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The Jeep Gladiator has been up to date for the Australian market, with the corporate “streamlining” the vary by dropping the entry-level Evening Eagle, whereas including new options to the cheaper Rubicon – now the only variant obtainable.
Nonetheless, Jeep Australia has dismissed any risk of the dual-cab ute receiving a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain for the native market.
“So the 4xe [plug-in hybrid Gladiator] is barely obtainable in left-hand-drive, so it’s not obtainable in right-hand-drive markets right now,” product supervisor Bridget Thomson informed a roundtable of media, together with CarExpert.
Which means Jeep will go and not using a direct rival for the BYD Shark 6 PHEV ute, which has proved a runaway success and even overtaken business stalwarts just like the Mitsubishi Triton on the gross sales charts.
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However when requested whether or not a V8 model of the Gladiator was certain for Australia, the Jeep spokesperson declined to reply.
CarExpert understands the current-generation Gladiator and its Wrangler sibling are scheduled to proceed manufacturing till 2028, in accordance with data obtained from firm insiders.
Given there are fewer than three years left earlier than manufacturing is predicted to finish for the present Gladiator, it’s extremely unlikely new powertrains will likely be engineered for right-hand-drive markets – notably given the mannequin’s lacklustre gross sales efficiency in latest occasions.
Jeep has delivered simply 257 Gladiator utes in Australia this yr to the tip of September.
Whereas the corporate had offered the identical variety of Gladiators over the identical interval in 2024 in Australia, it’s lower than half of the quantity Jeep had managed by the identical level in 2023.
Jeep Australia’s response comes only a month after the corporate confirmed the 6.4-litre Hemi V8 was returning to the Wrangler and Gladiator lineups in North America – but it surely now seems native patrons will proceed to overlook out.
As a substitute, patrons of the up to date Gladiator must be content material with the three.6-litre Pentastar petrol V6 engine, placing out 209kW and 347Nm, and mated to an eight-speed computerized and a four-wheel drive system.
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