Jeep Australia raises prices to $7000

newsofmax03/02/2022

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Jeep car It’s not the only auto company to raise prices in 2022, but the American marque has posted some of the biggest increases in recent times.

The Wrangler between $6600 and $7000 more expensive than last year, while related Fighter The most increase is $2300.

Sell slowly Cherokee was limited with price increases up to $3500, while Compass received the smallest price increase, with the forward models gaining $1000.

A spokesperson for Jeep Australia said: “The price increase reflects a significant increase in raw material costs, coupled with ongoing supply chain issues, which manufacturers globally continue to experience. encountered”.

The base price of the Compass range is up $2000 in 2022, but it’s not a similar comparison.

According to Glass’s Guide, the Compass 2022 range will open with a new Night Eagle base trim level, replacing the Launch Edition introduced as part of the car’s mid-life update last year and featuring a new level of trim level. price higher than 2000 dollars.

Jeep says it will have a reveal in the coming days about the new entry level.

Like the Launch Edition, it will be the only front-wheel drive model in the local Compass lineup and will continue to use the 2.4-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine.

It’s priced at $39,950 before on-road costs, which only restricts the Compass in the federal Automotive Industry Chamber’s small SUV segment under $40,000.

Compass saw a price increase from $1000 to $1800 with the 2021 update, but they have been followed by a more significant 2020 bull run up to $6200, which corresponds to an increase in page numbers. standard safety equipment.

There are only two other members of the Jeep lineup in Australia: WK2 Grand Cherokeenow running and the new, three-row, three-row WL Grand Cherokee L Prices were announced recently.

Local pricing and specifications have yet to be announced for the redesigned two-row WL Grand Cherokee, although a price increase is likely.

Jeep sales are up 35% in 2021, if still a long way from their peak in the 2010s when the Grand Cherokee was standing shoulder to shoulder with Toyota LandCruiser Prado in sales.

In 2014, Jeep sold 30,408 vehicles, compared with 7,762 vehicles last year.

With the Grand Cherokee’s WL redesign, it’s finally getting a three-row version and will soon offer a plug-in hybrid powertrain, but it will lose the popular and seemingly turbocharged V6 diesel engine. will get rid of the V8 petrol engine.