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For me there is electric vs. electrification. I think that most brands should have full lineup of electrified powertrains. MHEV, PHEV, BEV. PSA guys do not agree with this. They want to kill PHEV option with almost immediate effect. In the long run they also want to kill MHEV: Then there is a question about performance or sports oriented brand. For example. How each of mentioned powertrains may affect cat's handling. I think that we may agree that BEV is still a big no for performance oriented versions. PHEV with smaller battery? It could be the answer. Ferrari went that direction with the new 296 GTB and also Mercedes is preparing a lot of PHEV models for AMG. What will happen after 2035 or 2040? Who knows but in my opinion till then both MHEVs and PHEVs make sense.
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So for example. It's OK if the all new Stelvio and Giulia are BEV only with no ICE at all? Even for US market. Hmh.
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But the question is. Which models on STLA Large will be built in Italy? Anything besides Maserati like Alfa Romeo or Lancia? Or maybe Alfa's from C and D segments will be exclusively on STLA Medium?
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Today bonnets are very high which gives more of a "tapir" look. Part of it is due to Pedestrian impact crash test. There are some technical solutions how to improve it, at least how to get shorter front overhang on a FWD car with transverse engine. One of solutions is to have engines with exhaust facing to rear so that engine could be tilted slightly to the rear. This solution was adopted by VAG on their MQB platform. This solution is also deemed as optimal by Bob Lutz who proposed it to GM and AFAIK GM adopted it last year.
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On BEV? ZF sourced electric motors.
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But internal combustion engine version will have, well, transversely oriented engine. And as we know for some time the real sports cars will have internal combustion engine.
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It's not sure yet.
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Sports car for 2026 (see above) is planned of STLA Medium. BTW, knowing what cars will be made in Italy I'm afraid that so called "D-Cross" (yet again, see above) for 2025 is based on STLA Medium. Larry Dominique(Head of Alfa Romeo North America) in his interview said that Carlos Tavares asked him to implement Peugeot plan for US on Alfa Romeo. First model planned for Peugeot in US was a long wheelbase 308 crossover, car which is small D segment. I'm very careful with ex PSA.
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Not exactly true. At the time when 500X was at the top of the game, i.e. with broad range of engines, sales were 60:40 on the side of rest of the Europe. Actually there wasn't such Fiat except for the 500. People always forget one important thing about rational Fiats. Face of the Fiat outside of Italy is not Fiat Panda. It's Fiat Punto and it was always that way since the mid 90's.
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What did he say?
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