Jeep® Renegade and Jeep Wrangler are “Cars of the Year” according to Auto Bild allrad

• Jeep_® Renegade named best "Off-road vehicle and SUV up to €30,000"
• Jeep Wrangler is the winner in the category "Off-road vehicles and SUVs from €30,000 - €50,000"
• Second top placing in a row for the Renegade since 2015

For the second consecutive year,  the expert readers of the German SUV and 4×4 specialist magazine "Auto Bild allrad" selected the Jeep_® Renegade as their favourite car in the import class of "Off-road vehicles and SUVs up to €30,000". A very important recognition that demostrates that the first Jeep compact SUV, and latest addition to the Jeep family, comes immediately to mind of the German reader.

The Auto Bild allrad readers also chose Jeep Wrangler, the icon of the number one SUV brand, as the winner in the import class of the "Off-road vehicles and SUVs from €30,000 - €50,000" category.

Auto Bild allrad is one of the leading magazines for 4x4 enthusiasts on and off the road in Europe. First published in 2002, it has a monthly circulation of almost 70,000 copies and 260,000 readers.

In addition to the two prestigous awards, the Auto Bild allrad readers awarded both the Wrangler and the Renegade the second place in the respective overall classes incuding all German national brands, further confirming the strong appreciation of the German public for the Jeep icon and its top selling model.

A total of 170 models split into 10 categories participated in the contest. The readers' vote proved that both the Jeep Renegade and the Jeep Wrangler can boast unsurpassed on and off road performance.

Jeep Renegade was introduced in September 2014 throughout the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) where it is available with a full-range comprising four different trim levels - Sport, Longitude, Limited and Trailhawk - and a choice of efficient turbo diesel and petrol engines combined with four-wheel drive or front wheel-drive configurations.

Jeep Renegade is the top-selling model of the Jeep range and the main driver of Jeep commercial success in the region. Its record-setting pace is confirmed in the first quarter of 2016 where, with 19,159 units sold in Europe, Renegade recorded a 51.25% growth compared with the same period in 2015. Through March, Renegade also achieved its best ever quarter in Europe as well as in several markets such as Italy, the UK, France, Spain and Austria.

 The list of awards gained by the Jeep compact SUV in EMEA since its launch includes:

"New Car of the Year 2015"	- Quattroruote (Italy);
"Best SUV of the Year 2015"	- Coches.net (Spain);
"Car of the Year 2016"	- Autoesporte (Brazil);
"4x4 of the Year 2015"	- 4x4 Magazine (France);
"SUV of the Year 2015"	- 4x4 Tout-Terrain Magazine (France);
"Car of the Year 2016" awarded by a panel of specialist journalists in Greece;
"Best Buy Award 2016" in the Subcompact-SUV category for US Consumer Guide Automotive Best Buy;
"4x4 of the Year 2016"	- 4x4 Magazine (UK);
"Car of the Year" and "SUV of the Year"	-  Motor24 (Estonia);
"Best Crossover Basta!"	- BilMagasinet (Denmark);
"Offroad Vehicle of the Year 2015" category subcompact SUV	- OFF ROAD (Germany)

Turin, 20^th April 2016