Ua paʻi ʻo FCA ma kāna pūnaewele paʻi i nehinei i nā kiʻi ʻelima mua a me nā ʻikepili kūhelu āpau o ka Gladiator, kahi koho i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka Jeep Wrangler. He mau minuke ma hope mai ua hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻike, no ka mea he mahina i koe no kāna hōʻike kūhelu. Ua lawa ia no kekahi mau media e mālama i nā kiʻi a me ka hoʻokuʻu paʻi, e kaʻana iā lākou ma ka pūnaewele.
ʻO kēia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Scrambler Project, kahi kaʻa pono me kahi pahu pālua no ʻelima mau kaʻa a me kahi pahu ukana no ka lawe ʻana i 730 kilos. ʻAʻole e like me nā koho koho ʻē aʻe, e kālele ana ka hiʻohiʻona Jeep i ka hoʻohana ʻana i waho o ke alanui. ʻO ia ka hoʻolālā a Jeep e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai nā koho FCA ʻē aʻe, e like me ka Ram 1500 a me Dakota e hiki mai ana.
E kūʻai aku ʻia ka Scrambler Project ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Jeep Gladiator. Ma kēia ala, loaʻa kahi inoa mōʻaukala no ka hōʻailona ʻAmelika. Loaʻa i ka Gladiator kona moʻolelo ponoʻī ma Argentina. ʻO ka Jeep pick-up me kēlā inoa i hana ʻia e Industrias Kaiser Argentina (IKA) ma waena o 1963 a me 1967, ma Córdoba. ʻOiai i kēia lā he legion o ka poʻe hahai.
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Hoʻokumu ʻia ka Gladiator hou ma ka hanauna hou o ka Wrangler, i kapa ʻia ʻo JL (heluhelu loiloi). Ua hoʻokele ʻo Autoblog i kēia makahiki i ka Wrangler JL ma ke ala kaulana ʻo Nevada Rubicon Trail, kahi i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai ʻo Jeep i kēia Scrambler Project (heluhelu hou aku).
Hoʻopuka ka Jeep press release iā Gladiator ma ke ʻano he "ʻoi loa ka hiki ke koho i nā manawa āpau." A e hōʻike ana i kāna "hiki i waho o ke alanui me ka ʻole o nā mea hoʻokūkū."
Ma waho aʻe o ka 730 kilos o ka ukana, hōʻike ʻo Jeep i ka hiki ke huki ʻana i 3,500 kilos a me ka hiki ke holo i nā papa wai a hiki i 75 kenimika.
E like nā mechanics o ka Gladiator me nā mana kiʻekiʻe o ka Wrangler JL hou: V6 3.6 naphtero (285 hp a me 350 Nm) a me V6 3.0 turbodiesel (260 hp a me 600 Nm). E like me nā Wranglers āpau, e hele mai ka traction pālua me ka pahu pahu.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka Wrangler JL hou e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Argentina ma 2019. ʻAʻole i hoʻolaha ʻia ka Gladiator, akā he hana kūpono ia e FCA Argentina: no ka mea he kaʻa ukana kalepa, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka ʻauhau mai nā ʻauhau kūloko. . He mea hoʻohanohano ia, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua pili nui i ka Wrangler maʻamau, no ka lilo ʻana i kaʻa kaʻa.