"MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner" (montegoman562)
08/30/2013 at 11:21 • Filed to: ISPY, FIAT, LANCIA, MINIVAN, CUV, SPYSHOTS
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"MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner" (montegoman562)
08/30/2013 at 11:21 • Filed to: ISPY, FIAT, LANCIA, MINIVAN, CUV, SPYSHOTS | 0
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LOOK WHAT I FOUND!
Fiat Crossover SUV, kind of looks like a Fiat badged Dodge Journey.
Then the incredibly obvious Lancia Voyager. I guess they still had copyright on Voyager from back on the Plymouth?
So I don't know what you guys think but my quick opinion. If Fiat releases that CUV here in the states it will DESTROY their trendy upscale fashion image, it looks really boring.
The Lancia I assume is for foreign use because they don't have a need for another Minivan here.
Apologies for my crappy pictures, I was trying to drive on the highway, not crash into people, not cause fiery death, and provide some shots for you guys.
Party-vi
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/30/2013 at 11:23 |
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Test mules maybe?
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Party-vi
08/30/2013 at 11:24 |
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I'm sure, but they were all styled up as Fiat/Lancia, I have to imagine they have a plan to release them.
I couldn't get a pic of the front of the Lancia, but it seriously looked like a chrysler grille with a different logo.
fhrblig
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/30/2013 at 11:28 |
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The first one is the Fiat Freemont (Dodge Journey clone).
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Party-vi
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/30/2013 at 11:28 |
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LOL never mind the Caravan is sold in Europe as the Lancia Voyager and the Journey is sold as the Fiat Freemont, so it appears as if those are European models of the US vehicles. They won't sell them over here. Maybe they're models that were slated for export but never made it?
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Party-vi
08/30/2013 at 11:29 |
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Oh maybe, I wasn't aware they were for sale overseas in that set up.
Explains EVERYTHING. Clearly just mules then.
BORING
505 - morphine not found
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/30/2013 at 11:29 |
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These two are already on the market in Europe, while their respective American cousins aren't (they were before, in Daimler times), and i don't think Fiat would release them in the States - most likely some test examples, nothing more.
A note on the Voyager name: there was a time, when Crysler manufactured that MPV in Austria, and sold it officially in Europe, and it was called Chrysler Voyager. I understand that not the USDM name anymore, but it was in Europe, where this Lancia is sold, so maybe that's why.
As i see you're not informed on this matter, let me introduce you to the third culprit in this interesting exercise in badge engineering: the Lancia Thema
Oh yes, they went there .
carcrasher88
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/30/2013 at 11:31 |
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The Fiat is the Freemont, which, as you said, is a rebadged Journey, built in the same factory as the Journey, in Toluca, Mexico.
It's pretty much sold in countries that don't have Dodge (namely Australia, Brazil, various European countries, China, and South Korea.
Also take note: they both are wearing Manufacturer plates.
PelicanHazard
> Party-vi
08/30/2013 at 11:31 |
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Leftover preproduction ones, I wager. Not meant for sale to the public but too useful as a company car to get rid of it. Some months ago another opponaut got a photo of a T6 Ranger just sitting in a Ford building parking lot.
Could also be testing tweaks to be made in subsequent model years.
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> 505 - morphine not found
08/30/2013 at 11:32 |
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ah HA!
This explains it. And wow on the 300.
The Chrysler minivan lineup originally had 3 versions in the US. Dodge Caravan, Plymouth Voyager, and Chrysler Town & Country. When the Plymouth brand was discontinued years ago the Voyager name died in the US.
Glad they weren't thinking this was a good new looking model.
Pure87
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/30/2013 at 11:43 |
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Maybe it's someone who think's they're cool by using the Euro badging. Sorta like IS owners putting Altezza badges on.
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> carcrasher88
08/30/2013 at 11:59 |
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Oh yeah, I see M plates around here all the time. I've even driven some M plates :)
A couple days ago I saw a pack of Corvette C7's running around. Like 15, no time for a pic though.
bluemax
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/14/2013 at 16:08 |
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if they bring diesel minivan with 39 mpg I'm for it!!! we really need better fuel consumption on minivans