As the U.S. auto industry surged out of the post-recession blues toward record high sales in calendar year 2015, the volume produced by Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep brand grew far faster.
Jeep sold only 419,349 new vehicles in calendar year 2011, a four-year high but only enough to earn 3.3% of all U.S. new vehicle sales. Americans registered fewer than 13 million new vehicles in 2011. The Wrangler and best-selling Grand Cherokee generated six out of every ten Jeep sales.
