Let’s just say July was the month for Jeeps since 2005. This
can be mainly because Jeeps, specifically the Wrangler is known as a summer car
that you drive with the top down and big ol’ tires running down the road. Even
Jake Mallett, who is a sales manager at Yark Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram said, “The
Wrangler sells itself. All the different modifications you can do to it --
taking the top off, it's a great summertime vehicle. It's also a four-wheel
drive vehicle for the wintertime. And the Cherokee is a great all-around
vehicle. It leads the way in miles per gallon.”
All this comes after the recent news of Americas biggest
recall that fined the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) group $105 million. FCA’s
profits for the second quarter jumped to 69% which brings them an extra $336
million which mainly came from strong Jeep sales. This is Jeeps 22nd
consecutive month of sales increasing which is setting itself up real well for
the Jeep Renegade. The Renegade is doing great in Brazil and having a bit of
trouble in China. Those are the two countries that Jeep has just created new
factories in to increase sales in South America and Asia.
Another new story about the FCA group is the recent hack
that was found that can hack into other drivers Jeeps and control the car. It
is almost like they are feeding off of it and using it as a way to bring in
more sales. This can be done because Fiat Chrysler Automobile is coming out
with a new fix for the hack and there will be tutorials being passed out too.
On the other hand, Dodge did take a loss with a -12.7% even
though the Charger, Challenger, and journey are doing extremely well in sales.
Even Fiat is down 15% with the new 500X failing to meet results that were
expected. However, Chrysler is doing better by 6.3% that is almost directly
because of the Chrysler 200.
