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There’s nothing like winding down the year with news to spin heads, eh?
Allpar
cites “sources” as suggesting the Chinese-market
will come to the U.S. as a
. This Speculation with a capital “S” has several rationales. The late
said
Chrysler will focus on utility
and not
, making it fit for a new three-row
. The road-focused Grand
couldn’t live up to U.S. perceptions of
values, which is why the lateral brand move. A new model would give the Pentastar a second nameplate alongside the
, since the
sedan dies come 2020. And a big
school runner would allow the near-immortal
to end its life with something approaching dignity.
The Grand Commander, a stretched version of our
with three rows, uses a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 231 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. The 192-inch long SUV is ten inches longer than the
, and 2.2 inches longer than the
.
Carmakers bring a host of not-for-U.S. metal over here, so this doesn’t signal production intent, but sharp eyes
caught the Grand Commander on Michigan streets
in March. The white high-rider carried its Chinese badging, and was bereft of camo other than tape over the door handles.
Allpar
says a domestic version wouldn’t be built in China, but either in the Belvidere, Ill. plant that builds the Cherokee, or in facilities in Windsor,
or Toluca, Mexico. Should these events come to pass, Chrysler would soon have four models:
, a
production version of Portal concept
, a
crossover based on the Pacifica
, and the rebranded
.
Ready for more?
Allpar
also says there are “
of a Chrysler-badged crossover version of [the
]
.”
leaving Chrysler and Dodge out of the
earlier this year leaves a vacuum ripe for, shall we say, Chinese whispers. We’re not saying all of this won’t happen, but put these prognostications in one place and it starts to read like a wrinkle in time, it’s all so fabulous. Remember, the last we heard about the
, it was going to become
an Alfa Romeo-based performance crossover
headed to
next year. The best we can suggest for now is to stay tuned.
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