Stellantis' American brands aren't selling well — but its Italian ones are

Jul 05, 2024 234

BY: Lawrence Hodge / Jalopnik

Now that we’re halfway through the year, automakers are slowly trickling out Q2 2024 sales results, which always results in goodies and interesting tidbits to be found. EV sales are up at multiple brands like BMW, Hyundai and GM, for instance. But it’s not all good news — just look at Stellantis. Every one of the conglomerate’s American brands saw declining sales both in Q2 and for the first half of the year overall, with Stellantis’ two Italian brands being the only ones that registered an increase in sales.

Fiat’s sales were up 119 percent in Q2 with 316 cars sold, and for the year-to-date, sales are up 67 percent with 470 cars sold so far in 2024. Obviously, that’s not a lot, but up until a few months ago the only new car that Fiat offered in the U.S. were the super old 500X, and in the whole of 2023 Fiat only sold 605 cars

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SOURCE: https://qz.com

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