2019 (Full Year) USA: FCA Group Car Sales in the USA

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In 2019, FCA sales in the USA were slightly lower. Ram had record sales but Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep, Dodge, and Chrysler had weak sales.

2020 Ram Power Wagon Crew Cab - The RAM Pick Up was the best-sellint FLC vehicle in the USA in 2019
2020 Ram Power Wagon Crew Cab © FCA

In full-year 2019, the FCA car sales in the USA contracted by 1% to 2,203,663 vehicles. Ram brand had record sales at 703,023 vehicles (+18%). Despite sales contracting by 5%, Jeep remains the largest FCA brand with 923,291 sales in 2019. Dodge sales were down by 8%, Alfa Romeo and Chrysler sales were down 23%, while Alfa Romeo sales were down by 41%. The top-selling FCA model in the USA was the Ram Pick Up truck.

FCA US Sales in 2019 & Q4/2019

FCA US LLC closed the fourth quarter and 2019 with a handful of records but sales over the full calendar year were slightly lower than a year ago.

U.S. sales for the fourth quarter were 542,519 vehicles, down 2 percent, while sales for the year were down 1 percent at 2,203,663 vehicles. Retail sales were 419,273 vehicles for the quarter. Fleet accounted for 22.7 percent of total sales.

The Ram brand led the portfolio with record-setting sales of 190,655 for the quarter and 703,023 vehicles for the year – an 18 percent increase over 2018. It was the highest level of sales since Ram became a standalone brand in 2009.

Jeep Wrangler reported its highest fourth quarter with sales of 52,012 vehicles. Grand Cherokee reported a full-year record with sales of 242,969 vehicles.   

Dodge also bucked the trend in passenger cars by turning in one of its strongest years. The Charger notched sales of 25,829 vehicles for the quarter – the best fourth quarter for the nameplate since 2007 – and 96,935 vehicles for the year, the best since 2013. Dodge muscle cars Charger and Challenger combined sales in the second half were a record 84,216 vehicles.

FCA US Sales by Brand and Model in 2019

FCA reported the following US sales in 2019 by brand and nameplate:

1-12/20191-12/2018% Change
FCA US LLC2,203,6632,235,204-1%
Brand / Model1-12/20191-12/2018% Change
Compass143,934171,167-16%
Patriot27621-96%
Wrangler228,032240,032-5%
Gladiator40,0470New
Cherokee191,397239,437-20%
Grand Cherokee242,969224,9088%
Renegade76,88597,062-21%
JEEP BRAND923,291973,227-5%
Ram P/U633,694536,98018%
ProMaster Van56,40946,60021%
ProMaster City12,92013,788-6%
RAM BRAND703,023597,36818%
200481,043-95%
30029,21346,593-37%
Town & Country56-17%
Pacifica97,705118,322-17%
CHRYSLER BRAND126,971165,964-23%
Brand / Model1-12/20191-12/2018% Change
Dart15389-96%
Avenger14-75%
Charger96,93580,22621%
Challenger60,99766,716-9%
Viper519-74%
Journey74,68694,096-21%
Caravan122,648151,927-19%
Durango67,59965,9473%
DODGE BRAND422,886459,324-8%
5003,2675,370-39%
500L7711,413-45%
500X2,5185,223-52%
Spider2,6443,515-25%
FIAT BRAND9,20015,521-41%
Giulia8,70411,519-24%
Alfa 4C144238-39%
Stelvio9,44412,043-22%
ALFA ROMEO18,29223,800-23%

Car Sales by Brand in the USA in 2020 (Full Year)

Car Sales by Brand in the USA in 2020 (Full Year):

Car Sales by Brand in the USA in 2019 (Full Year)

About FCA US LLC

FCA US LLC is a North American automaker based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It designs, manufactures, and sells or distributes vehicles under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, FIAT and Alfa Romeo brands, as well as the SRT performance designation. The Company also distributes Mopar and Alfa Romeo parts and accessories. FCA US is building upon the historic foundations of Chrysler Corp., established in 1925 by industry visionary Walter P. Chrysler and Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (F.I.A.T.), founded in Italy in 1899 by pioneering entrepreneurs, including Giovanni Agnelli. FCA US is a member of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) family of companies. (NYSE: FCAU/ MTA: FCA). 

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the FCA Group’s current expectations and projections about future events and, by their nature, are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. They relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur or exist in the future and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on them. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in such statements as a result of a variety of factors, including: volatility and deterioration of capital and financial markets, including possibility of new Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, changes in commodity prices, changes in general economic conditions, economic growth and other changes in business conditions, weather, floods, earthquakes or other natural disasters, changes in government regulation, production difficulties, including capacity and supply constraints, and many other risks and uncertainties, most of which are outside of the FCA Group’s control.

About the author:

Henk Bekker

Henk Bekker is a freelance writer with over 20 years of experience in online writing. His best-selling cars website has been reporting car sales statistics since 2008 with classic car auction prices focusing on the most expensive automobiles sold at public auctions in the past decade. He also owns the travel websites European-Traveler.com and Lake Geneva Switzerland. Henk holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MSc in Finance from the University of London.