Stellantis has announced a temporary halt in production of the next-generation Jeep Compass, freezing activities at its assembly plant in Brampton, Ont.
In a Feb. 20 statement provided to The Epoch Times, a Stellantis spokesperson said that the company is reassessing its product strategy in North America due to the current “dynamic environment.”
“As a result, the Company is temporarily pausing work on the next generation Jeep Compass, including activities at the Brampton Assembly Plant. This does not change our previously announced investment plans for Brampton,” spokesperson LouAnn Gosselin said.
The Jeep Compass, which is described as Stellantis’s most globally available model, will debut in Europe with production starting in Melfi, Italy, this year. Production of the new SUV was also previously planned for the Brampton plant later this year….