Taylor Langhals was the lead exterior designer on Gladiator. The four-door, five-passenger mid-size Gladiator features exterior and interior styling cues from the Wrangler JL. The Gladiator concept featured a green-on-gray color scheme for both the exterior and interior. It featured functional rear mini-doors, and rear seating. The Gladiator concept was powered by a 3.0 L Common-Rail Diesel (CRD) engine produced by VM Motori (similar to the one used in some models of the Jeep Grand Cherokee), mated to a manual transmission, and four-wheel-drive. It also previewed the design of the upcoming Jeep Wrangler (JK). The 2005 Gladiator Concept did not feature a removable roof, but had removable doors and a pickup bed. In late-2004 the Jeep Gladiator concept was introduced. Ī two-door version of a Jeep Scrambler pickup based on a lengthened Wrangler was shown in 2003 at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting. Jeep considered reviving the Gladiator name alongside Comanche and most commonly Scrambler, as well as simply using a new name, before deciding on Gladiator, feeling it fits the truck the best. The vehicle's name harkens back to the original Jeep Gladiator, made from 1962 through 1988 and known as the J-Series after 1971.
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