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70,000 orders for Jeep Grand Cherokee

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#1 ·
"The changeover to the redesigned Grand Cherokee, which began production in the second quarter, cost around $50 million, largely driven by pre-production and testing expenses, Richard Palmer, chief financial officer, said on the call.
The automaker has about 70,000 orders for the vehicle already, Marchionne said, who called it a “ significant success.” " - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...-million-on-lower-costs-increasing-sales.html


I guess, we will have to wait a long time to get our cars delivered :(
 
#2 ·
"... I guess, we will have to wait a long time to get our cars delivered :(
Yep, I was thinking the same thing. I had a similar experience. I placed an order for my Charger SRT-8 in October, 2005 & received it at the end of March, 2006.

I called my dealer for my Jeep's status yesterday. He hasn't given me an answer, yet. It's not a good sign.:(

It's great Chrysler/Jeep seems to have a winner here, but long delivery lead times will upset a lot of customers.
 
#3 ·
Yep, I was thinking the same thing. I had a similar experience. I placed an order for my Charger SRT-8 in October, 2005 & received it at the end of March, 2006.

I called my dealer for my Jeep's status yesterday. He hasn't given me an answer, yet. It's not a good sign.:(

It's great Chrysler/Jeep seems to have a winner here, but long delivery lead times will upset a lot of customers.
The Charger SRT is a limited production vehicle. You won't have to wait like you did for it.
 
#9 ·
That order number is wrong. It's higher.
 
#10 ·
We'll take your word on that, and no matter, it's impressive since it's already over twice the production of last year's WK. I'm happy to hear this for Chrysler's sake, and hopefully, their other offerings will be accepted in a similar way. Maybe a strong comeback to rival what Ford is doing?
 
#11 · (Edited)
Ford's current way of doing business is to slap new interiors and sheetmetal on an old product, and calling it all-new. And people are falling for it. Shame. No wonder they are making billions of dollars, they are NOT making any truly new product. (With the exception of the Fiesta and Focus)

Oh, and last year's WK?

No offense to anybody, but it sucked. Of course the WK2 will sell better. It didn't fit the definition of the Grand Cherokee had become. It's supposed to be the Luxury Offroad Jeep. The WK was just a big Liberty. (And this is what I like about it, go figure.)

The original ZJ's intention, by AMC (NOT CHRYSLER) was to replace the Cherokee. Chrysler did NOT replace it due to the still strong sales for the Cherokee, they kept it around, gave the ZJ The Grand Cherokee name, then a few years after its release, made it the Luxo-Jeep.

Go find a '93 I-6 5 Speed, and tell me how "luxurious" that is.
 
#13 ·
I have a few. I've actually had at least one since it was NEW. I heard it on the TEST DRIVE. The other rattles are from all the junk I keep in mine. Jack, tow strap, tools, those sorts of things. :p
 
#29 ·
I've heard a lot of problems with the 2010s; complaints and all.

I think 2011 will be a good year for jeep, just need to keep the srt alive for a 2012 :D
 
#31 ·
Those are targets, Milous. I'm talking actual numbers. ;)

And oh yeah, I did forget the 300, Charger and Challenger...
 
#32 ·
Man that sucks I brought my 05 loaded limited right off the lot. Why are there not alot of new grands out there, The 05 was a all new jeep too.

Chris
 
#37 ·
Of course they will quote MSRP for them. That is when you hang up the phone/walk away and go elsewhere.

Anyone on here that is paying MSRP or above simply doesnt care about how much they are paying. To get one of the first few on the lot (those blackberry models they sent to all the dealers) sure maybe MSRP would make sense. At this point it does not.

I ordered on July 5th for a limited hemi and paid below MSRP.
 
#34 ·
Milous: Do you think my Overland V6 ordered July 20th will be built before they shut the plant down? It was given a VON the day I ordered but I haven't heard anything since... (maybe building ordered overlands now?) My lease is up the 30th so I really hope I don't get caught in a 3 week shut down.....
 
#35 · (Edited)
Hey Brian... be sure to check out this thread..

http://www.jeepgarage.org/showthread.php?t=11900

If you become a site supporter there is a special forum that you can go to, where Milous will track your vehicle along its build process... As far as I know, the plant was/is to shut down, no confirmation on when or definitely if, it wasn't supposed to according to media releases for the 2011 Jefferson plant.

Also.. It's not that it might not be done.. but if you were to get it by the 30th... it would be on a rail car by now more then likely.. If you don't even have a VIN yet from the dealer.. it may take a few more (or many) weeks. Some people ordered early July and its still only in D or D1 or Not Yet Scheduled...
 
#38 ·
"August represented the first full month that the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee was on sale. Chrysler sold 6,393 of the midsize SUV, down 17% from the sale of its preceding model a year earlier. "


Read more: Chrysler sales up 7% with Jeep leading the way | freep.com | Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/article/201009...up-7-with-Jeep-leading-the-way-#ixzz0yKnt5US3


From the forum, JGC has more than 100k orders, around 40k were already produced ... and July + August sales are less than 10k ... I wander why "real" customer orders have to wait 2-3-4 months just to produce cars for dealer stock ...

On the positive side, Chrysler claims the new JGC is helping Jeep sales overal.
 
#43 ·
As for the HIT part ...
It is still an SUV. Crossovers appear to be all the rage now
Best case it gets 22 MPG On the highway (ignoring the 4X2)
It starts at 33K (with dest) for cloth seats, and no sunroof

For that same 33K I can get an AWD V6 Sorento, Equinox,Outback pretty well maxed out on the goodies and get better HWY mileage all around (25,24,25 respectively)

As for availability there are 87 on dealer lots near me now, including 3 Overlands (I'm in MA). 2 dealers already advertise below invoice pricing in my area.

With all that said I want one but not sure I want it enough to put such a big hole in my savings.
 
#45 ·
please dont compare the wk2 to a sorento, equinox or outback. The Jeep is in the different league.....
OK let's say it is.. that puts it in the M Class/Land Rover league then. August had 2473 MClass and 2544 total Landrover vehicle sales. Jeep can't sell only 3000 of these a month. The line is sized for 400/shift (even 1 shift is 8800 units a month). They must be expecting to sell to some part of that other league.

People are going to cross shop the JGC against the Equinox,Sorento,Outback. The truth is many people don't care if a vehicle has a trail rated badge. They want that SUV feel with the car mileage and minivan utility.
 
#46 ·
generic,

go test drive a 5.7 overland, then drive a.....snicker......sorento.....


they may cross shop the base laredo vs. those crap boxes but the overland is in another league. last year you might have been right, but this is a new jeep. Jeep is getting ready to take over the world with this SUV. It's that good.
 
#49 ·
Like I said before in a previous thread,we should all have patience with Chrysler,because this jeep was rush out too soon before they were really ready,because of the economy crisis we just went through.
 
#50 ·
Mangoe... I don't agree... they need to inspire confidence in their undeniably damaged brand. They don't do that by botching the launch... Should have waited to release or accept orders on certain models they can't supply in sufficient numbers.

They almost lost me... and if I don't get mine soon I may yet have to move on.

Shipping the few overlands they did at the beginning of July then not having even ordered models appear for three months is pretty much asking for upset customers. There was no indication then that they would not be building any more Overlands until nearly September....
 
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