The 'baby Jeep' will be shown at Geneva in March, while the 500X will have to wait until Paris in September. Both vehicles will be built on the same line in Elfi in Italy, and it will be the first time a Jeep-branded car has been built only outside the US.
Fiat Chrysler Auto are reported to be expecting that the Jeep will outsell the Fiat. There's still speculation about the name, with money on the 'Laredo' moniker used in entry grade Jeep models in the past.
The 500X will replace the Sedici, the co-production with Suzuki which built both its SX4 and the Fiat variant in its Hungary factory. Fiat has teased with fleeting pictures of the model, showing a much more sculpted and flowing vehicle than any of the 500L variants so far produced.
