The current Chrysler 200 sedan will give its place to a brand new model in January, next year, according to a report from Autoweek. The publication says it obtained internal Chrysler documents indicating that production of the 2014 model year version of the current 200 will begin in July this year and come to a quick end in the second week of January 2014. The documents don’t mention anything about the 200’s Dodge sibling, the Avenger.
While a spokesman from the Detroit carmaker declined to comment on the report, the company’s CEO Sergio Marchionne recently said the presentation of the new 200 has been delayed until January next year.
The new model, which will likely keep the 200 moniker and debut at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, will ride on a modified version of the CUSW platform used on the Dodge Dart that was jointly-developed with Fiat, and will come with new features, including a nine-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels.
Chrysler presented the current 200 in late 2010 as a heavily facelifted version of the waning Sebring. According to data obtained by AW, sales of the 200 increased 44 percent in 2012 to 125,476 units, which was enough to crown it Chrysler’s best-selling car and fifth best-selling nameplate. The sales momentum has continued this year as in the first two months, Chrysler delivered 20,292 units, up 21 percent from the same period in 2012.
Note: The 2015 Chrysler 200 Concept pictured here is an independent study from Colin Bonathan
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