A Guide to the 2024 Jeep Gladiator's Exciting Trim Lineup

Jeep vehicles are superb for all of your favorite outdoor activities. However, for all of their versatility, each Jeep vehicle lacks one thing its sibling, the Gladiator, has. The Gladiator is the Jeep vehicle everyone’s ushered to if they want the best of both worlds: the versatility of an SUV coupled with the strength and bed of a truck. We’re here to help you prepare yourself before you buy a Jeep Gladiator for sale by putting together this extensive trim guide, which will be the last one you’ll ever need. Let’s begin.

The Sport is the base 2024 Gladiator, with an MSRP of $37,895.^[a] The Sport gets more attention from Jeep than many manufacturers often give base trims, with the Sport providing the same performance, among a handful of other similarities—we’ll get to this shortly. Inside the 2024 Gladiator, including the Sport, is a 3.6L V6 engine with a 6-speed manual transmission. For a $2,500 fee, you can upgrade your Sport’s transmission to an 8-speed automatic transmission.

Because the 2024 Gladiator Sport has the same engine as the other trims, the base Gladiator produces 285 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque and shares the maximum towing capacity of 7,700 lbs. The 2024 Gladiator is the sole Jeep vehicle with a truck bed, and its payload capacity sits at 1,725 lbs—a small increase over the 1,710 lb payload capacity of the prior model. The truck’s bed is 5 ft long, giving the Gladiator its great maximum cargo capacity of 35.5 cu-ft.

Another area where the Sport shines as a terrific value for Gladiator shoppers is with its infotainment center. Not unlike what we mentioned with the Sport’s performance and how it shares the same ratings as the top-end Gladiator, the Sport also comes with the same infotainment center you’d get if you were to throw down all of your chips into a top-end trim with all of the extras. The infotainment center is one of the newer UConnect 5 systems, complete with a 12.3-inch screen.

Among the standard features, you’re getting wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as a 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot. The mobile hotspot supports up to eight connected devices. Similarly, and new for the 2024 Gladiator, is connecting two Bluetooth devices, like smartphones, to the infotainment center at any time. Having two Bluetooth devices connected to your vehicle is great if you and your passenger share the duties of picking the on-road playlist.

The Sport S is the second 2024 Gladiator trim. You’ll find the Sport at an MSRP of $41,990, with many new features that account for the upgrade.^[a] A quick change between the Sport S and the Sport is that the former comes with 17-inch aluminum wheels instead of the styled steel wheels in the Sport. On the more notable front, however, there are a couple of safety features you won’t find on the base model.

If you’re driving the Sport S, you’re getting Adaptive Cruise Control and Forward Collision Warning. Adaptive Cruise Control is the perfect way to make traveling to your favorite trail or even getting to work less taxing. Your vehicle will remain at the speed you set, as you’d expect with Cruise Control. However, with Adaptive Cruise Control, your Gladiator begins slowing down to match the traffic flow and will stop the vehicle when traffic is still. Once the cars ahead start moving, so will you. As for Forward Collision Alert, your Gladiator will signal a warning if you’re too close to another vehicle—a warning is sometimes all a driver needs to regain attention and stop their car.

The Willys is the third 2024 Gladiator trim, with an MSRP of $44,995.^[a] Not only is the trim name a love letter to Jeep enthusiasts, but the Willys is a trim that Jeep wants you to off-road with. We don’t blame them, as Jeep makes it irresistible to hit your favorite trail with how they’ve built the Gladiator Willys, and it’s more cost-effective than the Mojave, which we’ll get to shortly.

In addition to every 2024 Gladiator having standard 4×4 support, the Willys has more of what you want, like cab rock rails made of steel, a rear limited-slip locking differential, a standard tow-centric Trailer Tow package group with programmable auxiliary switches, front LED fog lamps, and most importantly, fat 32-inch mud-terrain tires. Making their introduction for the 2024 Willys model is a Tru-Lok rear-axle locker, and there’s also a new Off-Road+ mode introduced in the Willys, which you’ll activate when you need extra stability and enhanced handling.

The Mojave is the fourth 2024 Gladiator trim, with an MSRP of $56,930.^[a] The Mojave marks the most upgrades over a previous trim we mentioned. Like the Willys, the Mojave is built for off-roading. However, the Mojave is even more geared towards providing an authentic Jeep off-roading experience thanks to some additions.

Along with 33-inch all-terrain tires coming standard along with a rear LED fog lamp to accompany the front one, the Mojave is built with a 1-inch front suspension lift and a selectable high-speed rear-locking differential. The 2024 Gladiator Mojave also has fender flares providing ample clearance, front hydro jounce bumpers, 2.5-inch internal bypass shocks with reservoirs, and off-road Dana 44 axles. Like the Willys, the Mojave has the Off-Road+ mode you may activate.

It’s not all about off-roading—there are a few extras the Mojave has that aren’t for enhancing the off-roading experience, but the experience as a whole. For example, the Mojave has Dual-Zone Automatic Temperature Control (a great quality-of-life feature), a 7-inch TFT cluster screen, and a sport steering wheel for some style, because why not?

The Rubicon is where we get to more serious off-roading tasks, like rock crawling. The Rubicon starts at the same MSRP as the Mojave: $56,930, but both vehicles tackle a few facets differently.^[a] A host of mutual features from the Mojave can be found with the Rubicon, including the off-road Dana 44 axles, Off-Road+ mode, and 33-inch all-terrain tires. Don’t be fooled, however, because the Rubicon and Mojave are not the same vehicle.

The Rubicon has features you won’t get with the Mojave. Features like a part-time transfer case with rear and front-locking differentials and an electronic front sway-bar disconnect are standard. The Rubicon also has a higher GCWR than the Mojave, with 10,050 lbs over 9,900 lbs, and payload capacity is increased by 100 lbs, up to 1,200 lbs, and the curb weight is increased to 5,009 lbs. Off-roading performance is shrouded in Jeep DNA, thanks to 84:1 and 77:1 crawl ratios, and the aforementioned available Dana 44 axles have a 4:1 4LO ratio. A small but noticeable improvement is the available Nappa leather seats, which the Mojave doesn’t have access to.

The Mojave X is one of the two most luxurious Gladiator trims, with the Mojave X being a more premium take on the Mojave. The Mojave X has a starting price of $63,590—several thousand dollars more than the Mojave—and you certainly get what you pay for.^[a] Some new features are focused on comfort, others on connectivity, safety, and convenience. Some examples of the new safety features include Blind-Spot Monitoring, which also enables Rear Cross Path detection for reversing out of a parking space. ParkSense rear park-assist system helps you ease into parking spaces in reverse.

With the Mojave X, your front seats aren’t only made of the Nappa leather that’s optional on the Rubicon, but the manually-adjustable chairs of every other trim are upgraded in the Mojave X to 12-way power-adjustable seats, and they’re heated. The steering wheel is also heated. The Mojave X comes with a high-end Alpine nine-speaker audio system, and there is also a removable Bluetooth speaker, which is great for outdoor activities like camping or tailgating. The Mojave X also comes with a Selec-Trac full-time transfer case, and off-roading is also enhanced thanks to the incredible front-end off-road camera.

Similar to how the Mojave and Rubicon are the same price, the Rubicon X and Mojave X are the same price, meaning the Rubicon X has a starting price of $63,590.^[a] The Rubicon X is an extension of the Rubicon. With the addition of the premium features shared with the Mojave X, like the 12-way power-adjustable heated Nappa leather seats with 4-way power lumbar support and safety features, the Rubicon X is the ultimate off-roading Gladiator trim.

Because the Rubicon X and Mojave X share many of the same features, you know what to expect. The speaker system, its comfort features, removable Bluetooth speaker, and the safety features we spoke about, ParkSense and the Blind-Spot Monitoring System with Rear Cross Path Detection, along with the steel bumpers in the front and back and the front-end off-road camera, make the Rubicon X the second of the two premium Gladiator trims.

The Rubicon X shares the off-roading amenities we mentioned with the Rubicon. Selectable front and rear-locking differentials and electronic front sway-bar disconnect both carryovers, but there are a few exclusive enhancements. For example, the Rubicon X gets a Rock-Trac full-time transfer case instead of the part-time case in the regular Rubicon, and a steel bumper in both the front and back, instead of just the latter.

With so many Gladiator trims, deciding on which one you buy may be tougher than you think. It’s even tougher, considering that two pairs of trims share the same price. How it all translates into the shopping experience, however, is that you can pick a trim based on two factors: your budget and what you need from your Jeep. We’ve mentioned how the base Sport model is more than enough for various activities, whereas if you’re serious about off-roading, you can opt for a trim like the Rubicon or Rubicon X. Once you know your budget, you can begin comparing the trims to see which trim makes the most sense covering everything you’re looking for in a brand new vehicle. We hope this trim guide has proven helpful, and we’ll see you soon to help you pick up your new Gladiator.

^[a] MSRP may change without notice. See dealer for complete details.