DriveNews.co.uk: Your Ultimate Hub for Comprehensive Automotive News and Insights! We bring you the latest reports, stories, and updates from the world of cars, covering everything from vehicle launches to driving tips. Stay with DriveNews.co.uk to stay revved up about the automotive world 24/7
Nailing automotive paint colors is really hard, and few automakers are as frequently successful as Jeep, whose off-road, enthusiast-oriented vehicles are offered in a variety of bright, fun colors. And a new hue just became available to Gladiator buyers for the very first time.Tuscadero was first introduced on the Wrangler in 2021, and 30,000 customers ordered an SUV with the pink paint.
Not only will the exterior palette for the Jeep Gladiator expand with Tuscadero Pink next year, the pickup's powertrain options will expand with a 4xe trim. Antonio Filosa, the brand's global CEO, broke the news on LinkedIn about the new color as well, writing, «Next year, we’ll extend that freedom of choice even further with a Gladiator 4xe option (colors to be announced) that will join the No. 1 and No. 2 best-selling plug-in hybrids in the U.S, the Jeep Wrangler 4xe and the Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe.» When Jeep dropped the Gladiator's EcoDiesel option last year, buyers have had to make do with the 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 as the only engine option.
Jeep is expanding the Gladiator's palette with a color that makes the truck pretty much impossible to lose in a parking lot: Tuscadero Pink.
With the EV segment caught in a tug-of-war between market demand and government regulations, carmakers are having to adapt to avoid losing both money and sales. Stellantis is keeping every option on the table, including putting a gasoline engine in its electric models.
Recently installed Jeep CEO Antonio Filosa has a lot of hard yards ahead, his agenda for the brand including a return to one million annual sales globally, figuring out a marketing angle that entices hardcore Jeepers and casuals sniffing around the show floor, improving reliability, improving dealer relations, and navigating an even more stormy transition to electric vehicles. On the latter note, Jeep will launch two battery-electric models soon, the Wagoneer S this year, then the Recon late this year or in early 2025, the first products to reach the market here that sit on the STLA Large platform developed by parent company Stellantis.
In this era of rampant inflation and high interest rates, the challenges of acquiring a car or SUV have been well documented. And so it has never been more important to protect that expensive investment by maintaining it.
Here's a report that made us check the calendar to make sure about when in April this is. Mopar Insiders says it heard from one of its sources that Jeep's making changes to the powertrain lineup for the two-row Grand Cherokee and three-row Grand Cherokee L next year. Currently, the 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 making 293 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque is the entry-level engine in both models. The only way to upgrade that situation on the Grand Cherokee is to get the plug-in hybrid 4xe model that starts at about $24,000 more. The upgrade for the Grand Cherokee L is the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 making 395 hp and 410 lb-ft, a $3,995 option on the trims that offer it. For next year, Mopar Insiders says Jeep parent company Stellantis will insert a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder as the standard engine on the Grand Cherokee and Grand Cherokee L. The crazy bit is that, according to this rumor, the 2.0-liter will replace the Pentastar and the Hemi, and so be the only engine offered in the Grand Cherokee L. The Grand Cherokee will still be offered as a PHEV.
The Jeep Recon off-roader could be offered with a hybrid powertrain as well as an electric one when it arrives in 2025, according to new brand boss Antonio Filosa.