Jeep Gladiator Concept
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Jeep has been finding ways of improving their vehicles and making them bigger and badder then ever. Which is where the Gladiator concept comes in. The Gladiator is a cross between the Wrangler and a pick-up truck. The wheel base is ultra-long coming in at 138 inches. This makes room for the large side mounted spare tire, something that most jeeps keep on them.
This new concept was bestowed with the name of Gladiator as a remembrance on the Jeep pick-ups in the 1960’s and the military looking Jeep trucks of the 1950’s. But don’t think that this vehicle is all bark and no bite. Beneath that big monster hood lies a 2.8 liter diesel, which means that the Jeep will sound as macho as it looks.
Besides a powerful engine, the vehicle is also equipped with four-wheel drive and solid front and rear axles. The rear axle is not located by leaf springs useing coil-over dampers. The cab has the usual rear-hinged access door on the passenger side, but driver’s side access to the rear seat is via a small “dog door” roughly two feet square, not leaving much room for full sized people.
The cab rear window powers down, the rear-seat squab tucks down to the floor, and the rear bulkhead then slides forward, like a drawer, to increase the cargo bed to a full eight feet in length.
Regardless of whether or not that trick could be engineered for production, this good-looking pickup would be a great, and fitting, addition to the Jeep line, which we can hope to see in 2008.
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This is amazing eye candy!