(December 16, 2014) LONDON — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles posted November sales up 3.6% year-over-year versus 1.2% for the industry. Jeep brand posted an all-time monthly record for European sales, driven by a 110.6% year-over-year increase. The Fiat 500 and Panda remained the two top selling vehicles in the A segment (accounting for a combined 28.4% share) and the 500L led the Small MPV segment for the 11 months to November with a 22.1% share.

The European auto market continued the positive trend in November with new passenger car registrations up 1.2% to nearly 990,000 units. For the 11 months year-to-date, registrations were up 5.5% over the same period in 2013 to 12,010,000 vehicles.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) outperformed the industry once again, with November sales increasing 3.6% to nearly 58,000 vehicles and market share up 10 basis points over the prior year to 5.8%. 

For the year to date, FCA sales were up 3.2% over the same period a year ago to nearly 712,000 units,  with market share 20 basis points lower at 5.9%.

The Group achieved gains in all major European markets, with sales in Italy up 6.1%, Germany +0.8%, France +2.1%, the UK +6.8% and Spain +16.5%.

Fiat brand posted November sales of nearly 43,000 vehicles, in line with the prior year, and market share was 4.3% (vs 4.4%).

For the year to date, brand sales totaled nearly 547,000 vehicles (+2.3%), with market share at 4.6% (-10 bps).

Jeep continued its strong momentum, closing the month with its highest ever sales in Europe. With just under 5,000 vehicles sold in November, more than double the prior year (+110.6%), Jeep also had the largest percentage increase of any Group brand for the month. Market share increased to 0.5% from 0.2% a year ago.

The brand posted increases in nearly all European markets. In the five major markets, sales in Italy were up 245.5%, Germany +52.1%, France +309.5%, the UK +45.2% and Spain +43.1%.

For the year to date, Jeep brand sales were up 57.1% year-over-year to more than 34,700 units and share increased to 0.3% (+10 bps).

In addition to the recently-launched Renegade (pictured above), which is already among the top 10 vehicles in its segment, results were also positive for the Cherokee and the Grand Cherokee, which posted a 27.95% year-over-year increase.