Jeep to start Compass production in Europe this fall
- At the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, Jeep presented the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) versions of its Renegade (B segment) and Compass (C segment) SUVs. These are the first plug-in hybrid models marketed by the FCA group since the launch of the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid MPV, which is not imported to Europe. They are also the first plug-in hybrid models marketed by the Jeep brand.
- These two models will be sold on the European market from next autumn, and they will be produced at the Melfi site in Italy, alongside the Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X combustion engines.
- The Compass will thus be produced for the first time in Europe (72,000 were sold last year in Europe, the same number as the Renegade). It will replace the Fiat Punto( whose production was stopped last summer) on the assembly lines of the Melfi plant. Only the Jeep Compass marketed in Europe will be manufactured at the Melfi site, the others will continue to be produced in Mexico (Toluca).
- With the arrival of the Jeep Compass, the Melfi plant should produce more than 300,000 cars per year from next year, just as it did when the Fiat Punto was assembled on this site, which has a production capacity of 400,000 cars per year.
- The Melfi plant remains the largest automotive plant in Italy, ahead of Val di Sangro and Pomigliano.
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