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From chrysler Press release:

“While the auto industry is experiencing the impact of slow economic growth, Chrysler LLC February results reflect progress within each brand,” Vice Chairman and President Jim Press said. “The positive numbers for Dodge cars, the all-new Chrysler Town & Country and the Jeep® Patriot prove our renewed focus on consumer feedback, such as the demand for good fuel economy, is resonating—and translating into sales of our New Day Value Packages.”

this sounds something different to the last comments from Jim Press (or at least what the crowd thought about Compass and Patriots future) after Press announced the lineup reduction,or?

Also from the februar press release:
The all-new Jeep Patriot set a new sales record for the month of February with 5,195 units sold. The vehicle is one of Chrysler's recently introduced models that achieve 28 miles per gallon or better in highway driving.

Compass is down to 2879 units. If you ask me the compass should recover soon or it could end on the lineup reduction list.

The newly introduced Liberty solds 7300 times or 3 percent less than Februar last year. Guess that´s a disapointment or?

Source:chrysler and allpar.com
 
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You are correct. I think Compass is doomed if it doesn't pickup sales by May. It also does not bode well for Liberty. Prior year was the old Liberty design. I really don't know what they were thinking with the new Liberty. They made it bigger so it competes with the Grand Cherokee. They don't need two that size, but then again if it's smaller, then it competes with the Patriot. They need to either spread them out in size and market, or clean a little house.

It will be interesting to see how well the Journey does. I've seen it now and to me it looks like a larger version of the Caliber. I'm not sure that's what they needed, but we'll see in the next few months.
 
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If you ask me the commander is in big trouble too.
It´s the one with the fewest sales numbers in the Jeep lineup with 2568 units that´s 50+ percent less than last year.
And also the Grand Cherokee dropped over 30 percent less and is down to 7163.

If this is going to continue the Patriot could be the most sold Jeep end of the year.
Just kidding...but it´s seems that milage will be a big sales factor in future.
 
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Commander is already headed for the end. I believe this is the last model year for the Commander. It was announced early last year I believe.

I think you are right. Mileage is king this year. All the larger vehicles with worse mileage are down in sales. I'm kind of surprised the Compass isn't up in sales. I wonder if the Patriot is pulling people away almost as a perceived upgrade.
 
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In my opinion, here is the problem with the Compass:

- Same technical specs as the Patriot
but -Smaller-

People are already sacrificing size by scaling down from their larger vehicles, and when they see two vehicles side-by-side with the exact same mileage, but one has a feeling of less interior space, they will pick the larger one.

I wish they would have differentiated the Compass, like a hybrid setup or something. A hybrid Jeep!
 
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Belvidere-built models carry Chrysler in slow February


The Chrysler plant in Belvidere. [BUSINESSROCKFORD.COM FILE PHOTO]

Belvidere-built models carry Chrysler in slow February
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
Mar 03, 2008 @ 03:56 PM

"Dealers had a good month moving the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Patriot and Jeep Compass. Together, they sold 19011 of the trio, a 30 percent increase from last February and the second highest monthly total for Belvidere-built vehicles since the Caliber-Compass-Patriot era began in January 2005."

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Irish Waif ;)
 
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Now all they need to do is a little advertising and take advantage of our latest energy "crisis". I am too young to have seen the first one in the '70s. I am glad that I don't get to miss out on all the fun!

I am beginning to see more of them around here.
 
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MrSensible said:
You are correct. I think Compass is doomed if it doesn't pickup sales by May. It also does not bode well for Liberty. Prior year was the old Liberty design. I really don't know what they were thinking with the new Liberty. They made it bigger so it competes with the Grand Cherokee. They don't need two that size, but then again if it's smaller, then it competes with the Patriot. They need to either spread them out in size and market, or clean a little house.

It will be interesting to see how well the Journey does. I've seen it now and to me it looks like a larger version of the Caliber. I'm not sure that's what they needed, but we'll see in the next few months.
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This is how I see it. They thought the Commander would become an immediate success and they would have been able to discontinue and replace the Grand Cherokee with it by now.

I think the plan was to have a small (patriot) medium (liberty) and large (commander) with similar styling in the line up in addition to the 2 Wrangles. When the Commander failed to dominate the sales figures over the Cherokee they had to re think the plan.

I still wish they would use the Commander as the basis for a new pickup.
 
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I don't know... Everyone keep saying the compass is gone, but now that the liberty is nolonger attracting the female audience, I'd presume over time, many of them will move to the compass. The problem is that those that I know picked up the last of the libs, and most don't even know the compass exists...

If they drop the compass, then there is no car designed for the huge female market that largely went after the old liberty. If you ask me, the redesign of the lib was a huge mistake. The new lib should be the new pat...

(I know "some" women like the "real jeeps" but don't even TRY to tell me most do...)
 
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Have you noticed that the Liberty as well as many of the Jap SUVs all have hidden their spare tires? That was the largest turn-off for me was that they couldn't do a better design to hide the spare. It looks great on the military jeep, but not on your basic family car!
 
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I don't know what they did with the Libby either? The Libbies style is now branded, and they just hand it over to the compass and graft the commander on the front, as well as make it more boxy? IDK what happened.... but I'm glad the patriot is doing well. It'll be a classic. Once more off road, and custom products become available, they will be even more popular.
 
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being a big guy (6'4") and coming from the pickup world where gas mileage was just thrown out the window, switching to the patriot was the best move i made in a long time when it comes to vehicles. i suspect alot of ppl are in the same boat. with rising gas prices (which i suspect will be higher then ever this summer) people are ramping up for the best fuel economy while still having a decent size vehicle. alot of my friends i talk to and show them my new patriot cant believe the room it has and the mileage i get, chrysler really got it right imo with the patriot and i see the compass dieing off, as well as the commander.
 
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I would also suspect that in the UK given time that the Patriot will become Jeep's best selling model. The fuel economy and low emission on the CRD put it ahead of the competion. In a country where we pay extortionate prices for fuel and taxed on emissions, and where mothers use SUV's for the school run it could well be a cash cow for Chrysler.
 
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I guess i disagree with some of this. I love the styling on the new Liberty as the other Liberty looked like a gimpy turtle. I had a lot of time checkin it out in the showroom with the other vehicles and believe it has its own niche. First of all, regardless of our dilusions here, solid rear axle is always better off-road than our AWD neons with SUV bodies. Additionally it is still nowhere in the ball park of the Grand Cherokee. Look at the price tags. The Liberty is actually affordable where as teh Cherokees cost as much as $45,000.

I believe the future is this...

1.) Bigger boxier Grand Cherokee with 3rd row seating option

2.) Current Style Liberty which is smaller than GC but l;arger than Pat and offers affordable SUV with real offroad abilities (solid rear axle)

3.) Patriot which fills teh compact fuel efficiant SUV niche and competes with Escape, CR-V, and Rav4

4.) Wrangler... in a class of its own.


Please dont misunderstand me... I know that teh Patriot is a true Jepp with more off-roadability than most other Non-Jeep competitors. But I simply believe it is not nearly as capable as the Solid Rear Axle Liberty.
 
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you forgot - all models in a CRD or diesel hybrid

to be competitive in other countries they need too look at localising some models

larger fuel tanks are a must in Australia
stiffer suspension - too allow for long range driving
distinct off road vs road or towing vehicles
need to look at testing other than the rubi trail ...ie Africa, australia etc

Toyota and nissan sell well here because they test new models here and the middle east and Africa and build models for specific countires
 
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jeep should have introduced this lineup 10 years ago when an SUV many times was generically called a jeep. they really lost out oon lots of opportunity.
THANK YOU DAIMLER FOR FLUSHING CHRYSLER AND RUNNING WITH THE 30 BILLION IN THE BANK.
 
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One of them was mine. Custom ordered, manufactured and delivered in 32 days.
 
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car-a-holic said:
jeep should have introduced this lineup 10 years ago when an SUV many times was generically called a jeep. they really lost out oon lots of opportunity.
THANK YOU DAIMLER FOR FLUSHING CHRYSLER AND RUNNING WITH THE 30 BILLION IN THE BANK.
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There are many of Jeep "should haves" Never partnered with Renault, never sold out to Chrysler, should have continued to produce a pickup, should have made factory available CJ parts rather than letting after-markets take the profit, should have listened to customers and dealers sooner, the list goes on and on..........Hopefully the worst is over, and Jeep will prosper under this new management. If the Patriot is any indication, it really is a new day at Jeep! :)
 
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eighteenwheeler said:
I don't know... Everyone keep saying the compass is gone, but now that the liberty is nolonger attracting the female audience, I'd presume over time, many of them will move to the compass. The problem is that those that I know picked up the last of the libs, and most don't even know the compass exists...

If they drop the compass, then there is no car designed for the huge female market that largely went after the old liberty. If you ask me, the redesign of the lib was a huge mistake. The new lib should be the new pat...

(I know "some" women like the "real jeeps" but don't even TRY to tell me most do...)
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My wife would not have purchased a Patriot, the Calibur has too little space, but she loves her Compass!

On another topic about advertising or lack of it, Toyota is on TV at every break, on every channel, in every program at all times of the day and night with ads for their product. No wonder there are no ads for Jeep, Toyota bought up all the time. They advertise more than mud-slinging politicians!
 
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