FCA

 A NEW MINI SUV IS COMING FROM JEEP

According to Motoring Australians citing statements by Mike Manley, the brand's global CEO, at the Geneva Motor Show, the Jeep will develop a mini urban SUV.Official confirmation is expected to arrive in June, when the FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group, controller of Jeep, announce its new strategic plan for the next five years.The new mini SUV will be manufactured in Europe, the main market for this type of model, at the Pomigliano d'Arco factory where the Fiat Panda is produced today. This indicates that the new model could use the same platform of the Panda and the 500, the two urban models of the Italian brand.According to statements by Sergio Marchionne to Automotive News Europe, the Fiat Panda will no longer be produced in Pomigliano D'Arco from 2020, opening space for the production of what Sergio Marchionne has classified as 'more complex cars'.Another novelty, confirmed by Manley at the Geneva Motor Show, is the forthcoming launch of a plug-in hybrid version of the new Jeep Wrangler, initially in Europe and later in other regions of the globe.

Autonews