10 SEPTEMBER 2019 FOUR WHEELER fourwheeler.com

W

ere you among the 4,
people who scored a ’
Jeep Gladiator Launch Edition
by preordering a new Glad on
April 4 (also known as Jeep 4x
Day, although we’re not certain
that has caught on yet)? The

limited-edition pickup will have

a special interior look and set

of wheels as well as a tailgate

badge that reads, “One of

4,190.” Also, don’t try to get one

now—the limited run sold out in

one of 365 days.

April 2019 was an all-around

big month for the Gladiator:

April 12 was the day it began

shipping from the Toledo

Assembly Complex (where

it’s being built) to dealerships

around the U.S.

Jeep Gladiator Launch Edition

RPM

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS

BY TORI TELLEM

[email protected]

PHOTOS: COURTESY OF THE MANUFACTURERS

<|’19 Ram HD Lone Star, Kentucky

Derby Editions

I

s it just us, or does it seem like every other month there’s a Lone Star

edition of the Ram? Well, here’s this month’s: the ’19 Ram Heavy

Duty Lone Star. As with the others, it’s available only in Texas. It can be

recognized due to

its badging on the

tailgate and interior

(also by the fact

that you’re in Texas

when you see it).

Among its unique

features: chrome

bumpers, grille

surround, and door

handles. The 2500

starts at $37,645, while the 3500’s MSRP is $39,095.

The HD also got a Kentucky Derby trim. If you aren’t fluent in horse

facts or Ram facts, this happened because Ram reached 10 years of

being the official truck of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby.

The Derby-edition truck is towing-centric in what it offers and also has

premium leather (sidebar—we have a quick horse question here), a billet-

style grille, body-color bumpers, interior color treatment, and more. There

are only 1,000 being produced. Pricing starts at $66,890.