A Stellantis spokesperson confirmed that the European model, built in Italy, remains on the right track for a launch in 2025
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by Brad Anderson
February 20, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.
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- The Stla Medium platform will support the new generation compass, offering flexibility of the powertrain.
- Despite a work break in Brampton, Stelllantis will move forward with the construction of the new compass in Italy.
- Unifor warns that uncertainty in the North American automotive industry has risks for Canadian jobs.
Stellantis unexpectedly struck the brakes on the activities of the Brampton Assembly Plan in Canada, grabbing a lot by surprise. The installation was to become the production center for the new generation of the compass, but the North American launch of the model could now be delayed while Stellantis rewinds its strategy.
The plans of the new compass were already in motion. The compact crossover is designed to be supported by the Average STLA platform, allowing Jeep the flexibility to offer it both in ICE and BEV forms. Pilot production was initially starting on January 20, but was postponed in May of last year. Large -scale manufacturing was then scheduled for February 2026.
Read: 2026 Jeep Compass to first strike the production chain in Italy
However, Stellantis spokesperson Lou Ann Gosselin confirmed Car cushion This work on the new compass in Canada is now pending. All the activities of the Brampton factory, including the restilling that started after the end of the production to Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger and Dodge Challenger, were interrupted.
“While we are sailing the dynamic environment of today, Stellantis continues to reassess its product strategy in North America to ensure that it offers customers a range of vehicles with flexible motorcycle group options for flexible for Best to their best needs, “said the spokesperson,” as a result, the company, the company is temporarily on the new generation of the Jeep compass, including activities at The Brampton assembly plant. This does not change our investment plans announced previously for Brampton. »»
An anonymous source told Auto News that Stelllantis could reassess if it should launch an electric battery version of the new compass Jeep in North America. He could decide what to do with the new model in March, and the compass may have eight to twelve months.
No modification of the European launch
Above all, the Brampton stop will have no impact on the plan of Stellantis to start the production of the new compass in its Italian factory. “The next generation Jeep Compass, the most available model in the world of the brand, will make its debut in Europe with production from Melfi (Italy) this year,” Gosselin told us.
Union concerns
Unifor, the union representing the workers of the Brampton site, expressed its concerns concerning the temporary break of the establishment.
“The company reassured the union that vehicle production plans are still in place for Brampton, although the time of this announcement raises very serious concerns for unifor members both in the factory doing the job of recutinization and those of layoff, “he said. “Chaos and uncertainty distressing the North American automotive industry, which is under the constant threat of prices and the dismantling of the United States EV regulations, have real-time impacts on workers and corporate decisions . We said it as a union from the first day that threats are also dangerous for our economy and for Canadian jobs. »»
