Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, has today exposed a new masterplan to regenerate the Italian-American alliance into a car-building superpower. Among the targets is a rear-drive chassis rethink for the Alfa Romeo range, Jeep eyeing two million worldwide annual sales, as well as Fiat’s official confirmation that its simplified new variety will consist of a ‘500X’ compact crossover. discover out what precisely has been revealed for every Fiat-Chrysler brand in our news round-up below.
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo is to tear up its lacklustre present variety in favour of a new variety of rear-drive as well as all-wheel drive worldwide cars and trucks that ‘are benchmarked against the very best that the German automotive market has to offer’. The engines as well as cars and trucks are to be developed in Italy, ranging from a household hatchback replacement for the present Giulietta to a BMW 3 series rivals as well as a 5 series executive saloon rival.
Production of Alfa’s take on new age of cars and trucks kicks off in the second half of 2015 with the 3 Series-rivalling Giulia saloon. It’s just one of eight new products though – including a two new crossover SUVs as well as the pledge of a Cloverleaf flagship, believed to be a hotter 4C, in 2015. The Mito supermini will not be replaced, Alfa has announced.
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