CHRYSLER’S NEW YPSILON SUPERMINI
Chrysler’s new Ypsilon supermini Wraps off ample Lancia Ypsilon supermini, set to abrasion US brand in UK showrooms.
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These are the aboriginal pictures of the new Lancia Ypsilon, which will admission at the Geneva Motor Show in March. It’s based on a continued adaptation of the Fiat 500 platform, and will be rebadged as a Chrysler in the US firm’s new UK line-up. The five-door will be one of two Italian-born Lancias – alongside the Delta – and will accompany the new US-built 300 alehouse in dealers next year.
This is the third incarnation of the Ypsilon – which has never been awash actuality before. However, if it arrives in September, it promises low emissions and great affluence for its class. Two engines bear sub-100g/km CO2 emissions – the 95bhp 1.3-litre agent and 85bhp two-cylinder TwinAir petrol aboriginal apparent on the 500. The access assemblage is a 1.2 petrol authoritative 65bhp.
The five-door is beneath than the Audi A1, but claims class-leading cossack space, as able-bodied as a high-quality interior. With prices acceptable to alpha at about £13,000 – to attempt with the A1 and the MINI – the Ypsilon is aiming to fulfil Chrysler’s affiance to accommodate ‘affordable luxury’.
Lancia will yield the wraps off its adaptation of the 300 on the stands at Geneva. It will be badged Thema for Europe. And a new Flavia and Flavia convertible, based on the Chrysler 200, debut as well.
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