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BY BARRY SPYKER TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Hardcore off-road race machines that are built to tackle the Mojave and Baja dunes can cost anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million to build. But Jeep, with an eye on a growing market, now builds a desert racer for $50,000 or so.
The 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave. (Jeep/FCA US LLC/TNS)
Not that it’s in the same league as the 4×4 truck that Larry Roeseler, aka “Mr. Baja,” took top honors with in this year’s grueling Baja 500. But the Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the first to wear Jeep’s new Desert Rated badge, is specifically engineered to withstand the intense heat, sand and dust of high-speed desert racing.
The 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave. (Jeep/FCA US LLC/TNS)
Published July 16. 2021 12:05AM
By Barry Spyker, Tribune News Service
Hardcore off-road race machines that are built to tackle the Mojave and Baja dunes can cost anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million to build. But Jeep, with an eye on a growing market, now builds a desert racer for $50,000 or so.
Not that it s in the same league as the 4x4 truck that Larry Roeseler, aka Mr. Baja, took top honors with in this year s grueling Baja 500. But the Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the first to wear Jeep s new Desert Rated badge, is specifically engineered to withstand the intense heat, sand and dust of high-speed desert racing.
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Mojave dunes await Jeep s newest Gladiator
Hardcore off-road race machines that are built to tackle the Mojave and Baja dunes can cost anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million to build. But Jeep, with an eye on a growing market, now builds a desert racer for $50,000 or so.
Jul. 10 2021 @ 7:53pm
The 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave. (Jeep/FCA US LLC/TNS)
Hardcore off-road race machines that are built to tackle the Mojave and Baja dunes can cost anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million to build. But Jeep, with an eye on a growing market, now builds a desert racer for $50,000 or so.
Not that it s in the same league as the 4x4 truck that Larry Roeseler, aka Mr. Baja, took top honors with in this year s grueling Baja 500. But the Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the first to wear Jeep s new Desert Rated badge, is specifically engineered to withstand the intense heat, sand and dust of high-speed desert racing.