Why do Americans not like the Compass? They should be seeing around 10K in sales each month... I bet if it had a Hemi they couldn't make them fast enough ;-)
tough to say. Canadians in general , they say, buy more fuel efficient vehicles.. the compass is the best selling jeep model in Canada while the compass only has the patriot beat in the US. So the thirst for larger vehicles may be some of it..Webmaster said:Why do Americans not like the Compass? They should be seeing around 10K in sales each month... I bet if it had a Hemi they couldn't make them fast enough ;-)
thats the same question i had when i was lurking around in other sites..people tend not to like compass becasue its not "trail rated" and because it came out way diferent than the concept...i guess the compass wasnt welcomed that well by the 4x4 jeep enthusiasts as from what i have read on diferent forums....i guess its all about the marketing also...those damn bobbing heads arent just cutting itWebmaster said:Why do Americans not like the Compass? They should be seeing around 10K in sales each month... I bet if it had a Hemi they couldn't make them fast enough ;-)
Any idea how many Calibers they're making?ACX said:well as I expected, this week production at the belvidered plant favoured the Patriot.
They have been making 2k-2.5K compasses a week for a long time and now that number was reduced to 1k last week, and 1500 patriots were made.
The inventory on compasses is sufficient now so in a way I'm glad they are slowing down.. The last thing anyone needs is to watch them give them away at the end of the model year.
yes indeed sir.. Caliber production is usually 3-3500 per week..Neely2005 said:
Yeah that always seems so wierd to me because here in Canada we see the US Dealer commercials and they're selling competing brands like Joes Dodge, Hyundai, Jeep. Here in Canada I've never seen the same dealership selling competing brands. (Except for used cars of course)kwc said:in my area ... there are two Chrysler/Dodge dealerships, neither of which sell Jeeps. The Jeep dealership also sells Lincoln/Mercury vehicles ... I think this is because this particular dealership was the AMC dealership long ago, and they've managed to hold onto the Jeep line.
Do you have the April Numbers for the Compass, Patriot & Caliber?ACX said:Well, the US was sort of mediocre... but Canada set a record..
3802 USA
1078 Canada :shock:
As a rough estimate, the US car market is 10 times the size of Canada (a bit more actually IIRC) so that really says something....
Total of 4880 - which seems to be the average, in the area of 4900 units in both countries.. not sure of international sales data, but I do know chrysler as a whole internationally was up 11%.. with the caliber as the volume leader.
AN interesting test will be in a few months, how the patriot will affect sales..
In the US, the patriot sold 2109 units.. and in canada it sold 426 units.. This is being very sparsely available (they still to this point have made very few comparatively) so it will steal some thunder, but no doubt about it the two will help give jeep some sales volume.
Thanks for the info!ACX said:Chrysler was one of the few who had increased sales in the US. Their sales increased in Canada too.
Predictably the patriot is hot on the tail of the compass (it is a grand cheaper and more conventional in styling)..
for US
Caliber 9306
Compass 3239
Patriot 2904
Canadian numbers are still eluding me, but I'll get them. Caliber / Compass / Patriot numbers in Canada TOTALLED 3160.
My guess would be 1600 calibers, 900 compasses and 800 patriots, but that is just a guess. :lol:
An interesting note is a recent article about the compass stating that it is stealing many many sales from former import owners and other brands (something like 84% of compass buyers come from outside the brand). that could be its ace in the hole. I mean, my g/F got rid of her civic for the compass.
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