Liberty out selling the Commander

benmar2000 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:27 pm

My brother in law was in the market for a Jeep Wrangler and wanted me to come along to check out the ones on the lots.. So we visited 2 Jeep dealerships in the area.. While he was looking over some of the used TJ's at one of the lots I asked the salesman how the Commander was doing.. He said that he and other salesmen are selling Libertys left and right along with the Grand Cherokee... But the Commanders aren't moving hardly at all.. Well.. We ended up at another dealership and the salesman there said the same thing.. Libertys are selling better then the Commander.. For all the KJ bashing.. The Liberty is a very popular model Jeep... Oh by the way, my brother in law got a really nice 2003 Rubicon with 24,000 miles on it for $19,900... We had it checked out.. It was a killer deal...

Thought you would like to know..

Ben

LoganSix · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:46 pm

Metioned before.

The Liberty was the number one small SUV last year.
Outselling the Ford Escape.

The Commander wasn't meant to outsell the Liberty of the Grand, but it is doing well.

Of course, when the Dodge Nitro comes out later this year, there will be more Liberty type vehicles on the street.

RkyMtnKJ · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:21 pm

this means cheaper replacement parts right? and does anyone know if it has a 4-Lo? just thinking if dodge will make the transfer case out of iron

Se7enLC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:18 pm

LoganSix wrote:

The Liberty was the number one small SUV last year.
Outselling the Ford Escape.

The Commander wasn't meant to outsell the Liberty of the Grand, but it is doing well.

Liberty also outsold the Wrangler, but the Grand is still in the lead:

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/01/04/205077.html:

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  DaimlerChrysler Corporation U.S. Sales Summary Thru December 2005

                                             Sales CYTD       DR %  Vol %
                  Model                   Curr Yr     Pr Yr  Change Change
  Wrangler                                 79,017     77,550    2%    2%
  Liberty                                 166,883    167,376    0%    0%
  Grand Cherokee                          213,584    182,313   18%   17%
  Commander                                17,048          0    0%    0%
  JEEP BRAND                              476,532    427,239   12%   12%

  TOTAL CHRYSLER GROUP                  2,304,833  2,206,024    5%    4%

            TOTAL CG CAR                  526,823    474,119   11%   11%
            TOTAL CG TRUCK              1,778,010  1,731,905    3%    3%
  Selling Days                                307        308

grnd93 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:56 pm

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just thinking if dodge will make the transfer case out of iron

Why would they make an iron transfer case?

ManicMechanicJoe · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:36 pm

cast iron is tougher then cast aluminum...

grnd93 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:35 pm

This is true............but there are plenty of very strong aluminum t-cases out there. The Atlas II included. No point in adding the extra weight.

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:53 am

According to a press release. The Jeep Commander was created to compete against the Hummer brand. I doubt that Jeep has been dissapointed with the sales of it's latest creation, especially considering the price for a loaded one. I see them everywhere I go in my area.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:26 am

Ive not seen that many. I get really excited when i do though, i really like them.

ManicMechanicJoe · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:00 pm

grnd93 wrote:

This is true............but there are plenty of very strong aluminum t-cases out there. The Atlas II included. No point in adding the extra weight.

come to think of it I can't think of a vehicle that still uses a cast iron t-case...

grnd93 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:32 pm

I doubt any commercial vehicles still do. Even military hummers use an aluminum one..NP, can't remeber the model.

ManicMechanicJoe · **Posted:** Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:00 pm

i think it's a heavier version of the 242...

USPLibby · **Joined:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:29 am **Posts:** 377

Hummer doesn't really sell a lot of H2's, and even less H1s. I think that there are only 10k H1s sold total.

With the gas prices going up, all big SUV sales are going way down.

ManicMechanicJoe · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:13 am

depends on what you mean by alot. The H2 sells fairly well when compared with the Lincoln Navigator and Cadillac Escalade. The H2 is a vehicle that is just out of reach for most people. It is hard for many of us average folk to justify $50k on a 4x4 when the Tahoe (same frame) will do the job for $10k-$20k less. The reason the Liberty sells so well is it is easy to justify...where else can you get real 4x4, all the options, decent cargo room for less then $30k new? The Liberty and GC are PRACTICAL family vehicles that are reasonably priced. Yes the Commander is a practical family vehicle, but I think it is a stretch from Jeep's current image. The American car buyer is very fickle and doesn't remember things like FSJ's. Most people think of Jeeps as small but capable vehicles. If you ask anyone where I live why the want a Jeep, the answer has something to do with snow...

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