MILAN, July 13 (Reuters) - Stellantis will build the new Jeep Compass, one of the carmaker's bestsellers in Europe, as the fifth model for its Melfi plant in southern Italy, two sources close to the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The new model will be a development from the Compass SUV the Franco-Italian group currently produces in Melfi, one of its main assembly sites in the country. The new Jeep Compass will join four other new models the carmaker had promised for Melfi but which it has not yet officially announced. The production of models in Melfi underpinned by the new Stellantis platform for medium-sized cars is expected to start during 2024. Stellantis currently also builds Jeep's Renegade and Fiat's 500X models in Melfi.

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Persons: Stellantis, Carlos Tavares, Adolfo Urso, Melfi, Germany's, Italy's Lancia, Giulio Piovaccari, Gilles Guillaume, Keith Weir Organizations: MILAN, Jeep, Reuters, Compass, Jeep Compass, Germany's Opel, Thomson Locations: Europe, Melfi, Italy, Italian, Paris