything I plug into them even though my devices aren't permanently bolted to the house.

The base model with a manual transmission is the way to go for price.

True about the Rubicon......I actually own a 2016 jku Rubicon hard rock...funny thing is I DO go off roading and bury it up to the frame in mud. I only wish I had known of the Gladiator at the time I bought my jku.....I would have waited. Yes you could get a USED ford....its a ford!!!!! But the roof and doors are not removable.....and the Rubicon is the most capable off road vehicle out the door of the dealership. It may be owned by Fiat but ITS NOT A FIAT.

What about the Texas trail?

Literally got a rubicon just to not get stuck getting fishing spots.

It’s a great off road midsizer, but yeah as far as a work truck it’s lacking. Maybe they could offer a cheaper work truck model with 2wd, a 6.5 ft bed and extended cab option. Personally I’d like to see the Dakota return but that’s probably not going to happen.

$63k? Dam that’s allot.

It's awesome it's got all those internet connection things though. For all that money you want to be able to call your buddy with a real truck to pull you out.

I think the location of the power window switches is rediculous. Yes the doors are removeable. But if you take the doors off, why do you need the power window switch at all. So not keeping the window switch with the door and window was a big miss in my mind for FCA.

The Rubicon is like chunky velvety chocolate cake a very expensive guilty pleasure .I love my 6 speed maximus gladiator.

For 65k I’ll buy a 1 year old frontier for 30k and still have 35k in my pocket to you know actually afford the lifestyle.....

add tires? without the gearing?

You can’t add add disconnecting sway bars, locking diffs, armor everywhere, 33’ tires with 4.10 gearing and still save over any other trim. Sorry, you are just wrong. You said.... it’s a lifestyle vehicle you either get it or you don’t.

stop ya'lls bitching and wait a year. i'm checking these out now and there are plenty of 2020 models they are trying to move for WELL under 60K (i see some for 48K). and they all have the leather trimmed seats, tow package, cold group package, LED light package, the radio/premium audio group, safety group and adaptive cruise control, remote proximity key entry, spray-in bedliner, body-colored hard top, and polished black aluminum wheels. i'm in washington (state) and one dealer has a rubicon with those exact specs for 11K under MSRP (yes i know you dont start negotiating from the MRSP but 11K under MSRP is pretty damn good as a starting point)

It’s an absolute no go for tall people. I tried and did not fit. Great review though!

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Yes but front and rear lockers is a must

Six speed manual or nothing.

65K ? Never. 3 year old F-150 4X4 will do. The left over money, I will look for an acre of property in the mountains. Lord knows, the land will be there when the Gladiator and Ford are nothing more than a couple of rust buckets.

nice but criminally overpriced

63k for an ugly fiat with pt cruiser window switches... no thanks!

rubicon is only jeep that real jeep all others are mall crawlers

This guy sounds like he'd be most comfortable driving a sedan or minivan. Why is he even reviewing an off-road capable machine like this? I certainly use the capability of my Gladiator Mojave

63k is insane! Get a Sport S with the max tow package and you’ll get 4:10 gears, you can always get a lift kit and bigger tires, But, even as a Wrangler owner, this thing is as ugly as a fart in church and I think Jeep will end up discontinuing it in a few years.

Leather seats are for princesses. I want every penny of cost to go to off road capability not girlie comforts. I wish I could get a Rubicon with manual windows.

Fiat junk.

I don't get it. Fugliest truck ever and can't tow a thing. What am I missing here? Want a jeep...buy a jeep or better yet a new bronco. Want a truck...buy a Ford , Chevy or Toyota.

Except this one thing...Chrysler fiat is terrible crap and nowhere near worth the money to look cool. Buy a used Toyota or ford you'll be better off.