The Jeep Gladiator Farout diesel pickup lives up to its name
Diesel truck designed to go the distance
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Jeep wants to make one thing very clear: the new diesel-powered Gladiator pickup can go a long way.
To drive the point home it has created the aptly-named Gladiator Farout Concept, a custom truck designed for long-distance adventuring.
Built as a showcase for the annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari off-road event in Utah, which was canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Farout is equipped as an overlanding truck with a four-person roof-mounted tent.
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It also features a covered cargo box equipped with a refrigerator and stove, a two-inch suspension lift, 37-inch mud-terrain tires and a steel front bumper with a 12,000-pound Warn winch.
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The truck is powered by the 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder engine currently offered in the Jeep Wrangler SUV that will be available in the Gladiator this fall.
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According to Jeep, it will have an EPA highway rating of 28 mpg, which is 20 percent better than the Gladiator’s available gasoline engines. Combined with a 22-gallon tank, that means it can cover over 600 miles -- at least until the pavement ends.
City and forest fuel economy have not been released.