Jeep Gladiator
Jeep's pickup name, first used on the full-size trucks that shared the SJ Wagoneer's chassis and were later sold as the J-series until 1988. It came back for 2020 on a midsize crew-cab truck derived from the Wrangler JL, the only pickup in its class with a removable roof, removable doors, and a fold-down windshield.
Generations, newest first
JT
Jeep Gladiator (JT)
Revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 28, 2018, the JT brought back the Gladiator name on a Wrangler-based crew-cab truck with a five-foot steel bed. Its frame is 31 inches longer than a four-door Wrangler's, yet it keeps the removable doors and top and the fold-down windshield. The 3.6 L V6 has been the mainstay, with a 3.0 L EcoDiesel offered from 2021 to 2023. The Desert Rated Mojave followed in 2020, a 2024 update brought the newer grille and Uconnect 5, and a promised 4xe plug-in hybrid was cancelled in September 2025 before it reached production.
3.6 L Pentastar V6 · 3.0 L EcoDiesel V6
4-door crew cab pickup
SJ
Jeep Gladiator and J-Series pickups (SJ)
Kaiser launched the Gladiator alongside the Wagoneer for 1963, sharing its front end and SJ chassis. Early trucks came with two-wheel or four-wheel drive, an overhead-cam Tornado six, and options rare on a 4x4 pickup at the time: an automatic and independent front suspension. AMC brought in its own sixes and V8s for 1971, dropped the Gladiator name in the early 1970s, and renamed the trucks J10 and J20 for 1974, later adding dress-up packages such as the Pioneer, Honcho, and Laredo. Sales peaked in the late 1970s and then fell sharply, and Chrysler ended the line after the 1988 model year in favour of its Dodge trucks.
3.8 L (230 cu in) Tornado OHC I6, 2-barrel · 3.8 L (232 cu in) AMC I6, 1-barrel · 5.4 L (327 cu in) AMC Vigilante V8, 2-barrel · 5.7 L (350 cu in) Buick Dauntless V8, 2-barrel · and 5 more
Pickup with Thriftside (step-side) bed · Pickup with Townside (smooth-side) bed · Cab and chassis · Stake bed · Sportside pickup (1980 to 1983)