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EAGLE'S DEN FAMILY => Off topic => Topic started by: Nightpath on May 01, 2015, 08:31:54 AM

Title: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: Nightpath on May 01, 2015, 08:31:54 AM: Fond this tidbit, apparently FCA is going to revive the Grand Wagoneer and Hornet. I've heard about the 1st, but the second is a surprise.

http://allparnews.com/index.php/2015/04/hornet-returns-grand-wagoneer-trademarked-28552

Could it be a matter of time until they revive the Eagle name for a 4x4 crossover wagon? Seems like FCA does different things and actually likes to shake things up.
Title: Re: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: Newgenerationamcer on May 01, 2015, 09:36:42 AM: Lest hope they dont ruin another namplate like they did with the Renegade
Title: Re: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: recomer on May 01, 2015, 09:52:08 AM: Well, if that car in the picture is the new Hornet, then too late. Its ruined. looks like a fiat.
Title: Re: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: eaglefreek on May 01, 2015, 10:18:49 AM: I'm would assume Hudson fans weren't too welcoming of the AMC Hornet.
Title: Re: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: Nightpath on May 01, 2015, 10:20:03 AM: That thing in the pic is a test version of the Fiat Panda I believe, which in it's own right is a really cool little SUV. Saw them when I was over in the UK, it's what prompted them to make the new Renegade (which I saw in Paris before it was released here) which in it's own right is a sweet little ride.
Title: Re: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: carnuck on May 01, 2015, 12:32:13 PM: I had a Lada Niva (when I worked for the Lada dealer up in BC swapping out the Lada diesel tractor motors and installing fuel injected Fiat motors for emissions passing) It was a fun little rig, but sadly they kept the Fiat Panda #22 wiring spaghetti. I rewired the whole car front to back (took 3 days) and made it more reliable. Last I heard my buddy I sold it to was still driving it, but the rust cancer was getting to it.
Title: Re: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: Nightpath on May 01, 2015, 12:52:52 PM: MMMM Lada Niva, nothing like Russian engineering at it's finest.
Title: Re: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: recomer on May 01, 2015, 01:57:56 PM: Sorry, I cant equate anything Fiat makes to justify using the word cool in the same sentence.
Title: Re: FCA bringing back some old names :)
Post by: carnuck on May 01, 2015, 02:05:17 PM: Hah! You mean Italian, right? They bought the Gen I Fiat Panda plant equipment and moved it to Russia. Same with all the original Lada cars.