Fiat
The weakest of the four high-volume Stellantis brands in Europe with fewer than 200,000 vehicles sold in the first half of 2024 (EU-EFTA-UK), Fiat has been promised four new models in the next four years.
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Sales at home could not be more of a contrast to Brazil where Fiat is a strong number one thanks mainly to the Strada but helped by the Argo and Mobi. Numbers and market share are 271,166 and 22.2 per cent for the year to the end of July. Compare that to Italy where the brand touched a new low during the same month (market share: 8.2 per cent) and registrations of just 10,226 and 105,834 YtD.
Once unthinkable: soon no longer numero uno in Italy?
With Toyota rising by 145.1 per cent in July to 9,794, might the Japanese brand even become the Italian market’s number one in August? Or could Dacia, a close number three in July (9,686) instead seize first place? The Panda remains far and away the number one passenger vehicle (71,383 YtD versus 39,745 for the Sandero). The next best selling Fiat in the July market was the 500 in 26th position. The 600 at least is off to a good start with 966 registered during its first month (July).
Fiat is crashing in an even more dramatic fashion in Turkey, sales for the market leader plunging by 40 per cent though the July total was still better than Italy (11,115, and down 31 per cent YtD to 82,136). At least the Egea remains the top model and by some margin, even as brands such as Chery surge (three models in the July top 10).
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By GlobalDataPanda family going global?
Smart Car, a low-cost platform, will be the basis for multiple future vehicles, including a Panda-based SUV, a pick-up, a second SUV and a campervan. Virtual debuts of concept versions were publicised in March. Officially, these are for Europe but the architecture in question is thought to be headed to Stellantis and partner plants in other parts of the world.
The confusion over what exactly the new Pandina is has now been settled, this so-called Special Series being the higher of two specifications for the lightly facelifted third generation Panda. Base is Panda and Pandina is a more expensive crossover, it turns out. This car, new in 2011, will be produced at the Giambattista Vico plant in Pomigliano d’Arco near Naples until at least 2027 Stellantis stated in February. Two months later Carlos Tavares said it would be built until 2030.
Generation four is called Grande Panda. Larger than the Panda-Pandina, it will have mild hybrid and EV power, with some or possibly all production to be at the Kragujevac plant in Serbia. One novelty of the electric car is the slow-charging cable built into the grille. The up to 100 kW DC cable, on the other hand, connects to another port: it needs to be cooled. Battery and motor capacity and output are 44 kWh and 83 kW.
A return to the European C segment
In other news, the 600 (mild) Hybrid is new this year while the 500X is coming to the end of its life cycle. Some sources say build of this model and its Jeep Renegade twin will end later in 2024 but others claim the Melfi plant in Italy might keep producing them until early 2026.
The third of the promised four new vehicles will see Fiat entering the European C segment with a Smart Car Platform fastback-SUV crossover in 2026. The pick-up should arrive a few months ahead of this vehicle. And around the same time, a 500 Ibrida is due to debut. This is the existing electric model fitted with either a series or mild hybrid powertrain so as to lift its sales. Build will be on the same line at Mirafiori (Turin) as the EV. Each will likely stay in production until 2030. At this point, an STLA S (for small) platform successor should arrive.
What Stellantis is calling the Giga Panda is set to land in 2027, the fourth of four Smart Car Platform models, joining the Grande Panda, pick-up and fastback-SUV. This is also where the rugged camper concept comes in, that being a potential derivative. We can think of the Giga as a rival for the Dacia Duster.
Jeep
Trying to get to a million sales a year in the US market is a tall order but that is what Jeep has been tasked with. Last year, only 641,166 vehicles were delivered there. Lots of new models are coming but will Stellantis set more realistic pricing for them than what it has been doing in the last year or two? Dealers are rightly demanding answers from Carlos Tavares.
One of the many additional vehicles will be the Wagoneer S, presently in the final stages of development. This uses STLA L(arge) and sees another tweak, which is the return of J E E P on the tailgate, something absent on the gas-powered Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer when they were launched. The lack of the brand name was an odd idea at best.
The 4.9 m long S will be the first globally-available electric Jeep. It has a 100 kWh battery and a single motor with outputs of 600 horsepower (447 kW) and 617 lb-ft (837 Nm) plus standard 4WD. Weight is quoted as 2,570 kilos. US deliveries commence in the fourth quarter. We can expect a seven- to eight-year lifecycle which means a facelift for MY2029.
Smart Car platform for Renegade replacement
As new models appear, others disappear and that has happened with the Renegade in North America. The aged B-segment SUV continues in Europe though, where a 2024 model year Renegade was announced in February. Build at the Melfi plant will likely be wound up in 2025. A hybrid version of the larger Compass will be added around the same time at this Italian factory. The next Renegade is due in 2026 and should be on the Smart Car platform, which means petrol and electric propulsion systems.
J4U, a Compass replacement, is expected in North America as soon as next year. The platform is STLA M (Medium) and build of both gasoline and electric variants starts at Brampton in the final quarter of 2025. The Canadian factory might be just one production location: the new Jeep will also be made in Italy. India will instead keep the current model, albeit this locally-made one being facelifted in 2026.
Further news for 2025 should include a mild restyle for the Gladiator and the addition of a 4xe (plug-in hybrid) at the Toledo plant in Ohio. There will also be a Pentastar V6 range-extender powertrain for the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, and the debut of the Recon. The last of these will have the same STLA L platform as the also electric-only Wagoneer S. Doors will be removable and the looks those of a purposeful off-roader.
GC going EV
In 2026 there will be a new Grand Cherokee – including an electric one – for the Detroit Assembly complex, followed one year later by a Wagoneer EV and a Grand Wagoneer EV entering production at Warren Truck. Will Stellantis facelift the gas-powered models for the 2028 model year, aligning their general look with the new-for-’28 STLA L platform models? That would seem logical.
Calendar 2028 sees the launch of J70, which is the code for the next Wrangler. There should be gas, REEV and EV power choices, all manufactured on the same line at Toledo Assembly. Another debutante for the 2029 model year could be a new Gladiator but this is not confirmed: there was no mention of it among the future model information noted by the United Auto Workers as it signed a four-year agreement in November 2023.
Lancia
Is Lancia a luxury brand again? That is what Stellantis wants us to believe but until other models arrive, the newly-launched Ypsilon has an enormous weight on its shoulders. The brand will focus on Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands, France, Spain, and Germany this year and next as it rebuilds.
The little hatchback is presently being launched with 1,906 examples of a 39,999 euro Edizione Limitata Cassina (Italian furniture firm) the first off the Zaragoza production line. This plant also makes the Peugeot 208 and Opel/Vauxhall Corsa. The electric Lancia shares not only their eCMP2 platform but the windscreen and 115 kW & 260 Nm motor. A more powerful (177 kW/240 PS) Ypsilon HF arrives in May 2025, there will be a facelift in 2028 and new generation in 2031 or 2032.
Return of the Delta HF
In 2026 the Gamma should arrive, this being a 4.7 m long electric fastback and the twin of the DS 7 replacement. There should also be a model for Opel and Vauxhall built on the same production line at the Melfi plant in Italy. The platform is STLA M and a Gamma HF follows in 2027.
Come 2028 and the third new model arrives, this being the Delta. Likely to be an electric Golf-sized hatchback, it should be in dealerships around the same time as the final ICE-powered Lancia vanishes, this being the the 74 kW 1.2-litre mild hybrid Ypsilon which debuted in April 2024. A year later we can expect a Delta HF, with a facelift for the Gamma in 2030.
Leapmotor
Should Leapmotor even be in a report which is all about Stellantis-owned brands? As with Ferrari, technically no, yet each matters, for different reasons. In this case, the Chinese make could become important in many countries, particularly if, as is believed, CKD assembly starts at the Ranjangaon plant on the outskirts of Pune. This could well be the source of the Leapmotor models which are promised for the UK market from as soon as 2025.
Stellantis spent the equivalent of one and half billion euro to acquire 20 per cent of Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologies. It also has 51/49 per cent majority ownership of a JV with exclusive rights for the manufacture, sale and export of Leapmotor products outside China.
The first model for the LHD European launch markets will be the C10, a 4,739 mm long SUV available in series hybrid PHEV (some call this a range extender EV) or EV forms. The platform, which is called both Four Leaf Clover architecture and Leap 3.0, is also expected to be used by the Jetta division of the Volkswagen Group. The C10 has a 170 kW and 330 Nm motor for the EV plus 53 and 70 kWh CALB-supplied battery options. The EREV has the same motor plus a 70 kW 1.5-litre engine (provided by Sokon) and a 28 kWh battery. Sales commenced in China in February with pricing for the EV starting at just below 129,000 yuan.
Aiming for 500,000 annual sales by decade-end
Stellantis commenced trial assembly of another model, the T03, at its Tychy factory in June. The tiny EV could end up playing a not insignificant role in the joint venture’s plans to sell up to half a million Leapmotor vehicles a year outside China by 2030.
For the moment, assembly at the Polish plant is SKD but upgrades to CKD then full manufacturing must surely be planned. However, for now the company says only that it started exports of CBU examples of the C16 and T03 from China on 30 July.
A 5,050 mm sedan called C01 might also be exported from 2025. This model debuted at an event in September 2023 and like the C10, there are both electric and series hybrid 1.5-litre PHEV/EREV variants. The motor in the EV is said to produce 200 kW with battery choices being 30 or 44 kWh.
What will the C16 and A12 models be?
Leapmotor also has a six- or seven-seat 4,915 mm long MPV. Revealed two months ago, the C16 uses the Leap 3.0 platform. The future EV is said to feature a 215 kW and 360 Nm rear motor with a 68 kWh battery and an 800-volt electrical system. The EREV has the same 70 kW Sokon engine plus a 170 kW and 320 Nm motor. The 28 kWh battery is the same one as in the C10.
After these vehicles are established, next will be the A12, a small SUV. Further information is awaited but a debut either later this year or in 2025 is expected. And the Europe-wide brand launch will take place in September via 200 sales points. Thereafter, the Stellantis-Leapmotor venture will expand into Turkey, Israel, certain French-administered territories, India, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Chile and Brazil.
Maserati
To be electric-only in 2028, Maserati is presently losing multiple models as part of that process. Ghibli build ended in the fourth quarter of 2023 and it was believed that the same applied to the Quattroporte but then news of one final example emerged on 5 August. Certainly, the big sedan was the last V8-powered Maserati. Levante production has also been wound up. That happened in March.
This year we have seen the arrival of not only the biturbo V6-powered GranCabrio (not the Folgore though) but the 560 kW and three-motors GranTurismo Folgore. The second of these is electric and based on a platform called Giorgio Sport. The Grecale Folgore is also new in 2024. Changes over the petrol Grecale include a fake exhaust sound (which cannot be turned off), less ground clearance, a bespoke grille, special low-drag wheels and portholes on the front wings with LED lighting.
Next year the MC20 Folgare is due to arrive, then the Levante replacement in 2027 and a Quattroporte successor in 2028. The platform for the second of these will either be Giorgio Sport or STLA L. No replacement for the Ghibi is scheduled.
This second of three reports follows a focus on Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS and Ferrari. Next comes a look what should be ahead for Opel-Vauxhall, Peugeot and Ram, to be published on 29 August.
