---
title: "Jeep’s New Wrangler Pickup Truck Will Be Called the Gladiator: Report"
description: "According to a leak, the Gladiator will be revealed Nov. 28 at the LA Auto Show."
date: "2018-11-12"
modified: "2018-11-12"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/24848/jeeps-new-wrangler-pickup-truck-will-be-called-the-gladiator-report"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "FCA"
  - "Fiat Chrysler"
  - "gladiator"
  - "Jeep"
  - "jeep scrambler"
  - "leaks"
  - "pickup"
  - "pickup trucks"
---

# Jeep’s New Wrangler Pickup Truck Will Be Called the Gladiator: Report

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While Jeep's highly anticipated Wrangler pickup truck has, [up until this point, been known as the Scrambler](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24591/jeep-scrambler-pickup-truck-to-debut-at-la-auto-show-in-november-report>), the company now appears to be going with a name that's less, er, [eggy](<https://www.brownberry.com/recipes/spicy-scrambler-breakfast-sandwich>). Spotted by the folks at [*Jeep Scrambler* *Forum*](<https://www.jeepscramblerforum.com/2020-jeep-gladiator-jt-model-name-leaked-on-fca-media-site/>)—might have to change that name now, boys—a section titled "2020 Jeep Gladiator" appeared and quickly disappeared from Fiat Chrysler's media website.

A "long-time trusted source" of the forum says they saw it with their own eyes saying, "I actually went to the media site and saw the page. I saw it on my iPhone browser and on Google Chrome."

While the Scrambler name was a nod to Jeep's CJ8 Scrambler from the early '80s, Gladiator makes an appearance in Jeep's history books as the name of a full-size, Wagoneer-based pickup made from 1962 to 1971. The name then appeared again in 2004 when Jeep trotted out a Gladiator concept pickup truck.

According to an FCA dealer presentation leaked and spotted by [*Jeep Scrambler Forum*](<https://www.jeepscramblerforum.com/2020-jeep-pickup-truck-teased-in-fca-dealer-presentation/>), the upcoming Gladiator will boast "authentic Jeep capability, real truck capability, 15 class-exclusive innovations, next-generation advanced safety systems, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto." The leaked presentation also says it'll be officially revealed Nov. 28 at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

[Previous reports](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/16434/2019-jeep-wrangler-pickup-truck-to-feature-convertible-soft-top-report-says>) have pegged the Jeep pickup to feature a convertible soft top in at least one of its trims while [exclusive spy shots obtained by *The Drive*](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/17729/exclusive-spy-shots-suggest-2019-jeep-wrangler-pickup-truck-will-still-have-fold-down-windshield>) suggest the Gladiator will keep the Wrangler's fold-down windshield intact.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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