FCA US October 2018 Sales Rise 16 Percent

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Nov 01, 2018, 09:05 ET

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Ram brand delivers historic October sales
Jeep® Wrangler sets CYTD sales record
Chrysler Pacifica posts record October sales
Alfa Romeo sales rise 44 percent

FCA US LLC today reported U.S. sales of 177,391 vehicles in October, a 16 percent increase compared with sales in October 2017 of 153,373 vehicles.

Sales were driven by the Jeep®, Ram, Chrysler, Dodge and Alfa Romeo brands, which all posted increases over the same period a year ago. Dodge led the group with a 38 percent increase in sales.

Retail sales in October totaled 141,200 vehicles. Fleet sales were 36,191 vehicles and accounted for 20 percent of total sales.

Jeep® Brand
Jeep brand sales rose 9 percent to 72,800 vehicles. Jeep Wrangler sales of 13,318 vehicles pushed the calendar-year-to-date totals to 204,269 vehicles. The results eclipse the 2015 CYTD record of 172,887 vehicles. Wrangler has now surpassed the full-year record of 202,266 vehicles set in 2015.

Ram Brand
Ram brand sales rose 14 percent to 54,542 vehicles, a historic high for October. It was also the eighth-straight month of record retail sales since the brand launched in 2009. Retail sales increased 12 percent to 42,138 vehicles. The Ram 1500 drove the performance as retail sales climbed 20 percent to 28,459 vehicles for a new October record.

Alfa Romeo Brand
Alfa Romeo brand sales rose 44 percent to 1,737 vehicles. Stelvio accounted for the majority of those sales with 902 vehicles sold.

Dodge Brand
Dodge brand sales jumped 38 percent to 33,872. The brand was driven by Challenger sales, which totaled 5,225 vehicles.

Chrysler Brand
Chrysler brand sales rose 21 percent to 13,289 vehicles as Pacifica sales increased 22 percent to 9,277 vehicles. The total set a new October record for Pacifica.

FIAT Brand
Sales of Fiat declined 35 percent to 1,151 vehicles.

FCA US LLC Sales Summary October 2018

	Month Sales		Vol %	CYTD Sales		Vol %
Model	Curr Yr	Pr Yr	Change	Curr Yr	Pr Yr	Change
Compass	14,083	11,207	26%	146,757	65,142	125%
Patriot	9	1,235	-99%	608	40,111	-98%
Wrangler	13,318	13,391	-1%	204,269	163,533	25%
Cherokee	18,598	16,138	15%	198,341	133,973	48%
Grand Cherokee	19,109	17,215	11%	185,762	198,460	-6%
Renegade	7,683	7,888	-3%	83,257	88,097	-5%
JEEP BRAND	72,800	67,074	9%	818,994	689,316	19%
Ram P/U	49,186	44,201	11%	424,769	419,102	1%
Cargo Van	0	0	0%	0	0
ProMaster Van	4,305	2,638	63%	35,896	34,576	4%
ProMaster City	1,051	992	6%	10,538	12,846	-18%
RAM BRAND	54,542	47,831	14%	471,203	466,524	1%
200	26	499	-95%	1,026	17,766	-94%
300	3,986	2,917	37%	38,541	42,560	-9%
Town & Country	0	9	-100%	6	566	-99%
Pacifica	9,277	7,593	22%	100,872	93,935	7%
CHRYSLER BRAND	13,289	11,018	21%	140,445	154,827	-9%
Dart	3	172	-98%	382	9,815	-96%
Avenger	0	0	100%	4	12	-67%
Charger	6,316	8,096	-22%	65,624	75,474	-13%
Challenger	5,225	3,893	34%	57,538	56,169	2%
Viper	0	17	-100%	15	569	-97%
Journey	5,835	4,719	24%	83,068	80,375	3%
Caravan	11,110	2,431	357%	132,045	110,023	20%
Durango	5,383	5,148	5%	54,924	57,829	-5%
DODGE BRAND	33,872	24,476	38%	393,600	390,266	1%
500	528	801	-34%	4,245	11,236	-62%
500L	96	159	-40%	1,327	1,426	-7%
500X	308	561	-45%	4,529	6,436	-30%
Spider	219	248	-12%	3,134	3,923	-20%
FIAT BRAND	1,151	1,769	-35%	13,235	23,021	-43%
Giulia	801	726	10%	9,734	7,136	36%
Alfa 4C	34	45	-24%	217	354	-39%
Stelvio	902	434	108%	9,946	1,067	832%
ALFA ROMEO	1,737	1,205	44%	19,917	8,557	133%
FCA US LLC	177,391	153,373	16%	1,857,374	1,732,511	7%

Method of Determining FCA US LLC's Monthly Sales. FCA US's reported vehicle sales represent unit sales of vehicles to retail customers, deliveries of vehicles to fleet customers and to others such as FCA US's employees and retirees as well as vehicles used for marketing. Most of these reported sales reflect retail sales made by dealers out of their own inventory of vehicles previously purchased by them from FCA US. Reported vehicle units sales do not correspond to FCA US's reported revenues, which are based on FCA US's sale and delivery of vehicles, and typically recognized upon shipment to the dealer or end customer. As announced on July 26, 2016, FCA US has modified its methodology for monthly sales reporting as follows:

Sales to retail customers by dealers in the U.S. are derived from the New Vehicle Delivery Report ("NVDR") system and are determined as the sum of (A) all sales recorded by dealers during the month net of all unwound transactions recorded to the end of that month (whether the original sale was recorded in the current month or any prior month); plus (B) all sales of vehicles during that month attributable to past unwinds that had previously been reversed in determining monthly sales (in the current or prior months).
Fleet sales are recorded upon the shipment of the vehicle by FCA US to the customer or end user.
Other retail sales are recorded either (A) when the sale is recorded in the NVDR system (for sales by dealers in Puerto Rico and limited sales made through distributors that submit NVDRs in the same manner as for sales by U.S. dealers) or (B) upon receipt of a similar delivery notification (for vehicles for which NVDRs are not entered such as vehicles for FCA employees).

About FCA US LLC
FCA US LLC is a North American automaker based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It designs, manufactures, and sells or distributes vehicles under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, Ram, FIAT and Alfa Romeo brands, as well as the SRT performance designation. The Company also distributes Mopar and Alfa Romeo parts and accessories. FCA US is building upon the historic foundations of Chrysler Corp., established in 1925 by industry visionary Walter P. Chrysler and Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (F.I.A.T.), founded in Italy in 1899 by pioneering entrepreneurs, including Giovanni Agnelli. FCA US is a member of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) family of companies. (NYSE: FCAU/ MTA: FCA).

FCA is an international automotive group listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FCAU" and on the Mercato Telematico Azionario under the symbol "FCA."

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