We’ll leave it to you to say whether the Fiat-Chrysler engineers seen the above photo are smiling at the car’s reflection or simply posing for our spy photographer, but we will tell you that the vehicle they’re in is a test mule wearing a cobbled up body from the Fiat 500L.
The model buried under the awkward body is believed to be Jeep’s upcoming “baby” SUV, which will share its platform and other components with the Fiat 500X, itself based on the 500L.
Both the 500X and it’s as-of-yet, unnamed Jeep sibling, will be manufactured together at Fiat’s Turin factory in Italy, with the American model to come with a rougher-looking exterior (which will have nothing to do with this test mule) and possibly, better off-road handling, at least for the top AWD versions.
In North America, powertrains options for the Jeep sub-compact SUV are believed to be similar to those offered on the Dodge Dart. Jeep has said that it could show the SUV as early as next year.
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