"New" Dodge Small Car "Prototype"

[madmatt]

Just stumbled upon this: https://www.autoblog.com/photos/dodge-small-car-prototype/#photo-4302244

Is it just me, or is it an Alfa Guiletta?
Seeing as Dodge is Mopar (Chrysler Group) and Alfa is owned by Fiat who have a partnership with Chrysler (anyone see where this is going?) is this car just a rebadged Guiletta?

This seems to be happening more and more at the moment in America:
Saturn Astra:

Buick Sport Wagon:

Is there no such thing as an Original car anymore?

 

[TURBO]

looks like spit of an alfa to me!! :ugeek:
not sure the yanks will b loving that!! :?
are they going to do a small block v8 with stick shift in there :?:

 

[maggi200]

It would be with fiat increasing it's stake in chrysler this week

 

[TURBO]

It would be with fiat increasing it's stake in chrysler this week

with any luck fiat will just pull out of the uk market :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[maggi200]

Why? They do make a couple of cracking cars. Both panda 100hp, abarth 500 are excellent, fun little cars.

 

[TURBO]

Why? They do make a couple of cracking cars. Both panda 100hp, abarth 500 are excellent, fun little cars.

the only reason i can see for fiat being here is to keep the AA in business :mrgreen:

 

[maggi200]

:lol: didn't the aa loose a lot of money from swapping the cars used by bsm?

They make some properly excellent cars, and as for reliability... can we really comment considering the reputation for renault electronics and build...?

 

[TURBO]

and as for reliability... can we really comment considering the reputation for renault electronics and build...?

very true :lol: :lol:
the second i posted i new that was coming :lol: :lol:

 

[Leanne]

excuse me while i but in a moment but isn't the fiat abarth kinda awesome too??so surely fiat aren't all that bad? lol

 

[TURBO]

excuse me while i but in a moment but isn't the fiat abarth kinda awesome too??so surely fiat aren't all that bad? lol

what the 500 abarth??think my idea of awesome may be diffrent to yours :mrgreen:
altho id have a 131 Mirafiori Abarth happily

 

[Leanne]

that should have said punto in there somewhere lol?

you'd have a 131! see so fiat not so bad after all lol

 

[TURBO]

that should have said punto in there somewhere lol?

you'd have a 131! see so fiat not so bad after all lol

trust me there are about a million other cars id rather have! :lol:
but then iv owned alfa's before and would love a delta integrale which some would say are all fiats so.....

either way how do you think they will do down in america??

 

[Leanne]

well I cant see it being the greatest hit in the states to be honest. not something you would normally see in their market?

 

[madmatt]

well I cant see it being the greatest hit in the states to be honest. not something you would normally see in their market?

I think that's why it's listed as the Small Car Prototype.
The Americans just do HUUUUGE big cars, which is why the Guiletta is considered small to them...

Imagine what they'd do if they saw the Aixam City

Their "Guiletta" will probably have a Detuned 8C Engine, but kept in FF Configuration!

 

[Leanne]

that is one of the nastiest things it think I've ever laid eyes on!!