The Jeep Wrangler sales so far this year are up 13 per cent in the US alone and reports say that the Fiat-Chrysler alliance may have to use a Fiat plant to meet demand in Europe.
The popular CRD Turbo Diesel models are currently in very short supply in Australia with most dealers quoting 2 to 3 months delivery times. The introduction to Australia of the Pentastar V6 petrol 3.6L engine is also expected to increase sales demand of petrol versions. Chrysler Australia are adjusting the specification of 2012 models to try and keep the price close to current levels. The new 2012 models will start arriving later this year and will have changes to Australian versions including the Renegade Pack having just a Hardtop Roof (no soft top) as standard and with the option of Dual Top (soft and hard top) as an additional cost ($3000 est) option. An increase in price on the petrol models will also take effect over the current 3.8L V6 of around $2000 for the "more expensive" Pentastar V6 engine.
If they need to build outside of the US it is thought that Fiat would take up the production overload as they are already tooling up to build other Jeep models. The globalisation of Jeep products may lead to new models for the US, especially diesels. Maybe! ..... just maybe ....! this could see right hand drive Turbo Diesel production increase which might give us some hope of seeing a Rubicon Diesel in Australia in the future . But according to Jeep Australia they dont see this happening in the forseeable future.
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