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What you can expect the Chrysler Arrow and Arrow Cross to cost, look like, and have under the hood — or at least what we expect!
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>> So, today we're going to talk about what
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we know about the Chrysler Arrow and
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Arrow Cross. And these are named Arrow
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after the Plymouth Arrow most likely,
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which was a Mitsubishi sold in the US.
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The Arrow came in two forms. It came as
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a regular coupe, and it came as a
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pickup.
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And both were sold as Plymouths.
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Likewise, these will be a {quote} proven
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European platform sold in the US as
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Chryslers, quite possibly made in the
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US, which would make sense given the
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unpredictability of tariffs.
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And it would probably use the 1.6 L
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engine because that too is made in the
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US. That is based on the Peugeot EP6
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series.
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In the Cherokee, it's sold as a hybrid
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in this it might be just the 177
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horsepower that you get without the
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hybrid because it would be a lot cheaper
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that way, and this car is meant to be
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inexpensive. There might be a hybrid
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option which would add to the price for
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those who want more power and better
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acceleration.
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And so, let's talk about what these will
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be based on. We don't actually know. We
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think that they're going to be based on
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the Fiat Grizzly, which could mean that
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it would come with a 1.2 L or 1.3 L
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Stellantis engine, the 1.2 being based
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on the Peugeot that had all the problems
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when it used a wet belt design. It has
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since been redesigned to have a timing
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chain like normal engines.
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The 1.6 has a timing chain. The 1.3 is
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the GSE that was used last in the US in
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the Jeep Renegade. But, we're thinking
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it's probably going to be the 1.6
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because that's already being made in
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Dundee, Michigan. Now, these crossovers,
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because they're both going to be
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crossovers,
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the Arrow is going to be the base model,
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and the Arrow Cross will probably be
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slightly lifted or otherwise
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differentiated with pretensions towards
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cross country. There's a good chance
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that they'll be based on the same
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platform as the new Fiat Grizzly,
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a name presumably because they already
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have a Fiat Panda, which is pretty
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successful, and a grizzly bear is bigger
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than a panda bear. Still kind of a dumb
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name. It's not a grizzly vehicle
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because, you know, grizzly is not just a
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bear name, it's also an adjective in the
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US.
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And it's also uh quite large and will
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swat you a long distance if it thinks
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that you're in any way endangering it or
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its kids or if it's just annoyed by you
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in some way. Regardless of how smart
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Fiat was to name their car a grizzly,
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the Arrow might just be based on the
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same underlying platform and have some
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of the same hard points,
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but will be customized and done up to
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look more like a Chrysler, or so we're
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told and so we hope. In these renderings
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behind me, it's probably a more so we
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hope. And these were done by Allpar
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member uh NiharM33.
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He did them using AI, but he guided it
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pretty well, and he's basing it on the
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Grizzly and the Pacifica. So, let's
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quickly look at costs before we move on.
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Uh they're in the $25,000 to $35,000
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range is what we were told. The first
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one we were told would start at $25,000.
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Now, keeping in mind this is an auto
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executive saying that, so when he says
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25,000, he probably means $25,999
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plus $2,000 destination tax. Plus, if
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you want any color other than maybe
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white, maybe black, then you probably
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add $400 for that. So, what we might
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call $32,000 plus tax and plus options.
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Uh the Arrow Cross is supposed to be
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about 29,000 and certainly under 30,000,
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so figure 29,999
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plus that $2,000 delivery fee that you
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can't get around because they won't let
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you pick it up at the factory and avoid
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paying the delivery fee, that doesn't
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work. So, we know that they plan to draw
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styling from the 2027 Pacifica. Uh, the
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price suggests the smart car platform.
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Now, of course, what this means is that
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Chrysler is giving up on remaining a
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premium brand, which it really hasn't
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been for a while. It's taken the old
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Plymouth position, and it kind of has to
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because you need a mass market
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economical vehicle, and Jeep is now
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premium priced. Likewise, Dodge is going
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to be the muscle car, or rather is the
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muscle car brand, and so you have to pay
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extra for that. So, you still need a
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mass market entry-level brand. Americans
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made it pretty clear that they're not
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going to buy Fiat in that role. So,
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Chrysler is what's left. So, these
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images were generated using ChatGPT
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instructions to merge new Chrysler
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elements from the 2027 Pacifica with a
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midsection of the Fiat Grizzly. These
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include slim daytime running lights and
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bumper headlights with inverted unlit
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piano keys, creating a front that looks
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much like the Chrysler Halcyon did.
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And the point of this rendering is to
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show it doesn't have to be a lazy
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rebadge. It can be
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more deep, and that's supposedly the new
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Stellantis company policy.
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Okay, so so far as of making this video,
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we haven't seen anything official, but
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this is what we think will happen based
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on everything that we've heard.
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