Jeep brought a pickup truck back to its lineup a few years back with the introduction of the Gladiator, a Wrangler-like off-road pickup with beefy styling and a wide range of configuration options. Despite its trail-rated capability, the Gladiator remains a useful truck with up to 7,700 pounds of towing and a 1,725-pound payload rating.
2025 Jeep Gladiator Pricing, Specs, and Release Date
- What’s New for the 2025 Jeep Gladiator
- Design
- Powertrain
- Interior
- Technology
- Safety
- Pricing and Release Date
- Further Research
What’s New for the 2025 Jeep Gladiator
Jeep ditched the manual transmission option for 2025, leaving only the eight-speed automatic in its place. The Gladiator now comes standard with power windows and door locks, and an active cabin-ventilation system is available.
Design
To the untrained eye, the Gladiator looks an awful lot like a Jeep Wrangler with a bed, but there’s more going on than that. The truck sports unique bodywork and other components not shared with the Wrangler, but it retains a high ground clearance and can be customized in a near-countless number of ways.
Powertrain
The 2025 Gladiator is offered with a single powertrain option. It’s a 3.6-liter V6 making 285 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque that enables a maximum towing capacity of up to 7,700 pounds when properly equipped.
Jeep offers four different four-wheel drive (4WD) systems: Command-Trac with a 2.72:1 low-range ratio, Selec-Trac, Rock-Trac part-time with a 4:1 low-range, and Rock-Trac full-time.
Interior
The five-seat Gladiator comes standard with cloth upholstery, but higher trims get leather and heated front seats. Power adjustability is a new thing for the Gladiator, and some trims come with a heated steering wheel.
While the front seats are nicely supportive and spacious, the rear bench is too upright and narrow for three adults to ride comfortably. The interior features a decent number of storage spaces, and the Gladiator’s five-foot bed offers up to 35.5 cubic feet of space.
Like the Wrangler, the Gladiator’s doors, windshield, and roof can be removed, giving it an almost completely open-air experience.
Technology
A 12.3-inch touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Bluetooth, an eight-speaker audio system, SiriusXM satellite radio, and Amazon Alexa functionality are all standard on the 2025 Gladiator. Available tech includes HD radio, voice command, a 7-inch digital gauge cluster, an Alpine stereo, and more.
Jeep’s Uconnect infotainment system is one of the most feature-rich and intuitive interfaces out there. It’s responsive, and menus are laid out sensibly, which makes it much less distracting to use while driving than some competing systems.
