Jeep News: Jeep Unsure of Direction on Compass

[Drew Dowdell]

Stellantis has paused all work at its Brampton Assembly Plant while it decides the fate of the next generation Jeep Compass. Production of pilot models of the next generation Compass was originally to begin on January 20th, however, the company decided last autumn to move the pilot production start date into May of 2025.

Originally scheduled to go into full production in February of 2026 as a fully electric vehicle with a gasoline version offered later. The sudden resignation of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares in December of 2024 has Stellantis reevaluating product roadmaps across all of its brands.

Stellantis has not said how long the pause in activity would be nor if there would be any temporary layoffs. They did state that their investment plans to retool the plant have not changed.

Prior to shutting down for retooling, the Brampton plant was the home to the Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, and Dodge Charger. The retooled facility is planned to support vehicles on Stellantis' STLA Medium platform that can support electric, hybrids, and gasoline vehicles. The Compass was set to go into production for the European market in 2025 with production in Melfi, Italy, later expanding to North America and global markets the following year.

A source inside the company said, “I believe they’re reevaluating whether a battery-electric Jeep Compass makes sense for the North American market”.

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[G. David Felt]

Right now, due to the craziness in DC and the attempts to stop the IRA program which should not happen, everyone it would seem is in Pause mode to see what really happens. I suspect a number of products will die, others will be delayed, and stagnation will happen this year in the auto industry.

[Drew Dowdell]

13 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Right now, due to the craziness in DC and the attempts to stop the IRA program which should not happen, everyone it would seem is in Pause mode to see what really happens. I suspect a number of products will die, others will be delayed, and stagnation will happen this year in the auto industry.

Well, Brampton is also in Canada, which makes building it there problematic with tweeter dee and tweeter dumb in office.

[G. David Felt]

3 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Well, Brampton is also in Canada, which makes building it there problematic with tweeter dee and tweeter dumb in office.

Just saw the CFO of GM state that they have brought on additional ships to draw down their port inventories in South Korea, China, Canada and Mexico and will stuff new built auto's all over the US ahead of the Tariffs to ensure the ability to sell at a reasonable price new auto.

Dealerships need to plan for inventory bloat ahead of the tariff implementation.

Kia, Hyundai, Genesis had been using the port of Seattle to bring in their auto's that would get trucked up to Canada, now they are going direct to Canada.