Look at any pickup truck model line sold in the U.S., and you will find at least one trim level tailored toward off-roading. Sometimes, this amounts to little more than an appearance package with all-terrain tires. Others have had some pretty impressive hardware added to them. But there is still only one pickup truck model line designed and built from the ground up to tackle off-road challenges, and only one that comes from a company with such capability as its core reason for existing. We are talking about the Jeep Gladiator, of course, which heads into the 2025 model year stronger than ever. Benna Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram (CDJR) explains in detail.
The Gladiator is available in Sport, Sport S, Willys, Trail Rated Rubicon and Rubicon X, and Desert Rated Mojave and Mojave X. Every model comes standard with four-wheel drive. Powering every Gladiator is the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine, rated at 285 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque. For 2025, every model has a standard 8-speed automatic transmission.
However, that will change later in the year with the introduction of the Jeep Gladiator 4xe plug-in hybrid model. It is part of the Jeep brand’s mission to offer an electrified variant of all Jeep vehicles sold in North America by the end of 2025. Details are not yet available, but the Gladiator 4xe can be expected to have the same drivetrain as found in the Wrangler 4xe. This pairs a 2.0-liter inline-4 engine with an electric motor for a total system net horsepower of 375. In the Wrangler, the battery is large enough to operate on electricity alone for 21 miles.
One sure means of showing that the Gladiator is literally the Jeep of pickup trucks is that it is available with no less than four different four-wheel-drive systems, each tailored to the kind of off-pavement activities you have in mind:
- Command-Trac part-time transfer case with 2.72:1 low-range ratio
- Selec-Trac full-time transfer case with 2.72:1 low range ratio
- Rock-Trac part-time transfer case with 4:1 low range ratio
- Rock-Trac full-time transfer case with 4:1 low range ratio
Named for the trail it was designed to conquer, the Gladiator Rubicon has a best-in-class crawl ratio of 77:1 and features impressive clearances:
- Approach angle: 44.7 degrees
- Breakover angle: 20.9 degrees
- Departure angle: 26 degrees
- Ground clearance: 11.6 inches
Also new for 2025 is that all models come standard with power windows and door locks. A new available feature called Active Cabin Ventilation enables drivers to pre-condition their vehicle’s cabin, evacuating hot air in warmer weather before entering the vehicle through the Jeep Connect mobile app.
The remaining change for 2025 is two new paint colors:
- Fathom Blue
- ’41 (military olive drab)
From its unique ability to remove door and roof panels to the way off-road trails are built directly into the navigation system, there simply is no off-road pickup truck like the Gladiator. Visit Benna CDJR and check out the 2025 Gladiator for yourself because among pickup trucks, there is only one Jeep.
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