The Jeep Renegade will launch in Europe first

The 2015 Jeep Renegade is hot. But if you want to drive it, you're going to have to wait a bit for that opportunity. For the first time in the history of Jeep, the Renegade will launch in Europe several months before US buyers can pick one up.

eep will offer the Renegade in Europe later this year and then in the US in early 2015 before sales kick off in Brazil and China. The newly-formed Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will roll out the baby Jeep as it spreads the Alfa Romeo wealth in the US and in other NAFTA countries.

The new Renegade combines a small form factor that will do well in Europe and China; it sports the familiar boxy Jeep look and rugged Trail Rated gear that US buyers dig. To ensure that the Renegade can be easily recognized as a Jeep in any country, there are no fewer than nine 'Jeep' logos displayed—both inside and out—on the Limited trim level.