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http://www.fim-cisl.it/2019/02/01/fca-cnhi-in-febbraio-aumentano-i-premi-e-1-270-e-cnhi-e-754-nei-4-anni-erogati-complessivamente-5-879-euro-e-in-cnhi-4-492/

But what is Mercedes in F1. British engineering, Ilmor and Brawn mix.

But also RWD compact model is not desirable, both for most of customers and for a car maker due to cost structure. So it a lose-lose situation. Or?

It depends on a question. Investors must ask them and they must be very precise in their questions.

Actually from all of crazy ideas that one does make a sense. Make it with a hatchback and in that case it could be good product for both EU and US. Giulietta Mk IV.

So a rumor about C segment Dacia Sander is very likely true. The one which will be direct competitor to a Škoda Scala.

So this are also engines for a new Clio. Interesting that base 1.0 does not have a GDI. LPG? ?

Comments under the article are horrendous. As always they are strongly as FCA. But not knowing the difference between CVT and EVT. What a morons. @4200blu Interesting conclusion. This looks like a P2 mild hybrid: http://www.ecochamps.eu/class-c-passenger-car-renault-megane/ Of-course CO2 reduction under WLTP should be slightly lesser.

This is a technology demonstrator. Production version will be different, some different solutions but along these lines.

http://www.ecochamps.eu/class-b-passenger-car-results-fiat-500x/

Lets not forget which FCA factories can accommodate more than a one body shop. Basically all of Italian factories can. That leaves a possibility of more than one platform.

Who will make new A segment cars? Nobody except Koreans. ?

First half of 2017 I believe. If not before.

And they are still on schedule. But maybe the German way is the only way. LOL

If they will keep same wheelbase as for Compass mules of a compact Alfa SUV could be hidden in plain sight. Actually transmission choice worries me the most. Is a dual dry clutch suitable for a premium product? Is a 948TE sporty enough for Alfa?

Line in Cassino? This is the first word of it. Strange that it comes through Germany. ? Now in more serious tone. Lets say that Italian dealerships will have an open door day in December of 2020 or January 2021. How much in advance they will send first mules and how much in advance will they send cars with a final bodywork to a test? I will say May 2019 in the first case and around late 2019 or early 2020 in the second.

In my opinion Alfa compact SUV will likely draw potential Jeep Cherokee customers and not those who are seeking for Jeep Compass. But... Is it a Alfa Compass or something else? I don't believe that it's just a rebadged Compass. After all a lot of years has passed since the start of Jeep Compass project to a start of Alfa Romeo compact SUV project. At least new materials are available. For example 3rd generation advanced steel and so on. Not to mention plastic metal replacement and so on. In any case it's good to look competition motorization in US. Both Audi Q3 and BMW X1 are offering 2.0 turbo as a base engine. So I'm expecting something similar from Alfa. Of course I think that all of us are expecting 2.0 with at least 350 HP for Quadrifoglio version.

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co., which has struggled overseas and saw U.S. sales fall last year, reported its first quarterly net loss in two years Wednesday. The Dearborn, Michigan, company said it lost $116 million, or 3 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared with a $2.52 billion profit a year earlier. It last posted a quarterly loss in the fourth quarter of 2016. The loss included an $877 million one-time charge to revalue global pension assets due to a late-year market slide. Ford made $3.68 billion for the full year, but that was only about half of what its net profit was in 2017. North America was its only profitable region. https://www.apnews.com/5717a1e50ef746c6a87bd484cb8a29a1

I think that I understood it very well. One part is related to volume and margin. Certainly with a FWD based platform it's easier to attain high margin or if you want higher profit. Currently for a BMW in Europe X1 is a money maker. I think that it's obvious why. Back in the days of a RWD based X1 that was not the case. Second part was related to the order of presentation of each model. You think that compact SUV should come out before Giulia and Stelvio. Right? I do not agree with that observation. Giulia is an image maker and thus it was necessary to launch it first. Stelvio was just a logical continuation. What I can admit it that launch of compact SUV is late. One or two years late. Giulietta's platform? I think it's shelved for good. Or you want to see this: ? IMO it's to bih and way to heavy for a compact model. I'm just referring to an official new car registration data for 2017. Lombardia was the worst region for FCA in terms of market share. So this is not my opinion.

Every car nowadays maker heavily leans on suppliers. In case of FCA it was Magneti Marelli. BSG system for Ram 1500 and Jeep Wrangler is developed by Magneti Marelli as is inverter for Pacifica PHEV. What's can't skipped is development time, testing time. They must put a lot of miles on road. And of course engine development is still very long. At least 5 years from a clean sheet design. BS

With RWD/Giorgio based compact SUV they wouldn't make profit and volume. But in a case of evolved Small Wide/FWD based compact SUV they can make numbers and they can make profit. But it's not a model suitable as a first in Alfa Romeo revival. Giorgio based Giulia as a first was necessary because it's an image maker. Europe as the only market? In that case they would never relaunch Alfa. Italians, especially those living in north which have money, are not patriotic oriented car buyers so plan would already broke in Italy. Don't forget that Lombardia is traditionally the worst region in Italy for FCA based on market share. Not to mention how a Protestant Europe despise anything from the south. So Sweden, UK, Germany... are big no.

Speaking about these two. FCA will not have engine technology suitable for them before 2021. P2 MHEV and P2P4 PHEV. And neither will debut on Alfa Romeo.

We are still a long way go to a next generation Cherokee. They may change the platform choice. In any case I don't see use of CUSW as a viable choice. I see 2 different platforms as a better choices than CUSW. But I may be wrong.

300 is dead... Who knows. Maybe a crossover will replace it. Grand Cherokee and a 3 row unibody Jeep should be first North American models on Giorgio. Also they should debut all new GME T6 engine. I'm not sure about PHEV but according to plans there two models are the only planned with a HEV powertrain. But in terms of architecture it's very similar to upcoming PHEV for RWD based models. BEV models? For BEV models it's always better to have a specific platform.

It fits in a story of a PHEV models from Cassino in late 2020. So I believe in it.