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Jeep has revealed a new version of the Gladiator that celebrates Texas, the largest truck market in the United States. Based on the Sport S trim level, the Gladiator Texas Trail stands out with meaty mud-terrain tires, a body-colored hardtop and Texas-inspired exterior decals.
Texans can now buy a special version of the 2024 Jeep Gladiator not available anywhere else. The new variant is dubbed the Texas Trail and is based on the existing Gladiator Sport S but includes several distinct features.Jeep says it is paying homage to Texas with the special Gladiator as it is the largest market for its pickup.
Car companies have been building vehicle trims specifically for the Texan market for some spell, pandering to celebrating the Lone Star State with these special editions.
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Jeep Beach, the weeklong festival held in Daytona Beach, Florida every year, is one of the largest Jeep-exclusive events in the world. Last year's running hosted more than 225,000 attendees and more than 2,500 Jeep vehicles, all those vehicles closing the week with a drive down Daytona's sandy beaches for the Jeep Beach Parade. The event also serves the greater good, adding a 501©(3) Jeep Beach non-profit in 2017 and donating more than $4 million to charity. For the third year in a row, Jeep's whipped up special edition rigs, this time adding a first-ever Gladiator Jeep Beach Edition to the expected Wrangler Jeep Beach.
In October 2022, Jeep brand ex-president <a href=«https://www.autoblog.com/2022/11/27/name-the-new-electric-jeep-wagoneer-contest/» data-ylk=«elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:1;» data-rapid_p=«10» data-v9y=«1»>Christian Meunier told Motor Trend
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Ten years ago, at the beginning of 2014, the late Sergio Marchionne said he wanted Jeep to sell a million units worldwide that year. Despite then-Jeep CEO Mike Manley downplaying the goal, the brand crossed the seven-figure mark in 2014 and remained there until 2022, largely on the strength of U.S. sales that peaked at 972,227 units in 2018. At the beginning of 2017, the brand planned to sell more than 2 million units by 2020 or so. That target is a longer way off now than it was seven years ago; the U.S. sales trend reversed after 2018, falling to 641,166 sales last year, which was 6% lower than the year before. Parent company Stellantis nominated Antonio Filosa to Jeep's CEO suite as of last November, the former COO of Stellantis' South American outpost replacing Christian Meunier and tasked with a sales rebound for America's adventure brand. As part of a media roundtable after 90 days in the role, Filosa told outlets including Autoblog that, «We need to do something about market penetration and market share because it's not where this brand deserves to be.»