Fiat Chrysler Starts Jeep Renegade Production in China

Fiat Chrysler Vehicles NV on Monday started production of the Jeep Renegade in China. The compact SUVs are planned for China and the Asia-Pacific market.

Manufacturing of the Renegade at the GAC FCA Guangzhou plant comes 6 months after the firm began producing the Jeep Cherokee at the center.

“Today is a crucial step in our strategy to broaden the Jeep brand’s international presence and, similarly essential, it represents a further conditioning of the joint enterprise with our respected and important partner here in China, the GAC Group,” said Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne in a declaration.

China is an important part of Jeep’s international expansion through 2018. Fiat Chrysler prepares to produce 1.9 million Jeeps by 2018 at 10 plants in 6 countries: the U.S., Italy, China, Brazil, India and one other yet-to-be-announced nation. 3 years ago, just 798,000 presented of four plants in the United States.

China represents the biggest Jeep market outside the U.S.