- Stellantis was the only Big Three automaker to post a sales gain last quarter.
- Ram and Jeep led the recovery, with Ram pickups climbing 25 percent overall.
- The electric Wagoneer S sold just 175 units in Q1, down from 2,595 a year ago.
The Jeep Wagoneer S has plenty going for it, including a stylish design, genuinely rapid performance, and a decent driving range. But it’s also very expensive starting at $65,200, and as we noted in our review, some interior materials leave something to be desired. None of that has helped, and sales have collapsed by more than 90 percent this year.
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Through the first three months of 2026, Jeep sold just 175 examples of the Wagoneer S in the United States. To put that into perspective, it sold 2,595 in the first quarter of 2025. The decline is steep enough that Alfa Romeo actually outsold it with the Giulia in Q1, moving 252 units despite that car’s own 53 percent sales drop.
Contributing to the poor sales performance of the Wagoneer S is the pullback in EVs across the United States, particularly since the third quarter of last year. It also suggests that very few people are willing to pay over $60,000 for an electric Jeep that doesn’t really stand out in the crowded electric SUV segment.
Gas Charger Outsells EV 7 To 1
Unsurprisingly, it’s not just the Wagoneer S that has been hit hard by the downturn in American EV demand. This quarter, a measly 240 Charger BEVs were sold, down 88 percent from the 1,947 in Q1 2025. The other version of the Charger, now available with a six-cylinder engine, has already comfortably outsold the EV, with 1,672 finding homes last quarter. That split offers a clear real-world example of buyers favoring combustion power when given the choice.
While fewer and fewer people are buying Stellantis EVs, the group’s overall sales still rose four percent last quarter to 305,902, making it the only one of Detroit’s Big Three to post an increase, as GM recorded a 9.7 percent decline and Ford an 8.7 percent drop over the same period.
Jeep alone was up 3 percent to 144,552 units, helped by a 17 percent jump in Wrangler sales to 44,461 and a 10 percent increase for the Grand Cherokee, which reached 53,482 units. The Grand Wagoneer also posted 14,174 sales, a 667 percent jump, though that surge is explained by Jeep merging the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer nameplates into a single model at the end of last year.
Other brands tell a similarly mixed story. Ram posted a 20 percent increase to 112,160 units, driven by strong demand for its pickup trucks, while Dodge edged up 4 percent to 22,693 units, thanks largely to a 48 percent surge in Durango sales to 20,300 units.
Not every brand fared as well, however, with Chrysler down 28 percent to 25,423 units and Alfa Romeo falling 53 percent to a measly 919 vehicles for the quarter, which, based on preliminary figures, will likely be fewer than what Ferrari sold in the United States over the same period.
