CODE NAME HERCULES: Is there Already A Secret High Performance Gladiator In The Works?

The much-awaited Jeep Gladiator was revealed at the end of November 2018 and you won’t find one at your local Jeep dealer until the second quarter of the year. Even though the pickup truck is not for sale yet, the rumor mill never sleeps as a new report indicates a high-performance derivative might be in the works. Our friends over at the Jeep Gladiator Forum have it on good authority prototypes of the go-faster version are already being built for testing purposes.

Don’t get too excited just yet as the same source goes on to mention Jeep’s officials haven’t signed off the meaner Gladiator expected to carry the suffix of a Roman god. The company is at that stage where it’s trying to figure out whether such a version would make sense, a version which would go after the Ford Ranger Raptor if the Blue Oval will ever decide to bring it to the United States.

MDarringer - 1/8/2019 8:09:01 AM

+1 Boost

Make it a Hellcat.

PUGPROUD - 1/8/2019 8:28:59 AM

+3 Boost

Dodge and Jeep have perhaps the strongest brand building marketing programs in the industry emphasizing bold names that resonate with consumers over alpha numeric gibberish. With limited resources compared to others it has drawn heavily on its heritage of model names and added to it as well, not walking away as others have (eg. Cadillac). One word captures the full feeling of what this car is...Demon, Hellcat, Red Eye, Scat Pack, Challenger, Charger, Ram, Gladiator, Wrangler and more to draw on again in future Viper, Road Runner, Barracuda, Super Bee, etc.