Some autos refuse to die, displaying up in gross sales charts years after being discontinued. We prefer to check with them as zombie vehicles, and Stellantis had its fair proportion gathering mud on supplier tons within the United States final yr. The full numbers are out for 2023 and present various fashions stubbornly sticking round.

It solely is sensible to begin with essentially the most spectacular of all of them – the Dodge Viper. The dead-but-alive efficiency machine racked up two gross sales, each within the closing quarter of 2023. Sales had been technically up by 100% in comparison with the yr earlier than when just one discovered a brand new dwelling. Looking additional again, 4 had been bought in 2021 and one other 4 in 2020. It’s value noting the final Viper was made in August 2017 on the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan.

Moving to a much more boring automobile, somebody purchased a Jeep Patriot in This autumn 2023. Sales of the crossover declined by 75 p.c in comparison with 2022 when 4 folks bought behind the wheel of a brand new Patriot. We’re utilizing “new” loosely as a result of the final one rolled off the meeting line in December 2016 on the Belvidere Assembly Plant.

The Chrysler 200 one way or the other made it to the gross sales charts as properly, with a complete of 4 vehicles delivered all through 2023. Three of them had been bought within the closing quarter of the yr. The compact sedan noticed its gross sales double in comparison with 2022. Production ended all the best way again in December 2016 when the ultimate econobox was assembled on the Sterling Heights Assembly plant in Michigan.

The 200 wasn’t Chrysler’s solely zombie automobile final yr as a result of the Town & Country made the gross sales charts as properly. Two minivans had been delivered in 2023, each in This autumn. It’s quite unusual as a result of none had been bought in 2022. The Town & Country was final constructed on the Windsor Assembly Plant in, Ontario, Canada in 2016.

Dodge additionally managed to promote three Darts final yr, all of which had been bought within the closing quarter. The sister mannequin to the Chrysler 200 had a barely higher 2022 when 4 autos had been delivered. Stellantis (technically FCA again then) assembled the final Dart in September 2016 on the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois.

The Journey wasn’t over in 2023 as a result of Dodge bought 36 items, down by 81 p.c in comparison with 2022 when 194 folks purchased one. The midsize crossover was retired in 2020 when manufacturing ended at FCA’s manufacturing unit in Toluca, Mexico.

The Caravan additionally reveals up within the gross sales charts for 2023 with 27 minivans delivered to match the earlier yr’s outcomes. This mannequin was axed in 2020 from the Windsor plant in Ontario, Canada.

As for lifeless Italian sports activities vehicles, Alfa Romeo bought a 4C final yr when Fiat shipped 28 124 Spider convertibles. Notable mentions embrace the Fiat 500L with seven minivans and the tiny 500 with 16 hatchbacks.