Lancia's near future to be built on Chrysler platforms
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chrysler/" rel="tag">Chrysler</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/lancia-1/" rel="tag">Lancia</a></p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/fiat-group-revised-2010-2011-product.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/lancia_chrysler.jpg" /></a><br />
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Another morsel to come out of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/24/2010-fiat-500-first-model-to-get-companys-new-0-9-liter-engine/">Fiat's 2-year plan</a> is the short term product plan for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/lancia-1/">Lancia</a>, a brand that the parent company has been accused of neglecting for quite a while. In addition to the usual refreshes and facelifts, the truly juicy bit is that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/">Fiat</a> plans 17 new vehicles over the next two years, and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler/">Chrysler</a> platforms will provide the basis for four Lancias. <br />
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Next month's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/">Detroit Auto Show</a> is expected to host the first "new" Chrysler product: a rebadged Lancia Delta. An SUV is expected to follow sometime next year, then a midsize sedan and convertible, a luxury sedan, and a minivan in 2011. The real meat that we're still missing is how these vehicles will really be created. How much of the initiative will be badge engineering, and how much will be genuine, clean-sheet engineering. <br />
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Fiat wants <a href="http://paultan.org/2009/12/24/fiat-reveals-aggresive-expansion-plan-chrysler-to-contribute-big-car-and-suv-platforms/?utm_source=feedburner&ut m_medium=feed&utm_campaig n=Feed%3A+Paultanorg+%28p aultan.org+-+The+Automotive+Industry% 3A+Cars%2C+News%2CTechnol ogy%2C+Test+Drive+Reports %29&utm_content=Google+Re ader">Chrysler's global sales to more than double</a> by 2014, to 2.8 million. If that number is accurate, that would mean Sergio Marchionne expects Chrysler to account for more than half of his targeted five million global sales for the entire Fiat Group by 2014 -- and that group just grew thanks to Fiat's swallowing up Zastava. Marchionne is said to be thinking about a successor because he "can't work 24/7 forever." With plans like these, we can't imagine he'll be sleeping or stepping aside any time soon.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/fiat-group-revised-2010-2011-product.html">Carscoop</a> via <a href="http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f58/fiat-groups-revised-2010-2011-product-plan-lancia-brand-87358/">GM Inside News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/26/lancias-near-future-to-be-built-on-chrysler-platforms/">Lancia's near future to be built on Chrysler platforms</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:06:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/fiat-group-revised-2010-2011-product.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/26/lancias-near-future-to-be-built-on-chrysler-platforms/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19293956/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/26/lancias-near-future-to-be-built-on-chrysler-platforms/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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