---
title: "Fiat Chrysler Sales Slide 13 Percent in October"
description: "FCA's numbers are in line with automaker's plan to cut low-margin sales to car rental agencies."
date: "2017-11-02"
modified: "2017-11-02"
authors:
  - name: "Kate Gibson"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kate-gibson"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/15693/fiat-chrysler-sales-slide-13-percent-in-october"
categories:
  - "Chrysler News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Chrysler"
  - "Fiat Chrysler"
  - "small suvs"
  - "trucks"
---

# Fiat Chrysler Sales Slide 13 Percent in October

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Fiat Chrysler joined General Motors in posting a drop in October sales, adding credence to analyst expectations that the prior month's large jump in U.S. sales would lose steam.

FCA on Wednesday [reported](<https://media.fcanorthamerica.com/newsrelease.do?id=18656&mid=1>) a 13 percent decline in sales last month, with the automaker's sales to consumers off 4 percent and fleet sales plummeting 43 percent, in keeping with the automaker's plan to cut low-margin sales to auto rental agencies.

FCA has focused on selling more SUVs and pickup [trucks](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/15191/heres-what-the-next-generation-of-ram-pickup-trucks-will-look-like>), helping boost its profit margin in North American 8 percent in the third quarter.

"FCA's decline was still largely on its regional production realignment, with Jeep's sales declines easing," commented Stephanie Brinley, senior automative analyst at IHS Markit, in a research note.

The Jeep Compass recorded its best October sales yet, with sales up 81 percent, compared with the same month a year ago, the company said. Jeep [Cherokee](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/14924/jeep-grand-cherokee-dodge-durango-recalled-for-brake-issue-tied-to-previous-recall>) sales were up 19 percent in tallying its best sales month so far this year, while [Jeep](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/15454/all-new-2018-jeep-wrangler-set-to-debut-in-november>) brand retail sales increased 3 percent year over year in October, compared with the same month a year ago.

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