The Open-Air Pickup
One engine, one cab, one bed, and thirteen ways to order it. The 2026 Gladiator starts at $39,820 plus a $1,995 destination charge, tows up to 7,700 pounds on a conventional hitch, Crew Cab with the five-foot bed and 4WD, properly equipped, and is the only new pickup you can buy with the doors and roof off and a five-foot steel bed behind you. Here is the full lineup, and what it actually does on a peninsula.
A lot of households here run two vehicles because one of them has to stay clean. The commuter carries people, and something else carries the wet anchor line, the sand-caked beach chairs, the oversand kit and the cooler that leaked. The Gladiator is the argument for collapsing that into one truck: four-wheel drive standard on every trim, a five-foot steel bed that hoses out, and the ability to take the doors and roof off on a Saturday and put them back on before Monday.
Premier Cape Cod stocks the Gladiator across the lineup, from the base Sport to the desert-tuned Mojave. This page covers the powertrain, every trim and its price, the technology and safety equipment, what the truck tows and carries, what it does off pavement, and which build fits which owner. Deeper detail lives on the linked pages: trims compared, full specifications, and towing by configuration.
There is one powertrain, and knowing that up front saves a lot of shopping. Every 2026 Gladiator, from the $39,820 Sport to the $61,210 Mojave X, uses the same engine and the same transmission. What you are choosing between trims is hardware and equipment, never power.
The 3.6-liter V6 produces 285 horsepower at 6,400 rpm and 260 lb-ft of torque at 4,400 rpm, paired with an eight-speed automatic. It runs on regular unleaded out of a 22-gallon tank. EPA rates the 2026 Gladiator at 17 city, 22 highway and 19 combined MPG in its single published configuration, per fueleconomy.gov, which lands the practical fill-to-fill figure around 400 miles. That is the honest trade for a body-on-frame truck with solid axles under it.
Three absences people ask about: no manual, no diesel, no plug-in hybrid. Jeep retired the six-speed after 2025, and a 4xe Gladiator has never existed. Four-wheel drive is standard on every trim; there is no two-wheel-drive Gladiator.
Jeep lists thirteen 2026 trims. All prices below exclude the $1,995 destination charge, taxes, title and registration. Texas Trail and Rewind are not currently shown in Jeep's online configurator, so call us before you set your heart on one.
| Trim | Starting MSRP | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sport | $39,820 | The way in. Steel wheels, manual climate, all-season tires. |
| Sport S | $43,015 | The volume trim, and the one Jeep ties its maximum tow and payload ratings to. |
| Willys | $45,750 | All-terrain tires and a 6,000-pound tow rating on the Sport-family chassis. |
| 85th Anniversary Edition | $46,810 | Heritage appearance and content package. |
| Sahara | $48,115 | New for 2026. The comfort branch rather than a capability step. |
| Willys '41 | $48,360 | Heritage edition with its own paint and interior treatment. |
| Rubicon | $52,520 | Front and rear lockers, 33-inch tires, and the lineup's highest tow rating in base form. |
| Mojave | $53,215 | Desert Rated. The highest ground clearance of any Gladiator. |
| Shadow Ops | $57,515 | Appearance and content edition. |
| Rubicon X | $60,515 | Rubicon hardware with the finished interior included. |
| Mojave X | $61,210 | The same relationship on the desert branch. |
| Texas Trail | $45,820 | Trail-themed edition on the Sport-family chassis. |
| Rewind | $49,245 | Retro-styled edition, new to the 2026 listings. |
Starting MSRP excludes the $1,995 destination charge, taxes, title and registration. Optional equipment and paint are extra. Dealer price will vary; ask us for the out-the-door number on a specific truck.
The full walk, including what each step up actually buys you and which trim most people overpay for, is on the Gladiator trims compared page.
Every 2026 Gladiator gets a 12.3-inch Uconnect 5 touchscreen as standard equipment. Jeep's claim is that nothing else in the segment ships a larger screen as standard equipment. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are included, as is an eight-speaker audio system, so the phone connects without a cable getting sandy in the console.
Two available items are worth knowing about before you order. The TrailCam Off-Road Camera puts the ground immediately ahead of the truck on that screen, which matters more on a soft, rutted access road than it does on a rock ledge. Off-Road+ retunes throttle, shift points and traction control for either slow crawling or faster sand running. The technology and safety page covers the driver-assistance equipment and the published crash-test results in full.
The Gladiator is a Crew Cab only, with four doors and five seats, and Jeep publishes 103 cubic feet of passenger volume. Rear legroom measures 38.3 inches with 42.8 inches of headroom, which is genuinely usable adult space rather than the jump seats a smaller pickup gives you. Front and rear shoulder room both measure 55.7 inches.
Climate and interior equipment is where the lower trims separate. Sport runs manual air conditioning; Sport S and the trims above it get automatic dual-zone climate. All of them share the removable roof panels and doors, and for 2026 Jeep added a quick-release door hinge system that takes the doors off without tools. That is a small change with a large practical effect if you actually do it more than once a summer.
The headline number is 7,700 pounds of towing, which Jeep ties to Sport S models when properly equipped on a conventional hitch, Crew Cab with the five-foot bed and four-wheel drive, and which the company describes as unsurpassed-in-class gas towing. Maximum payload, on that same properly equipped Sport S configuration, is 1,720 pounds. Those are the ceilings. What matters more when you are choosing a trim is what each one is rated at as it sits.
| Configuration | Towing | Payload |
|---|---|---|
| Sport and Sport S, base | 4,500 lbs | 1,025 pounds |
| Willys, base | 6,000 lbs | 1,025 pounds |
| Mojave, base | 6,000 lbs | 1,100 pounds |
| Rubicon, base | 7,000 lbs | 1,200 pounds |
| Sport S, properly equipped | 7,700 lbs | 1,720 pounds |
The bed is a single five-foot steel box, 60.3 inches long, 56.8 inches across at its widest and 33.9 inches deep, for 35.5 cubic feet. A Trailer Sway Control System is standard: it senses sway and brakes individual wheels until the trailer lines back up, which is the feature you notice on a crosswind run over the Cape Cod Canal with something light and tall behind you, or on the pull back down from a Plymouth ramp. Ramp work at a tidal harbor is its own kind of tow, and the towing page works through real loads against these ratings.
Under every Gladiator are heavy-duty Dana 44 solid front and rear axles, which Jeep calls segment-exclusive, plus standard forged tow hooks, two front and one rear. Steel skid plates protect the undercarriage. The truck carries the Trail Rated badge, and Jeep rates the front seats to withstand up to 31.5 inches of water fording.
Above that, the lineup splits. Rubicon gets front and rear locking differentials and 33-inch all-terrain tires for slow, technical ground. Mojave is tuned the other direction, with a reinforced frame and strengthened steering knuckles, and it is the only Jeep vehicle to carry the Desert Rated badge, with ground clearance up to 11.6 inches, the highest of any Gladiator. Locally that distinction matters less than the paperwork: the oversand beach at Sandy Neck, like every other stretch of local sand worth driving, requires a town permit, a four-wheel-drive vehicle and deflated tires, and closes seasonally for nesting birds. The off-road page covers the hardware and the access rules together, because one is useless without the other.
Standard across the lineup: four-wheel antilock disc brakes with predictive brake assist, traction control, electronic stability control with anti-rollover, forward collision mitigation, driver and passenger front airbags, seat-mounted front side airbags, first and second row curtain airbags, front and rear seatbelt pre-tensioners and tire pressure monitoring.
Adaptive cruise is a genuine dividing line rather than a footnote. It arrives standard, with the stop-and-go function, only on Rubicon and Mojave; the three trims below them go without. If you commute the length of Route 6 in August, that is worth more than most option-sheet items. Each rating body has published results here, several of them unflattering, and the complete tables sit on the technology and safety page.
You want the cheapest way into a four-wheel-drive pickup with a real bed. Sport, $39,820. Steel wheels and manual climate, the same axles and the same bed as everything above it. See Sport inventory.
You tow a boat off a town ramp most weekends. Sport S with the Max Tow Package, $43,015 plus $1,995 for the package. This is the trim Jeep's own maximum tow and payload claims are attached to. See Sport S inventory.
You run permit-legal sand a dozen weekends a year. Rubicon, $52,520. Lockers and 33-inch tires standard, and a 7,000-pound tow rating without adding anything.
You want the open-air truck but spend most miles commuting. Sahara, $48,115. The comfort content without paying for rock-crawl hardware you will not use.
What a well-equipped one costs. Adding Max Tow to a Sport S puts you near $45,010 before destination, taxes and fees. Run your own numbers with our payment and pre-approval tools.
Our lot is at 556 Yarmouth Rd in Hyannis, and the people buying these trucks put them on sand, on ramps, and through a winter that salts everything from December onward. That shapes what we stock and what we tell you to order. If you are going to run oversand, we will talk about tires and a pressure gauge before we talk about trim badges. If you are towing off a ramp where the rear axle goes in the water, we will point you at the trailer package and the washdown habit that follows it.
Call us at (508) 815-5000, book a test drive, get pre-approved online, or value your trade before you come in. Our service department is here afterward, which on a salt-belt truck matters more than it does most places.
A Sport opens the range at $39,820; a Mojave X closes it at $61,210. Add the $1,995 destination charge to either. The volume trim, Sport S, opens at $43,015, and packages like Max Tow add to that.
For most trailers on the Cape, comfortably. Off the lot a Sport handles 4,500 pounds and a Rubicon 7,000. Properly equip a Sport S, conventional hitch, Crew Cab, five-foot bed, four-wheel drive, and the ceiling is 7,700. Match the rating to your loaded trailer weight, not to the hull length, and confirm it against the label on the door jamb.
EPA rates it at 17 city, 22 highway and 19 combined MPG, per fueleconomy.gov. There is one published configuration because there is one powertrain. With the 22-gallon tank that is roughly 400 miles of practical range.
No. Jeep ended the six-speed with the 2025 model year, so every 2026 truck pairs the 3.6-liter V6 with the eight-speed automatic. There is also no diesel and no plug-in hybrid version.
One size: a five-foot steel bed measuring 60.3 inches long, 44.8 inches between the wheelhouses, 56.8 inches at its widest and 33.9 inches deep, for 35.5 cubic feet. Plywood rides at an angle with the gate dropped; it will not lie flat with the tailgate shut.
Three things worth knowing. The Sahara trim joins the lineup as a comfort option, the Willys '41 heritage edition arrives, and a new quick-release door hinge system removes the doors without tools. Jeep retired the manual gearbox after 2025, so the eight-speed automatic is the sole choice.
Yes. Every 2026 Gladiator is four-wheel drive; there is no two-wheel-drive version. The system is part-time four-wheel drive with a two-speed transfer case, and the specific system varies by trim.
Basic coverage runs 36 months or 36,000 miles, powertrain coverage 60 months or 60,000 miles, and roadside assistance 60 months or 60,000 miles. Corrosion coverage runs five years with unlimited mileage, which is worth reading twice if you park within sight of salt water.
See the lineup in person at Premier Cape Cod, or start your numbers online before you come in.
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