Jeep Renegade voted 4x4 of the year by the British 4x4 Magazine, and a well deserved award it is too.

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• The prestigious title assigned from "4x4 Magazine", the British magazine specializing in off-road
• The judgment was delivered after being tested version Trailhawk, the ultimate in off-road performance and characterization.
• According to the jury, "Renegade is one of the best 4x4 vehicles produced in the last five years."
• Model Renegade also the first place in the category "average SUV under 30,000 pounds."

The Jeep ® Renegade was voted "4x4 of the Year 2016" by the British magazine "4x4 Magazine", one of the most famous specialized publications in the world. The coveted title confirms the winning features of the compact SUV has become, in many countries in EMEA, one of the best sellers in its segment. 

The jury of the "4x4 Magazine" voted unanimously Jeep Renegade after putting a strain on a version Trailhawk on a path extreme off-road, the ideal terrain for the preparation that ensures the ultimate in off-road performance and characterization.

This is the version to the top of the range that combines in a single product the best of technology off-road Jeep and signed the greatest innovation engine of FCA. 

The Renegade Trailhawk is in fact equipped with the powerful 170 bhp 2.0 Multijet in conjunction with automatic transmission with nine gears and four-wheel drive "Jeep Active Drive Low" with the final report of the reduction of 20:1. 

But the jury of 4x4 Magazine has deemed worthy of the prize the whole range Renegade, a model that experts of the magazine have judged "one of the best 4x4 vehicles produced in the last five years."

In addition, the jury of "4x4 Magazine" awarded the Jeep Renegade what better "average SUV under 30,000 pounds", as well as giving the iconic Jeep Wrangler, for the fourth consecutive year, the first place in the category "Hardcore".

So far produced more than 180,000 * units in renovated FCA Melfi Plant (Italy), the Jeep Renegade was the debut of the brand in the category of Small SUVs - the segment with the fastest growth in the EMEA region - thus demonstrating that Jeep is not more a niche brand but is able to compete successfully in the various segments. 

The awards won by the Jeep Renegade also confirm that can meet the daily needs of its customers, while remaining true to its heritage of authentic off-road brand. 

First SUV manufacturer globally, Jeep 4x4 capability offers the best in all segments in which it operates.

The list of awards won by Renegade includes:

• "News of the Year 2015" - Quattroruote (Italy)

• "Best SUV of 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 jury of specialized journalists in Greece;

• "Best Buy Award 2016" in the category Subcompact SUV, according to the US Consumer Guide Automotive Best Buys. 

One Year on, 135,000 units, Italian Built and exported back to the US, that will be the Jeep Renegade.

• FIAT Chrysler Automobiles celebrates first year of Jeep Renegade production at the Melfi factory in Italy
• Over 135,000 Jeep Renegade units have been produced for European and North American markets
• FCA holds its first ever virtual press conference, attended by more than 100 journalists from 14 countries, to launch new virtual Jeep Renegade plant visit available on Google™ Maps

FIAT Chrysler Automobiles is celebrating the first year of Jeep Renegade production with a new virtual factory visit tool, accessible via Google™ Maps. Launched exactly a year ago, the Jeep Renegade was a ground-breaking vehicle for the brand in that it was the brand’s first ever compact SUV and also the first Jeep vehicle built in Europe. 

Today, more than 135,000 Renegade units have rolled off the Melfi production line in Italy so far, contributing in no small way to the Jeep brand’s continuing growth, having achieved its most successful sales year ever in 2014 with more than one million units sold.

More recently, Jeep has enjoyed its best August sales month ever in North America while in Europe Jeep is the region’s fastest-growing automotive brand so far in 2015, with the new Renegade already established as a best seller in Italy, France and Austria. 

The second quarter of 2015 was the best sales quarter ever for Jeep in the region with 23,000 sales. 

The new compact SUV has also notched up several significant awards in Europe, including "New Car of the Year 2015" as voted by Quattroruote readers in Italy; "Best SUV of 2015" according to Spain’s influential Coches.net website and "4x4 of 2015" in France’s "4x4 Magazine".

To celebrate this important production milestone, the Jeep brand is now opening the virtual doors of the Melfi factory in Basilicata where the first FCA model to be manufactured in collaboration between Italy and the USA is assembled. 

By searching for “SATA - Società Automobilistica Tecnologie Avanzate S.p.A. - FCA Italy” or just “FCA SATA Melfi” on Google™ Maps, visitors can explore the entire production cycle of one of the most advanced automotive plants in Europe, where almost 8,000 employees and 968 robots produce the Jeep Renegade and FIAT 500X to a silver medal certification standard, according to WCM (World Class Manufacturing), an international methodology for optimizing the manufacturing cycle.

Making the experience as immersive as possible, a total of 3,924 pictures were taken over the course of three days. Stitched together using a special algorithm, which creates an immersive 360° horizontal and 290° vertical environment, these images are used to offer 327 different panoramic viewpoints, each of which consists of 12 HD photos.

Users thus have the possibility of "moving" inside the plant and exploring the details that interest them – with the same intuitive dynamic offered by Google™ Street View – as they travel through the factory's four productive units: stamping, body-in-white, painting and assembly. They also have the option of in-depth investigation of certain processes via seven 30-second video clips.