{"id":292846,"date":"2010-02-08T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/08\/rumormill-next-gen-lancia-ypsilon-could-come-stateside-as-a-chr\/"},"modified":"2010-02-08T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T15:58:00","slug":"rumormill-next-gen-lancia-ypsilon-could-come-stateside-as-a-chrysler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/292846","title":{"rendered":"Rumormill: Next-gen Lancia Ypsilon could come Stateside as a Chrysler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Hatchback<\/a>, Chrysler<\/a>, Rumormill<\/a>, Luxury<\/a>, Lancia<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lancia Ypsilon Ver<\/em><\/strong><\/small>sus Edition – <\/em><\/strong><\/small>Click above for high-res image gallery<\/em><\/strong><\/small><\/div>\n

\nToo close for comfort or exactly what the Pentastar needs, that depends on your point of view. But Chrysler<\/a> and Lancia<\/a> – the two pseudo-premium brands under the Fiat-Chrysler partnership – are growing closer by the day.<\/p>\n

After Fiat<\/a> chief Sergio Marchionne took over in Auburn Hills, he placed the Chrysler division under the leadership of Lancia CEO Olivier Francois<\/a>. More recently, Marchionne said<\/a> the two brands could be merged within the year. Meanwhile on the product end of things, a report several months ago forecasted<\/a> that the Lancia Delta – the freshest produce in the company’s apple cart – could make it Stateside as a Chrysler, which was followed up<\/a> by the unveiling of just that at the Detroit Auto Show<\/a>. Now a new set of rumors suggest the Delta could enjoy some company from the Old Country on this side of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

The current Lancia Ypsilon (pictured above in special Versus edition trim) is the brand’s smallest product. It dates back to 2003 and had a minor facelift in 2006, but is in dire need of replacement. A couple of years back, reports of a prospective follow-up<\/a> positioned the next-gen Ypsilon alongside the Fiat 500 and Alfa MiTo in the Fiat group’s three-pronged attack on the Mini<\/a> brand. Whether that proves accurate or not in the long run, the newest reports indicate that the Ypsilon could, like the Delta, be re-badged as a Chrysler, potentially taking the Java name from the concept car Chrysler showcased at the 1999 Frankfurt Motor Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Lancia Ypsilon Versus edition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: BurlappCars.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Rumormill: Next-gen Lancia Ypsilon could come Stateside as a Chrysler<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Hatchback, Chrysler, Rumormill, Luxury, Lancia Lancia Ypsilon Versus Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery Too close for comfort or exactly what the Pentastar needs, that depends on your point of view. But Chrysler and Lancia – the two pseudo-premium brands under the Fiat-Chrysler partnership – are growing closer by the day. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}