August 2018: FCA US LLC

[William Maley]

FCA US Reports 2018 August Sales

• Ram brand achieves highest August ever
• Ram light-duty pickup posts highest month of total sales ever 
• Jeep® Wrangler sales set new August record
• Alfa Romeo sales increase 96 percent

September 4, 2018 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - FCA US LLC today reported sales of 193,718 vehicles, a 10 percent increase compared with sales in August 2017 of 176,033. Overall, FCA US retail sales rose 17 percent to 164,727 vehicles. Fleet accounted for 15 percent of total sales.
 
Sales were led by both the Jeep® and Ram brands. Ram posted two new records for the month.
 
“Our August results highlight how the all-new Ram light duty is coming into its own,” said Reid Bigland, Head of U.S. Sales. “Ram light-duty total sales rose 55 percent to 36,798 vehicles for the month.”
 
Jeep Brand
Jeep brand sales rose to 87,502 vehicles. Four of the brand’s five nameplates reported increases, but it was the Wrangler that set a new August record. Sales reached 20,168 vehicles eclipsing the previous record of 18,276 vehicles set in August 2015.  It was also the sixth consecutive month Wrangler sales have surpassed the 20,000 mark.   
 
Ram Brand
Ram brand sales rose 27 percent to 54,808 vehicles compared with the previous year. It was the best August since the Ram brand was first created in 2009. The previous record was in 2016 when sales reached 44,419 vehicles. Total sales for the Ram light-duty 1500 reached 36,798. It was the highest month of sales for the light duty ever since the Ram brand was launched. The previous record was in May 2018 when sales reached 33,060.      
 
Alfa Romeo Brand
Alfa Romeo brand sales of 2,240 vehicles were up significantly compared with the same month a year ago. Stelvio led the brand with 1,271 vehicle sales.
 
Chrysler Brand
Chrysler brand total sales declined 3 percent to 12,219 vehicles compared with the same month a year ago. The Pacifica rose 20 percent to 9,167 vehicles.
 
Dodge Brand
Dodge brand total sales fell 18 percent to 35,575. Dodge Journey sales rose 28 percent to 7,243.    
     
FIAT Brand
Sales of Fiat declined 35 percent to 1,374 vehicles.

FCA US LLC Sales Summary August 2018
		Month Sales		Vol %	CYTD Sales		Vol %
	Model	Curr Yr	Pr Yr	Change	Curr Yr	Pr Yr	Change
	Compass	16,339	9,305	76%	116,149	42,579	173%
	Patriot	23	2,658	-99%	590	36,932	-98%
	Wrangler	20,168	16,808	20%	174,968	134,428	30%
	Cherokee	21,978	11,874	85%	155,907	105,060	48%
	Grand Cherokee	20,072	23,572	-15%	147,341	158,975	-7%
	Renegade	8,922	8,974	-1%	67,475	70,859	-5%
	JEEP BRAND	87,502	73,191	20%	662,430	548,833	21%
	Ram P/U	49,912	37,608	33%	323,727	327,759	-1%
	Cargo Van	0	0	0%	0	0
	ProMaster Van	3,830	4,589	-17%	27,968	28,332	-1%
	ProMaster City	1,066	1,125	-5%	8,519	10,916	-22%
	RAM BRAND	54,808	43,322	27%	360,214	367,007	-2%
	200	39	941	-96%	969	16,562	-94%
	300	3,013	4,073	-26%	30,533	35,436	-14%
	Town & Country	0	17	-100%	5	545	-99%
	Pacifica	9,167	7,621	20%	80,966	75,507	7%
	CHRYSLER BRAND	12,219	12,652	-3%	112,473	128,050	-12%
	Dart	11	430	-97%	368	9,385	-96%
	Avenger	1	1	0%	4	11	-64%
	Charger	5,280	9,569	-45%	52,429	58,148	-10%
	Challenger	4,647	6,253	-26%	46,851	47,496	-1%
	Viper	0	59	-100%	14	517	-97%
	Journey	7,243	5,665	28%	67,897	69,342	-2%
	Caravan	13,039	17,109	-24%	107,106	104,479	3%
	Durango	5,354	4,522	18%	42,958	46,474	-8%
	DODGE  BRAND	35,575	43,608	-18%	317,627	335,852	-5%
	500	563	937	-40%	3,188	9,419	-66%
	500L	136	141	-4%	1,147	1,058	8%
	500X	332	660	-50%	3,935	5,237	-25%
	Spider	343	382	-10%	2,629	3,332	-21%
	FIAT BRAND	1,374	2,120	-35%	10,899	19,046	-43%
	Giulia	957	916	4%	8,177	5,494	49%
	Alfa 4C	12	21	-43%	164	286	-43%
	Stelvio	1,271	203	526%	8,180	304	2591%
	ALFA ROMEO	2,240	1,140	96%	16,521	6,084	172%
	FCA US LLC	193,718	176,033	10%	1,480,164	1,404,872	5%

[G. David Felt]

To be expected that Fiat brand would continue it's demise into nothing. I would not be surprised to see them closing dealerships by 2020. No body with a common sense brain buys Fiat crap. Dodge dropped sales to be expected too. Surprised at the increase in Journey sales. Everything else as I expected.