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I mean... Whomever designed this transmission it was on the plans for many years now. It's nothing which came from the clear sky.

@Deckard Cain I'm not sure about 300 NM but seeing the name of this transmission as 8F30 I would say so. In FCA's nomenclature number 8 stands for number of gears while 30 is for torque which would mean 300 Nm.

New 8 speed transmission rated to 300 Nm. That's exact number of torque made by this particular engine.

Very small on the inside for respective vehicle segment. Old (unreliable) old gen Puretech inside. Not good.

The question was about Cherokee.

Platform? They will ruin it?

Tonale didn't get the love in an amount which was planned under late Sergio. It would always be Small Wide based product but heavily revised and of course with more powerful ICE engines. We got sort of a half baked car.

For me there are some political calls here. Keeping French engineering centers busy. Something which is seen as good by France. At the same time a lot of job cuts in Italy. Pushing with slightly newer design like 1.2 EB and this very old 1.6 EP is to keep France happy. Also they are compatible...

1.6 from Peugeot is well known as an unreliable engine and is already almost 20 years on the market. Le Cost Cutter in the mix?

Thankfully 500 can be brought which can't be said to PSA based abominations.

@AlexB Michigan and Italy? Uhm. I don't see huge interest for BEVs from Italians. If there is such interests it's pushes by subsidiaries given to customers. What's pushing BEVs are European regulations were once again French or PSA or Paris (use the naming you like the best) want to be...

You don't mix BOF with unibody. It's one or another, not both.

@pumadog Au contraire! All processes mentioned in the article had been implemented by FCA long time ago. Even this factory was part of it. Panda III got it. So basically nothing new.

STLA Small is still long way off and it's the last one scheduled for debut.

I don't like it but speaking technically ChineseMP from PSA is nowhere near.

Oh, I see that you love them just as I do. Such a mistake to use CMP instead of eMini. :(

Is it possible to make a proper A segment car on CMP? I mean it's even impossible to do it for a B segment. LOL

Mah... Chinese platform. I don't like it at all. So sad to see eMini killed. Currently battery integration as done by ex-FCA is superior to ex-PSA platforms yet they are pushing with technically inferior products.

Giorgio with 105 kWh battery (use subtitles automatic translation to English):

DOHC, VVT and force induction have been here for years, at least in Europe. DOHC for... Who can remember how long, VVT for 30 years. I'm talking about widespread use. Some car makers started with DOHC on Inline engines 70 years ago if not more although back then with 2 valve per cylinder and...