Fiat Shows Future Product

Matthew Guy
by Matthew Guy

Billed as the next steps in Fiat’s product lineup, the brand has hauled the (digital) sheets off an array of new models which are all said to share a common global platform.

Right off the hop, care is taken by Fiat marketers to point out the brand will offer the tripartite of electric, hybrid, and internal combustion powertrains to ensure ‘maximum relevance’ to customers around the world. This could be taken as a potshot towards other marques who may have initially decided to go all in on EVs only to walk back their electrified projections in the face of market challenges.

Whatever one takes from reading between the lines, Fiat promises the first car from this new lineup of machines will be shown in July this year, with a new model following each annum for the next 36 months. Note the brand says it has access to a global platform thanks to its corporate parent, Stellantis, meaning the same bones will underpin other vehicles in that company’s ever-expanding empire. 

Concepts shown range from a City Car sized bigger than the current Panda and a Fastback which would arguably have a sporty flair if not presented in desert beige. The SUV and Pickup are also intriguing concepts, with the latter possibly playing a foil to small trucks available in other markets (and hitting the scene here in America). The entire quartet is festooned with matrices of cube-shaped lights, shapes which will look uncomfortably familiar to anyone toiling at Hyundai on that brand’s Ioniq series of EVs. Rounding out the roster is one additional twist on the SUV, called the Camper and fitted with knobby tires.


Whether any or all of these vehicles shown today make it to the North American market remain to be seen. Even though Fiat remains a bit player on our shores, the brand raked in 1.3 million sales worldwide last year.


[Images: Fiat]


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Matthew Guy
Matthew Guy

Matthew buys, sells, fixes, & races cars. As a human index of auto & auction knowledge, he is fond of making money and offering loud opinions.

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  • Seanx37 Seanx37 on Feb 27, 2024

    Does FIAT have a future? Will Stellantis keep them around? Or just rebody Peugeot and Jeep products?

  • Dac Dac on Mar 03, 2024

    Fiat was once again Stellantis’ biggest brand last year, so I guess the’ll keep them around.

  • Varezhka I have still yet to see a Malibu on the road that didn't have a rental sticker. So yeah, GM probably lost money on every one they sold but kept it to boost their CAFE numbers.I'm personally happy that I no longer have to dread being "upgraded" to a Maxima or a Malibu anymore. And thankfully Altima is also on its way out.
  • Tassos Under incompetent, affirmative action hire Mary Barra, GM has been shooting itself in the foot on a daily basis.Whether the Malibu cancellation has been one of these shootings is NOT obvious at all.GM should be run as a PROFITABLE BUSINESS and NOT as an outfit that satisfies everybody and his mother in law's pet preferences.IF the Malibu was UNPROFITABLE, it SHOULD be canceled.More generally, if its SEGMENT is Unprofitable, and HALF the makers cancel their midsize sedans, not only will it lead to the SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST ones, but the survivors will obviously be more profitable if the LOSERS were kept being produced and the SMALL PIE of midsize sedans would yield slim pickings for every participant.SO NO, I APPROVE of the demise of the unprofitable Malibu, and hope Nissan does the same to the Altima, Hyundai with the SOnata, Mazda with the Mazda 6, and as many others as it takes to make the REMAINING players, like the Excellent, sporty Accord and the Bulletproof Reliable, cheap to maintain CAMRY, more profitable and affordable.
  • GregLocock Car companies can only really sell cars that people who are new car buyers will pay a profitable price for. As it turns out fewer and fewer new car buyers want sedans. Large sedans can be nice to drive, certainly, but the number of new car buyers (the only ones that matter in this discussion) are prepared to sacrifice steering and handling for more obvious things like passenger and cargo space, or even some attempt at off roading. We know US new car buyers don't really care about handling because they fell for FWD in large cars.
  • Slavuta Why is everybody sweating? Like sedans? - go buy one. Better - 2. Let CRV/RAV rust on the dealer lot. I have 3 sedans on the driveway. My neighbor - 2. Neighbors on each of our other side - 8 SUVs.
  • Theflyersfan With sedans, especially, I wonder how many of those sales are to rental fleets. With the exception of the Civic and Accord, there are still rows of sedans mixed in with the RAV4s at every airport rental lot. I doubt the breakdown in sales is publicly published, so who knows... GM isn't out of the sedan business - Cadillac exists and I can't believe I'm typing this but they are actually decent - and I think they are making a huge mistake, especially if there's an extended oil price hike (cough...Iran...cough) and people want smaller and hybrids. But if one is only tied to the quarterly shareholder reports and not trends and the big picture, bad decisions like this get made.
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