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Jeep Gladiator Offroad Test Drive for the Houston Chronicle

Antonio Sureshot April 8, 2019

A couple weeks ago, I flew up to Sacramento CA to attend the Press Preview event that Jeep held to announce their all new Jeep Gladiator to the American public!

This event would be the very first time that automotive journalists and content creators were allowed to drive Jeep's new truck, which went on pre-order from the Jeep website this past weekend.

I was at the event to provide feedback to esteemed automotive writer Jeff Yip for the Houston Chronicle's Autos section, but I'll be publishing my own story on the Gladiator on the MotorMavens website in a few weeks.

Click the JPG below to read the full story, or just click this link to the Houston Chronicle website.

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