Fiat Chrysler Automobiles posted a 2-percent overall gain in sales for August, keeping its 65-month streak of increased sales alive, the automaker reported Tuesday.
Jeep jumped the largest amount for the automaker; Jeep reported an 18-percent increase as a brand and four of its models posted sales gains. Sales of Dodge-branded vehicles slid 15 percent overall, and Chrysler-branded cars fell 14 percent.
FCA reported it sold more than 200,000 vehicles in North America for the second month this year.
The Jeep Compass was the brand’s biggest gainer over August 2014 sales. Compass improved 58 percent over the same month a year ago. Jeep also reported that sales of its new Renegade were up 29Â percent over July.
Chrysler-branded cars were down overall, but the automaker said sales of its Chrysler 200 were up 30 percent over last year.
FCA said Ram-branded trucks and vans posted a 6-percent increase, led by its full-size pickup.
(According to the automaker, Fiat 500L sales were up over last year and now I’ve seen everything.)