Three months ago, Chrysler<\/a> – under the control of Italian automaker Fiat<\/a> after going through bankruptcy proceedings in the United States – unveiled a sweeping five-year business plan<\/a> that would either replace or comprehensively rework every single product in the Pentastar’s lineup. Included amongst the casualties will be the Jeep Patriot<\/a> and Compass<\/a> twins at the end of 2012.<\/p>\n Industry analysts have widely speculated<\/a> that America would get a version of the Fiat Panda wearing the famous seven-slot Jeep<\/a> grille. That vehicle would occupy the small end of the market, meaning that Jeep would need something to fall size-wise between it and the larger Grand Cherokee<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Autocar<\/em>, Jeep will get another new CUV using an as-yet-unknown nameplate (Liberty<\/a>?) that would be based on the Fiat’s C-EVO platform – which will also be used for a number of Chrysler’s midsize sedans and crossovers. We would imagine that the Jeep version would get suitably capable off-road equipment, but that remains to be seen.<\/p>\n [Source: Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n Report: C-EVO-based Jeep on the way<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/fbcd2_jeep-grille.jpg\")
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