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The Jeep Gladiator, Jeep Pickup or J-series is a series of full-size pickup trucks based on the large Jeep SJ platform, which was built and sold under numerous marques from 1962 until 1988. The Jeep Gladiator/Pickup design is noteworthy for remaining in production for more than 26 years on a single automobile platform generation.
The vehicle's name harkens back to the original Jeep Gladiator, made in 1962 until 1988 and known as the J-Series after 1971.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 Jeep Gladiator may refer to: Jeep Gladiator (SJ) , a pickup truck made by Jeep from 1962 to 1988, known as the Jeep J-Series after 1971 Jeep Gladiator (JT) , a pickup truck made by Jeep from 2019 onwards
The first Civilian Jeep put into production by Willys, marketed as the "Universal Jeep". 212,402 units were produced. CJ-3A (1949–1953) A refined CJ-2A, the CJ-3A featured a redesigned one-piece windshield with air vents below the glass. 131,843 units were produced. Derived from it was the first post-war military jeep: the M38. CJ-3B (1953 ...
early car production included Chrysler, DeSoto and Dodge models, closed when production switched to former Rootes plant at Dunstable Linwood Assembly: Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland: 1964: 1978: Hillman Imp and derivatives, Rootes Arrow range, Chrysler Avenger, Chrysler Sunbeam: ex Rootes Group 1964, sold to Groupe PSA 1978, closed 1981 ...
Also, in 1962, The original Jeep Gladiator full-sized pickup truck was introduced to replace the previous, also Brooks Stevens designed Willys Jeep Truck. [2] As part of a general push to place all of their corporate holdings under the Kaiser name, in 1963, the company changed the name of Willys Motors to Kaiser Jeep Corporation.
Jeep's SJ platform was part of the "FSJ" or full-size Jeep lineup. A "FSJ" is any vehicle produced in North America, carrying the "Jeep" nameplate, with 2 or 4 doors, in rear-or four-wheel drive, whose wheelbase does not exceed 132 in (3,353 mm), nor is less than 109 in (2,769 mm), and whose tread width is no more than 67 in (1,702 mm) nor less than 57 in (1,448 mm).
Prior to 1940 the term "jeep" had been used as U.S. Army slang for new recruits or vehicles, [10] [11] but the World War II "jeep" that went into production in 1941 specifically tied the name to this light military 4×4, arguably making them the oldest four-wheel drive mass-production vehicles now known as SUVs. [12]