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1.4 TS 16v is Pratola like all other TS 16v engines. -
This new 4cl engine will be 2 liter and is member of new MGE (Medium Gasoline Engine) family which will share combustion chamber design. I'm wondering if we are going to see more than one engine block designs for that family. Even GM these days or their 2.0 ECOTEC Turbo use different blocks, some are lost foam casting and some sand casting and maybe some even a high pressure die cast. So it will not be a weird if FCA choose different blocks for same engine family. FIRE will be substituted very soon.
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Compatriot will not use a V6 engine. As you all know new 2.0 turbo is coming verry soon. So with car with up to 4.5 m (or even just 4.4 m) of length future Jeep/FIAT twin can be more spacious inside than KL.
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Some rumors said that they will keep Caravan nameplate but it will be a Chrysler Caravan for cheaper versions of this vehicle.
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I know it's for Turkey but I can't get it why 5th door for sedan look alike can be a drawback. But it's sure that classic sedan is almost non wanted in EU28 and it would be nice if they can offer FIAT 'Octavia'.
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Yes, this car has to be spacious inside with huuuge luggage compartment. But you omitted something. In terms of sales Jetta was a failure in the last decade. Segment(C-segment with 'tail') leader is Škoda with Octavia and guess what, it has 5th door.
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It's always the same story. It's not question how much they can pump from 2.0 liter gasoline engine. Question is how low can they push maximum torque figure. Can it be for example 400 Nm at just 1400 rpm or even lower? 2.4 at least it its last iteration with 210 ponies was very potent and durable. It was an excelent engine paired with overweight car (159) and paired with lacking M40/F40 transmission which limited torque to just 320 Nm in 1st and 2nd gear.
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Yes, it's a FPT's 7 speed dual dry clutch for up to 250 Nm which is offered in China.
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I'm hopping they will finally offer C725 in Europe with 1.3 JTD and 1.4 Multiair.
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IMO, vehicle width is not so important because it can be easily altered, for me track width is what matters. So I looked at track width dimensions for some FCA vehicles. track width front/rear Bravo - 1539 mm Linea - 1473/1466 mm (same for Grande Punto although it has shorter wheelbase) Viaggio - 1572/1570 mm 500L - 1521/1519 mm (500X has wider track width, somewhere around 1540 mm if I'm correct) Giulietta - 1554 mm And now for some competitors: Golf 7 - 1549/1519 mm (same for Škoda Octavia although it has longer wheelbase and has wider exterior) Megane - 1547 mm Focus - 1544/1560 mm Based on this numbers I think we can say that FCA's SUSW platform is suitable for C-segment car.
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I never said contrary but both are modular. Small platform or it's SUSW derivation is perfectly suitable for C-Segment car.
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I don't get you. So you have prejudice about FIAT's definition of modular platform but not for VW's? I don't have any concern about future C-segment FIAT models. We are not talking about Linea which was just a stretched Punto, this platform is also widened. So I'm 100% sure we will not see a disaster similar to Škoda Rapid.
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Do we talk about modular platforms or not? Do you have prejudice regarding Passat B8 is on Compact(MQB from Golf 7) platform or not? Yes, FIAT made confusion with naming platform Small or Compact. But if you look wheelbase or track width dimensions for 500L or 500X they are very close or on par with VW Golf so platform derived from them with some modifications is a C-segment platform.
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Yeah, entry level engine will be a boxer with torque of a hamster while top of the line will be V6 120o.
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@ RVC Porsche is using ZF's DCT while BMW is with Getrag. Off-course I thought about future Alfa Romeo's models. We will not see DDCT in Alfa with longitudinal engine. I still dream about C-segment Alfa with longitudinal engine but with boxer and FWD.
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I do not believe we will see DDCT in Alfa but DWCT is probable for top version.
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It's a track width which defines to which segment platform belongs. 500L and especially 500X/Renegade have track width common to C-segment and not to B-segment. What I want to see from FIAT is what you say berlina 3 volumi with 5th door or in other words something similar to Škoda Octavia. IMO, it's more practical to have a car with 5th door instead of small opening characteristic to sedans.
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@ Sadman As I know they will replace steer by wire with hydraulic servo in Q50S. I thought that F30 is using McPherson front suspension while B8 is using five link front suspension?
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I think that Infiniti Q50 is the car that almost everyone underestimates. It's interesting that future Giulia will have similar front(double wishbone) and rear(multilink) suspension as Q50 while it will also have around 4.75 m in length.
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Basically FWD or RWD with longitudinal engine only differs in engine placing. Although IMO they could just alter CUSW for longitudinal engine placement and make turbocharged V6 as biggest engine, at least is FIAT known for that(hint: Alfa 145/146). IMO, Charger could share future modular RWD platform with some other Dodge or other American product.
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I think we can see a V6 engine derived from American V6 block for future Alfa. But it's nothing different with 2.0 I4. It will (most probably) also have an American engine block. When we are talking about future engines than we must take Chinese market into consideration. Very important displacements back there are 1600, 2000 and 3000. IMO, Alfa will have that engine displacements.
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They have many discussions on Allpar. I must say than many of them are without credit. Basically they are expecting future Chrysler 100 to use SUSW modular platform but not with same dimensions as Renegade/500X. There is also intriguing discussion about future Chrysler 300. There is valid possibility that it will switch from RWD to FWD for next generation but with longitudinal engine similar as Audi.
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Pentastar is just a head design designation.
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I doubt we will see Pentastar in Alfa or in any other Italian product.
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Few things are odd from the plan. I doubt they will offer a 2.2 diesel with 120 HP, it does not make a sense. Logical solution in that case will be to use 1.6 diesel for it but with that we can open new debate. If know that 1.6 and 2.0 came for the same engine family than logical solution would be to offer them both for longitudinal orientation. Let's say 1.6 with 120 HP and 320 Nm and 2.0 with 150 Hp and 380 Nm for future Giulia. That will leave open door for 2.2 diesel because if it has aluminium block it will have less weight than current 2.0 and if it will have 450 Nm of torque with ~190 HP. For me it will not be odd if they choose to not offer 3.0 V6 diesel in Giulia. Currently there is to to small capacity in VM's plant. So if they are going to make 2.2 diesel with two turbines and ~230 Hp and ~500 Nm (limit with both ZF 8HP45 and 8HP50 for diesel engines). I do not believe they will offer 1.4 FIRE in midsize sedan. I think they are testing it for some other/future cars. What's odd to me is to see that almost nobody is talking about 1.75 Tbi for next Giulia. I doubt they put all that money for development of new version with aluminium block just to use in 4C and Giulietta QV. Also I believe it will be a 3.0 V6 whether it will be Italian or American block. Even if they use Italian block for most powerful versions I think it has enough high deck for 3 liter displacement.