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Jeep Gladiator diesel on sale in US, still a no go for Australia

Jeep Gladiator finally has the diesel engine many ute fans are calling for, but there are still no plans to introduce it in Australia: V6 petrol only for now.


The Jeep Gladiator will get the option of diesel power in the US but it is still a no go for Australia.

Despite diesel engines accounting for the overwhelming majority of ute sales locally, the Jeep Gladiator has only been developed as a V6 petrol for right-hand-drive markets such as Australia.

The diesel about to go into the Jeep Gladiator is a 3.0-litre single turbo V6 with an output of 195kW/600Nm – which is more than the 179kW/569Nm version of the same engine fitted to the Ram 1500 Classic. Both are matched to eight-speed torque converter automatic transmissions.

By comparison, the 3.0-litre V6 petrol offered in the Jeep Gladiator locally has a relatively modest output of 209kW/347Nm and an eight-speed auto.

A spokesperson for Jeep Australia told CarAdvice there are no plans to introduce a diesel variant of the Gladiator locally, a company line it has consistently maintained since the model was confirmed for our market.

This is despite the fact that a 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbo diesel (147kW/450Nm) is available in the Jeep Wrangler in Australia, and the 3.0-litre V6 turbo diesel (195kW/600Nm) is available in the Jeep Gladiator in the US.

Jeep executives say Australia doesn't buy enough vehicles to cover the significant cost of developing a right-hand-drive diesel version of the Gladiator for our market. Let us know in the comments below if you think you can change their mind.

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Joshua Dowling

Joshua Dowling has been a motoring journalist for more than 20 years, spending most of that time working for The Sydney Morning Herald (as motoring editor and one of the early members of the Drive team) and News Corp Australia. He joined CarAdvice / Drive in 2018, and has been a World Car of the Year judge for more than 10 years.

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