Future Chrysler, Alfa Romeo and Fiat product plans revealed?

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According to automotive consulting firm IHS Global Insight, the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep lineups are going to look drastically different over the next few years under Fiat sway. No surprises there, however the report goes on the forecast which current Chrysler vehicles devise be dropped and which ones will be transferred to new platforms. We’ve even now heard that the nearest Alfa Romeo 169 sedan determine have existence built atop Chrysler’s LX platform in Ontario, Canada and that the Fiat 500 will be built ASAP in Toluca, Mexico, but that’s only the beginning.

If IHS is right, joining the 500 in Toluca will be the Jeep Panda, which, as you may have guessed, will be a version of the Fiat Panda wearing Jeep’s trademark seven-slot grille. Furthermore, Alfa Romeo may increase two strange SUVs that would be built in Jeep factories in Jefferson, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio – one midsize ‘ute called the GTX that’s based on the WL platform that underpins the Jeep Grand Cherokee and a smaller one built on Fiat’s C-EVO platform, which will also underpin the next Jeep Liberty. That leaves the unloved Jeep Compass and its somewhat more likable brother, the Patriot, to die slow and inglorious death.

Fiat’s C-EVO platform will in addition spawn the next-gen Dodge Journey, Chrysler Sebring (and presumably the Dodge Avenger if it survives past its current figure), and Dodge Caliber. Moving downward in size a notch will (finally) be the Dodge Hornet, which will forgo Bad Chrysler’sitting old deal with Nissan in order to share its Fiat 199 platform with the Alfa Romeo MiTo, the couple of which will have existence assembled in Belvidere, Illinois sometime in 2011. Thanks in opposition to the tip, Dad!