Similar to the Grande Panda, future fashions will use the CMP modular platform, shared with Citroen C3 in India.
Fiat not too long ago took the wraps off the radically styled five-seat Grande Panda which is able to sit above the outgoing and fairly well-liked Panda small SUV in its international line-up. The Italian model, now owned by Stellantis, has plans to additional broaden the Panda vary with introduction of extra fashions sooner or later.
- Fiat Panda line-up to even have a Duster-sized SUV
- Anticipated to get petrol, EV powertrain
- Panda Coupe SUV, MPV within the works too
Fiat Panda line-up: what’s in retailer?
As reported by our sister publication Autocar UK, Stellantis will leverage its CMP modular platform additional by including extra fashions to the Fiat Panda household. The Grande Panda sits on related underpinnings because the Citroen C3 and some different fashions that use the CMP platform. The CMP platform is Stellantis’ value-minded Sensible Automotive platform. Initially engineered for growing markets and known as the Frequent Modular Platform (CMP), it has been tailored for international fashions and might accommodate each inner combustion and battery-electric powertrains.
In future, Fiat has plans to introduce greater SUVs with Panda branding that can sit on this platform. These will embrace a Duster-sized mid-size SUV and even an SUV coupe; each fashions can be sharing a variety of elements so as to obtain aggressive pricing. Moreover, there are plans to have a way of life pickup truck and an MPV too. There’s additionally the opportunity of battery-powered derivatives of those bodystyles sooner or later. All fashions on this line-up could have related styling cues just like the Grande Panda. Fiat will introduce one new bodystyle for the Panda household yearly.
In India, Stellantis will proceed promoting the CMP platform-based fashions below the Jeep and Citroen manufacturers. As we reported not too long ago, Jeep is growing an all-new Creta-rivalling SUV based mostly on the identical, and Citroen may also have the upcoming Basalt coupe SUV, becoming a member of the C3 and C3 Aircross.
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