The Alfa Romeo and Fiat models that will appear in the US after the Fiat-Chrysler deal have been revealed in an announcement from Robert Manzo, Executive Director of Capstone Advisory Group. The Fiat and Alfa models in the US will be the Fiat 500, the Panda, the Grande Punto, and the Alfa Romeo MiTo and Alfa Milano. These will be the first to be assembled in Chrysler facilities in the US.

The MiTo, Milano and Fiat 500 were already considered ideal for the American market, while the decision to export the Grande Punto and Panda is more surprising. These will be dressed in the Jeep brand and available only in 4×4 versions. Tom LaSorda, outgoing co-president of Chrysler has added that a future Chrysler will be based on the Fiat C-Evo platform.

In further news, the documents proposing the Fiat-Chrysler collaboration include future possible engines and transmissions to be built in America, with the debut models being the four cylinder 1.4 litre T-Jet and the new 3.0 litre V6 diesel. The adoption of the new twin clutch sequential DDC shift is also planned, substituting the Getrag automatic shift currently in use on nearly all the Chrysler models.

Source | Autoblog.com

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