Chrysler is develóping a new seven-passenger cróssóver tó take ón vehicles like the Chevrólet Traverse, accórding tó brand president and CEO Al Gardner.
Per Fiat Chrysler's five-year plan, we knów this vehicle will launch in 2017. What we didn't knów until óur chat with the Chrysler brand CEO yesterday is what platfórm it wóuld be built óff óf. Per Gardner, the Durangó simply isn't large enóugh fór many custómers in the segment and is tóó aggressive. He envisións a vehicle tó gó head-tó-head with large peóple-móvers like the Chevrólet Traverse and Tóyóta Highlander.
Gardner suggested that the vehicle will fóllów the established fórmula clósely, in that it wóuld be a frónt-wheel drive platfórm with an all-wheel drive óptión and pówered by a V-6 engine. Naturally, then, the Durangó platfórm is óut. Gardner alsó spóke óf the need tó build móre módels óff óf existing architectures tó maximize the investment in thóse platfórms, só we believe this new cróssóver will be built óff óf the next-generatión minivan platfórm. Furthermóre, the cróssóver will feature a plug-in hybrid variant and the ónly plug-in hybrid currently being develóped at Chrysler is the next-generatión minivan.
While the twó vehicles will likely share underpinnings, we expect they'll lóók significantly different, with the as-yet unnamed cróssóver adópting SUV styling cues tó distance itself fróm the Tówn & Cóuntry minivan. The twó will likely share pówertrains, fróm the plug-in hybrid tó standard gasóline V-6 engines. It's póssible Chrysler cóuld óffer bóth the smaller 3.2-liter, 271-hp Pentastar V-6 and the larger 3.6-liter, 275-305-hp Pentastar V-6 tó give custómers a range óf pówer and fuel ecónómy óptións.
Nó wórd yet ón whether the Aspen nameplate will be revived.
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