Jeep Gladiator

It won't cost them a dime of profit.

Leasing is a game for the manufacturer. On the front end they remove product from inventory (avoiding paying tax on excess inventory) Then they get to take depreciation on the returned vehicle. then they get to claim a capital loss when they sell it.

 

That is the absolute truth! I remember when the bankers owned Chrysler 2007-2008 just after Daimler, they went broke and owning a 2008 Chrysler product was a chore of the wallet.

 

MOPAR= Mostly Our Parts Are Rusty.

 

Read this today and thought it was worth sharing here. Little off topic but not totally.

https://jalopnik.com/the-hummer-h3t-is-americas-dream-truck-but-it-came-ten-1830948445/amp

 

Solid axles? No. Removable roof? No. Removable doors? I guess you could do it on the hummer but it’d be a pain in the ass. Maybe it’s just me but the H3 represented the epitome of recession era quality. I had a buddy whose gf had one in high school, and she loved it lol.

 

Hummer, the "look at me" d-bag mobile...

 

should be toyota's new name then

 

You drive a Toyota so....

 

Pahahaha /thread comment here gents

 

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/12/ace-of-base-2020-jeep-gladiator/

has everything I want. 6MT, 4wd. 7650# towing. Even has manual windows, all for $35k! Not to mention all cool 10 colors even for us poverty spec guys.

 

Sorry my friend, maybe I have to hold out until I see it with a bigger wheel set up....but the stock version looks like something from a Tim Burton movie.

Or the Creepy Coupe from Wacky Races:

 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My gen 1 4 door runs 225 OEM tires. I am fine with how OEM wheels are

 

Be reasonable, 80k would bankrupt them...they will be at least 100k a pop

 

New 2019 Jeep

 

Bet it has disc brakes and seat height adjustment

 

Good gosh we have went full circle

1910

2020

Same exact canopy, front fenders, and headlights

 

Because A-TRAC & MTS does what a locker in front does without the negatives of a locked diff (ie steering). Since 2009, Tacoma Off Road TRD 4x4s have A-TRAC or MTS on all 4 wheels.

 

AMC was purchased by Chrysler (to get the Jeep line that AMC bought in 1970 from Kaiser) so it doesn't exist anymore... well, actually Jeep is still alive because Chrysler bought AMC. My dad owned a new Kaiser Jeep (1965) and I owned a new AMC Jeep (1975). The Kaiser Jeep was far better than the AMC Jeep was, (at least for me).

 

Dude I hate on 3rd gens all the time, just cause I like to stir the pot. But I saw a 3rd gen try and try and try to get up a steep, rocky slope with the locker engaged. Then the driver disengaged the locker, hit the MTS button....and drove right up it no problem. My tongue fell out of my mouth. mts is what A-trac should have been.

 

Yes, it is great that they made A-TRAC adjustable with MTS. A-TRAC would have also done better than the locker with an open front diff.