Fiat
Smart Car, Stellantis’ low-cost small vehicles platform, continues to be evolved. Fiat is one of the next in line to receive a fresh model based on this architecture, that being a pick-up for multiple regions. Said to be running slightly behind target for launch, it should at least be revealed this year though actual deliveries might not commence until 2026.
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The most-needed new model, however, is now imminent, that being the 500 Ibrida. This 1.0-litre mild hybrid version of the Cinquecento will be built on the same line as the EV at Mirafiori Carrozzerie. One interesting detail is a manual transmission, this now being a generally rare thing in cars for the European market. Both Firefly-powered and electric 500s should be facelifted in 2027 and remain in production at the historic Turin site until 2030.
Tipo becomes a fastback
Next year, not only will there be a Trekking version of the Grande Panda (raised suspension and 4×4 drive) but we’ll also see a genuinely new car in the form of a Tipo/Egea successor. Unlike the existing sedan, hatchback and wagon, this replacement is to be a fastback-SUV. As with the pick-up mentioned above, the platform is Smart Car.
The fresh models continue in 2027, which is when the so-called ‘Giga Panda’ debuts. Intended to be a rival for the big selling Dacia Duster, there will surely also be a higher priced Trekking derivative. That one may not arrive until 2028, however. After this, 2029 could be a quiet year but in 2030, there will be big news in the form of a new Panda. Stellantis will retool the Pomigliano d’Arco plant near Naples ahead of the little car’s premiere.
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One of the most important tasks for Stellantis’ new CEO is to oversee the revival of Jeep, this division having formerly been a major earner for the entire group. The US market is obviously key to such plans and the latest news is good, much fresh metal now arriving for the 2026 model year.
J4U, the next Compass, will soon be in production (Italy first, then North America), official details having been released to the media in May. This looks set to become Jeep’s next best seller at a global level, presuming it succeeds in Europe. There will be MHEV (‘E-Hybrid), PHEV (‘E-Hybrid plug-in’) and EV powertrains with four-wheel drive reserved for those electric variants which have two motors. The life cycle should be seven years, which means a facelift in 2030 and a successor in 2033/2034.
REEV/EREV powertrain
The Recon, plus a new Cherokee are also coming relatively soon as well as facelifts later in 2025 for the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. Engineering-wise, the big news is to be Stellantis’ six-cylinder engine being paired to a motor as a range extender. Whether or not the formerly confirmed Wagoneer EV and Grand Wagoneer EV will still enter production at Warren Truck in 2027 as planned or be shelved for a year or so is not yet known.
J70, the next Wrangler, is due in 2028 and this model will be built at Toledo Assembly but an electric variant may not arrive until 2029 or 2030. However, there are now rumours of an extended range EV powertrain which could come first. The next Gladiator should also be manufactured at the same Ohio plant. It is due in 2029.
Lancia
One of several marques which could be doing far better may need a strategy revision. And soon. Lancia’s sales collapsed by 74 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the equivalent period in 2024. In July, home market registrations numbered just 800, a 72 per cent plunge year-on-year.
The loss of what had been the aged yet very popular previous Ypsilon continues to be a major issue, its electric/electrified-successor thus far failing to capture buyers’ imagination. Higher pricing hasn’t helped matters. Last month the little hatchback was only just inside the Italian market’s top fifty, outsold by the likes of the BMW X3 (809) and Suzuki Vitara (858).
The Ypsilon and Ypsilon Hybrid have both been updated recently, the EV gaining a new battery and a claimed 22 km of extra range, while there is an extra 10 PS for the MHEV (now 110 or 81 kW) via a new way of calculating power. The addition of the HF is another piece of news, this sports variant having 280 PS.
Gamma due next year
We must wait until 2026 for the range to include a second model, that being the Gamma, a 4.7 m long fastback. Originally set to be electric-only, there will now be a hybrid too.
For Lancia’s 120th birthday in 2027, Stellantis will add the Gamma HF and four-wheel drive HF Integrale, followed one year later by a facelift for the Ypsilon. The Delta is also due in 2028, this being a C segment vehicle and likely a crossover, though a hatchback body is possible. The relevant HF and HF Integrale seem more than likely to join the line-up in 2029.
Early in 2030 we should see a revised Gamma with its successor due in 2033, two years after the premiere of the next Ypsilon. Some twelve months after the new little hatchback debuts (2031) comes the Ypsilon HF, Lancia’s gift to itself for the marque’s 125th anniversary.
Leapmotor
Even though its exports numbered just 20,375 cars in the first half of this year, Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologies’ global deliveries hit a record 221,664 passenger vehicles during the same period. Moreover, Stellantis’ main China-based partner even managed to reverse a year ago loss of CNY2.2bn, turning this to a small profit of CNY33m (USD4.6m).
The company’s cars, whilst cheap and fairly basic, are finding ever more favour at home, wholesales hitting 45,524 in July (up 106% YoY and 238,570 YtD), enough to secure ninth place and place the brand ahead of Honda (44,251). And while numbers in Europe remain comparatively modest, volume is rising month by month. This should accelerate in 2026 once local assembly commences in partnership with Stellantis.
Seven-eight models
While the B10, C01, C10, C11, C16 and T03 models were already available, the B01 has just been added in relevant countries. This fastback sedan offers the choice of 132 kW or 160 kW motors and a lithium-iron phosphate battery pack. Unlike certain other cars, this one isn’t (yet) available with a range extender alternative. It is, however, selling very well indeed, already the brand’s number two in China behind the C10.
The C01, a large EREV, will likely soon be dropped as it has not been a success, more models are coming, and soon, including the A12, a small SUV.
There will also be more overseas assembly for certain existing vehicles, including the C10, which will be produced from kits at Stellantis’ Gurun plant in Malaysia. Cars for other RHD countries will likely be sourced from there commencing in 2026. There are also indications that the Figueruelas (Zaragosa) factory in Spain will add the B10 to its output, also starting next year.
Maserati
Along with Abarth, Chrysler, DS, Lancia and perhaps other brands, the future of Maserati is by no means guaranteed. Stellantis’ new CEO is for the moment keeping quiet on his intentions but the division really does need to start living up to its potential. The alarming part is how good the cars are, and how relatively new too, though a push into EVs now seems to have been premature.
Debuting in February, the GranCabrio, with its 490 CV biturbo engine, has helped to boost the fortunes of that niche model at least, while the announcement during the following month that the MC20 Folgore (electric) was being shelved came as no surprise. But will it ever reach production?
GT and GC to exit Turin plant
We’ll see an inevitable dip in GranTurismo and Gran Cabrio sales early in 2026 as the cars switch plants from Mirafiori to Viale Ciro Menotti in Modena. This is to make room for the arrival of the Fiat 500 Ibrida at the historic Turin factory. The Maseratis will be due for mid-life facelifts in 2027 or 2028, their successors not being expected until the early 2030s.
We don’t yet know what has become of the project for a fresh Quattroporte. The last statement was that a launch had been delayed until 2028 and the idea of the car being electric now seems too niche. The architecture will surely be STLA L with the option of a combustion engine.
Another vehicle with a big question mark over it is the so-called E-UV BEV. Once expected in 2027, this Levante-sized SUV will inevitably be offered with combustion engine power too. As of now, the model will probably arrive in 2028, meaning a life cycle that doesn’t end until the second half of the 2030s.
Stellantis future models 2025-2035: Part 1
The third part of this series – Opel/Vauxhall, Peugeot and Ram – will be published on 26 August.
