Impressive Engineering: The 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon Ecodiesel

Earlier this month Motor1.com published a story by Chris Bruce about the 2021 Jeep Gladiator with an EcoDiesel engine that gets 28 miles to the gallon highway driving. The headline highlights this feature regarding MPG, but the beast has many other attributes that make the gladiator a real fighter.

It's noteworthy that when the Gladiator was introduced at the L.A. Auto Show last year Jeep used the theme soundtrack from the film Gladiator starring Russell Crowe. 

The Gladiator brand was actually introduced in 1962, continuing through to 1988. None of those vehicles had a dashboard like today's Gladiator that you see here.

There's a certain nostalgia associated with the name, but Bruce notes that the new Gladiator with its EcoDiesel powerplant has taken the machine to a whole new level. He writes, "The 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 produces 260 horsepower (194 kilowatts) and 442 pound-feet (600 Newton-meters) and comes exclusively with an eight-speed automatic in the Gladiator and Wrangler. Models with this powerplant get tougher Dana 44 axles at the front and rear that are generally for the Rubicon grade of the gas-fueled examples."

The story includes 68 photos of the Gladiator in action. You' can find the Bruce story here: https://www.motor1.com/news/442131/2021-jeep-gladiator-fuel-economy/

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