The heavy advertising which has surrounded the launch of the new Jeep Renegade, which is on sale in Ireland right now priced between €22,950 and €38,750, more than indicates how much confidence is being place in the car by both its manufacturer and the dealer network.

WORKERS at a Fiat factory in southern Italy struck for an eighth straight day yesterday, scuffling with police and prompting a call for a nationwide metalworkers’ strike in solidarity.