In the coming months, the relaunch plan announced at the end of 2023 by the Stellantis Group for the Melfi factory will take shape. The company led by Carlos Tavares has in fact explained that the new STLA Medium platform has been implemented in the Lucanian site and at least 5 new models of some of the brands of the company born from the merger between FCA and PSA will be born here. In particular, cars for the DS, Jeep, Lancia and Opel brands should be built in Melfi.
Before a new DS
The first car to arrive on the Melfi lines will be a new model from DS Automobiles. It should be a car slightly larger than the current generation DS 4, with “production of the first DS-branded car that will pass for the first time on the Melfi production line at the end of next week”, as communicated by Stellantis to Fim, Uilm, Fismic and Uglm.
The new Lancia flagship in Melfi
Then it will be Jeep’s turn, which in 2025 will have its model in Melfi and in the same year again DS. According to the latest rumors, it will be the turn of the car that will take the place of Compass in the range of the American brand and then subsequently a model that will take inspiration from the design point of view of the Aero Sport Lounge that the French premium brand unveiled in 2020. The latter should be the new flagship of the French premium brand, it could have different powertrain configurations, with one or two engines and with powers between 215 HP and 382 HP with front-wheel or all-wheel drive. The batteries could range between 73 and 98 kWh, for a range close to 700 km. Finally, in 2025 it will be Opel and Lancia’s turn, which respectively should give space on the lines of the Lucanian factory to the new Manta and the flagship Gamma, an electric crossover.
Batteries always produced in Melfi
The five new models of the Stellantis brands will be born on the STLA Medium platform, with the use of batteries produced internally, always in Melfi. At the same time, some of the cars currently in production in Melfi will be decommissioned, such as the 500X in 2024 and subsequently the Jeep Renegade in 2025.
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