Fiat, return to segment B in 2023: is the new Punto coming? (also electric)

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During the conference call held by CEO Carlos Tavares for the presentation of the accounts of Stellantis for the first half of 2021, some additional details of the Group's plan were shared. In addition to the news that Alfa Romeo will become & agrave; only electric from 2027, although not in all markets, & egrave; confirmed that Fiat will return; in the B segment from which the Italian brand left in 2018 when it stopped producing the Punto.

IS THE HEIR OF THE PUNTO ARRIVING?

The return to this segment will take place; in 2023 . What models will Fiat bring? debut? For the moment we already know; that the brand is working on a project known under the code name 364 of which we already have; spoke. Therefore, it would be a vehicle with crossover shapes that will be; built at the Polish plant in Tychy . Model that will pogger & agrave; on the CMP platform or an evolution of it, of PSA. Thanks to the choice to use this architecture, the new vehicle will be; also proposed in an electric version .

There will be no any Plug-in variant as the CMP platform does not support this technology. It will be this model the heir of the Punto? Difficult to understand exactly today. Surely you will know; more & ugrave; over the next few months and especially when Stellantis will present & agrave; officially its complete industrial plan (towards the end of the year or at the beginning of 2022). However, Fiat is not limiting itself to working only on the 364 project. In fact, already; we know it will come a model based on the Fiat Centoventi concept. Also in this case we are talking about an electric vehicle.

After all, the offer of battery-powered models will not be able to; than to increase in the future since Fiat already has; announced that it will gradually become an electric-only brand by 2030. All that remains is to wait for more news on Fiat's return to segment B to understand exactly which models will be launched on the market.

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