Jeep Gladiator

The Texas Trail, available only in the Lone Star State, is based on the Sport S trim level and features numerous unique interior and exterior tweaks.

For both models, the Jeep Beach upgrade includes orange and yellow Jeep Beach script on the hood, as well as matching stripes around the fender vents and matte-black hood decal.

The most significant updates for the 2024 Gladiator are side curtain airbags, as well as structural enhancements and rear seat belt pretensioners for improved crash performance.

Just as trucks and SUVs are popular with car shoppers these days, so were they at the show, with three of the four vehicle debuts falling into these two categories.

The 2024 Gladiator sports a lot of the same tasty upgrades as the 2024 Wrangler, with a few key omissions and a sad discontinuation from the prior model year.

For 2024, the Gladiator receives nearly identical enhancements to its in-car technology and safety that proved to be significant additions to the new Wrangler.

Limited to 1,000 units, the 2023 FarOut edition combines popular Gladiator Rubicon options with unique badging and graphics.

The list of model-year 2023-24 cars with manual transmissions skews mostly to affordable models and those that are more enthusiast-oriented, but there’s still a decent range of choices.

In a recent testing session involving model-year 2022-23 mid-size crew-cab pickups, not one truck earned top marks for rear-occupant protection from the IIHS.

J.D. Power’s annual Initial Quality Survey measures the number of consumer-reported problems per 100 vehicles during the first 90 days of ownership, and the 2023 results are not good news for manufacturers.