"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
09/09/2015 at 23:11 • Filed to: Lancia, Lancia Ypsilon
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"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
09/09/2015 at 23:11 • Filed to: Lancia, Lancia Ypsilon | 2
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Unfortunately, I can’t upload the image directly here, but on netcarshow.com, I found this: the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
So, they’re not killing off Lancia yet.
But then, there’s more...
‘There will be a preview of the New Ypsilon at the 2015 International Salon in Frankfurt, and sales will begin in September 2015 on the main European markets.’
It looks like, unlike previously thought, FCA isn’t gonna be keeping the Lancia brand as Italy-exclusive. Otherwise, there would have been a Chrysler version shown for other markets.
Of course, this will probably still be sold as a Chrysler in markets like the UK and Japan, where the current version of the Ypsilon is sold as.
But as the pres release says, it looks like the future might be at least a little brighter for Lancia than previously thought.
Perhaps Lancia will be where all the FWD models that otherwise would’ve been Alfa Romeos will go once they’re fully switched to RWD and RWD-based cars only?
Maybe a return to form for AR will also mean the revival of Lancia?
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> carcrasher88
09/09/2015 at 23:22 |
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Click for full resolution.
Flavien Vidal
> carcrasher88
09/09/2015 at 23:23 |
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We do have Lancia Ypsilon as well as Chrysler in Japan...
4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
> carcrasher88
09/09/2015 at 23:30 |
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Perhaps Lancia will be where all the FWD models that otherwise would’ve been Alfa Romeos will go once they’re fully switched to RWD and RWD-based cars only?
I think they’ll just go back to Fiat, considering that’s where the majority of Alfa’s platforms are borrowed from.
Modern Lancia has always been an odd duck in the FCA lineup, but the Ypsilon has seemingly sold OK within Italy, and was even marketed as the ‘luxury’ option to the Fiat Punto over here in the UK. In a way, I crave the Lancia of yesteryear, but know with fair affirmity that that will never happen again. The brand is watered down and unlikely to see any significant technological or capital injection while Alfa and Fiat still compete within the target markets.
Blondude
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/09/2015 at 23:55 |
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Fuck NetCarShow’s watermark. And fuck Boldride’s too.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Blondude
09/10/2015 at 00:06 |
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Fuck it with a cactus.