Grand Cherokee Headlines Record-Breaking Sales Run for Fiat Chrysler Australia
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SYDNEY – Dec 4, 2013: Jeep Grand Cherokee posted its best month of sales in November as Fiat Chrysler Australia reached a new group sales record.
Grand Cherokee, which recently won Best 4WD in the Drive Car of the Year award for the third time, recorded sales of 1405 units.
It is the fifth month in a row Grand Cherokee has sold in excess of 1000 units.
Fiat Chrysler Australia also surpassed 30,000 sales for the first time in a calendar year in November and marked the fourth month in a row where total group sales were in excess of 3000 units.
November was the 31st successive month of positive year-on-year sales growth for the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands and the 13th successive month of positive year-on-year growth for the Fiat and Alfa Romeo brands.
It was also the best month of sales on record for:
The Jeep Compass and Patriot models enjoyed their best combined month of sales on record since June this year.
Alfa Romeo additionally marked an important milestone, recording sales in excess of 2000 units for the first time since 2003.
Other year-to-date highlights included Chrysler 300 reaching 2000 sales for the first time and the Fiat brand, including light commercial vehicles, reaching 4000 sales for the first time.
Fiat Chrysler Australia CEO and President Veronica Johns said the results were a major boon heading into the final month of the year.
“The November results reaffirm not only the success of Grand Cherokee but also how well all the brands across our portfolio have performed, with year-to-date sales reaching unprecedented numbers,” Ms Johns said.
“Our growth is testament to the efforts of our dealer network and our group as a whole, underpinned by compelling product.
“We will now work to build on these numbers in December and finish the year strongly ahead of 2014, when there will be more growth opportunities as we launch several key models to the market.”