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(Chrysler Sebring replacement) and the 2011 Dodge Avenger.
Back in November 2009, Sergio Marchionne announced the replacements for the current Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger; it seemed certain then that the Chrysler Sebring name would be dropped. The replacements will sit on the current cars’ core dimensions, but will have vastly different interiors, a retuned four-cylinder engine, a brand new six-cylinder engine, new transmissions, and retuned suspensions, along with changes to the sheet metal.
We have been told that the images on this page, renderings by JackRatchett, are dead ringers for the upcoming Chrysler Sebring replacement. They have the same key dimensions as the current Sebring.
ShapGirl wrote that sketches have been shown to employees, and that the Sebring replacement looks much like the Chrysler 200C concept car which was shown to much acclaim at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show:
The renderings here about the 200/Sebring are close (look for the Allpar photo of the 200C color rendering by Alex Peterson). Someone asked about the interiors and the guy said “no! we have to keep this all under wraps for the next six months.” However, a manager said the interiors and new designs aren’t going for the Toyota Camry…they are going for Lexus.
The Dodge Avenger is apparently similar to the current model, with minor exterior changes and major interior changes: “the back end looks basically the same, the front end … a bit sleeker.”
Stas Peterson noted:
I was never in doubt about D-segment drive trains when I heard that the Sebring/Avenger would get what Frank Klegon wanted to build in the first place, (or better!) back when they were going to be introduced. He envisioned, a modern flat torque profile I-4, with a relaxed cam grind, mated to the industry’s first 6-speed dual clutch manual-automatic, years before everyone else had such, for sale. Frank was sabotaged by the finances for Getrag, even more than the pitiful finances of Chrysler. Getrag couldn’t carryout their end of the JV bargain, and new but an empty Tipton factory bears mute evidence of that.
The revised midsized cars will be produced by the end of 2010. They will be scrapped around 2012 (a sales boost would take some pressure off) in favor of new cars engineered by Chrysler using modified Fiat platforms, with the width stretched by 1.6 inches (hence the nickname “C-Wide”).
These cars will be used by Fiat. Automotive News’ Luca Ciferri and Bradford Wernle wrote, “In July [2009], Fiat handed over to Chrysler the C-Evo platform with European specifications to serve as the underpinnings of a new group of vehicles.” Thus, the major dimensions will be Fiat, the rest Chrysler.
Sergio Marchionne said: “The only thing we’re delivering to Chrysler is the basic platform. Everything from that point on, once we deliver it, is up to Chrysler.”
The top engine will be the Pentastar V6, which in the Jeep Grand Cherokee (with its large engine compartment) produces 280 horsepower; direct injection has reportedly been delayed while engineers tinker with MultiAir (which isn't likely to provide a strong benefit for the cost, given the Pentastar’s variable cam timing), so 280 seems to be the max. Torque should come in at around 260 lb-ft. That's still far better than the current 3.5 V6, hampered by a tight air path and limited to just 232 hp.
Most buyers will probably get the four-cylinder, a newly retuned World Engine which should provide more low-end torque. We have no word on whether a MultiAir version will be ready yet; that would allow for similar or higher horsepower ratings with better torque. Either way, the rumored loss of the four-speed automatic will help. We don’t know whether both engines will get Chrysler's smooth six-speed automatic, or whether one will get Fiat's efficient dual-clutch automatic — a transmission which echoes one that was ready for Chrysler years ago, but was held back by the pennypinching Daimler acolytes.
The suspension has been substantially retuned as well, for a car that feels as different as it looks. Overall, the Sebring should stand as proof that the plaform and the parts are two very different aspects of a car.
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