2025 Jeep Gladiator Loses Manual Gearbox

•    Jeep withdraws the manual gearbox from the offer with its V6-powered Gladiator pickup for 2025.

This may not rank as the oddest decision of the year, but it’s possibly the oddest one we’ve seen this week. Jeep has withdrawn the manual gearbox from the offer with the Jeep Gladiator for 2025.

That’s not odd at all, per se. What's odd is that a few days ago, we learned that sister model the Wrangler is losing the automatic transmission, at least with its 3.6L V6 engine. This is the same powertrain offered with the Gladiator.

So if you want a stick shift, you'll have to opt for a Wrangler. Don’t want one? You have to go with the Gladiator.

The 6-speed manual gearbox was standard on all versions of the Gladiator. Until now, buyers had to add $2,695 for an automatic version. We can probably anticipate a price increase for all 2025 versions.

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