As final tooling and processes were put in place to ready the plant for production of the all-new 2020 Jeep® Gladiator, Toledo (Ohio) Supplier Park employees were making their own preparations. Between March and April, 1,300 employees participated in an extensive four-week training and readiness program known as the “Toledo Way.” Similar to the 2017
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Truck Thursday: 2020 Jeep® Gladiator’s new axles provide greater capability
The all-new 2020 Jeep® Gladiator entered the midsize truck market with a lot of anticipation and unmatched capability. Enthusiasts have been clamoring for a Jeep truck for years, with the intensity increasing following the release of the new Jeep Wrangler. But before the Gladiator was introduced, Jeep engineers made sure it was most capable on
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Truck Thursday: Engineers given a ‘unique opportunity’ to bring the all-new Jeep® Gladiator back to market
The 2020 Jeep Gladiator offers best-in-class towing and payload along with a number of unique features, such as a forward-facing camera. When Jeep® engineers were assigned the task to bring back the iconic Jeep truck, they embraced the opportunity by creating a vehicle that’s a class-leader. “What we wanted to do up-front is set a
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Truck Thursday: All-new Jeep® Gladiator has features only a Jeep pickup could offer
The interior of the all-new 2020 Jeep® Gladiator offers a number of unique features that only a pickup by Jeep could offer. Exclusive all-new rear seats with a secure storage design, open-air freedom and a heritage-inspired center stack are among the many innovative, functional and intuitive features offered in a Gladiator. This mix of precision
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Truck Thursday: All-new 2020 Gladiator carries on the Jeep® truck heritage
The all-new 2020 Jeep® Gladiator is the latest iteration in a long line of Jeep trucks with more than 40 years of rich heritage to draw from. Jeep’s truck heritage began back in 1947 when Willys Overland introduced a one-ton truck with four-wheel drive based on the CJ-2A. In the early 1960s, the first Gladiator
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Truck Thursday: Navigating the 2019 Ram 1500 Uconnect 12-inch touchscreen display
The excitement revolving around the all-new 2019 Ram 1500 continues this week on #TruckThursday! This week, we are taking a deep dive into the segment-leading Uconnect 12-inch touchscreen display. Designed to fit seamlessly flush against the Ram 1500’s dashboard, the display and the buttons that surround it are right at the driver’s fingertips – all
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Truck Thursday: 2019 Ram 1500 shakes it up for the long haul
High-strength steel, hydraulic cab mounts, 5-link suspension, Frequency Response Damping shocks. Yup! This week’s Truck Thursday is going underneath that beautiful ‘skin’ of the 2019 Ram 1500 for a look at how a durability ‘shake-up’ plays a big role in this all-new truck’s ‘no compromise’ durability promise. The Road Test Simulator is a key part of
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