November 4, 2024

Byrdr Automotive

Car and Comfort

Merged FCA and Peugeot will be called Stellantis

Introducing Stellantis. Talk to your physician in advance of applying Stellantis as side consequences may possibly include design redundancy, the frustrating urge to use Dodge badges to Peugeot crossovers, and weak stream.

Truthfully, how can you not poke just a tiny fun at the title preferred for the new multi-nationwide corporation that will result as soon as the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Peugeot S.A. (Groupe PSA) is completed in the initial quarter of 2021. According to the press release, “Stellantis is rooted in the Latin verb ‘stello’ that means ‘to brighten with stars’ … The name’s Latin origins spend tribute to the wealthy heritage of its founding organizations although the evocation of astronomy captures the legitimate spirt of optimism, electricity and renewal driving this field-altering merger.”

The “Latin origins” of the French corporation Peugeot and the Italian Fiat are obvious. Chrysler, on the other hand, was established by a man born in Kansas whose father was a Canadian-American of German and Dutch ancestry (thanks Wikipedia). His mother was also of German ancestry. So yeah, the title Stellantis is really only related to the Peugeot and Fiat bits. The Us residents are just along for the ride with their Jeeps and Hellcats. 

And it ought to be noted that we will henceforth never ever produce “Stellantis” in ALL CAPS as the corporation does due to the fact it is really foolish and we do not do it for Hummer, Mini, etc. Admittedly, Fiat could go both way considering the fact that it is really practically an acronym, but Fiat does not even bother performing that any far more.  

The title Stellantis will only be utilized at the corporate stage, so correctly in spot wherever you previously would’ve stated Fiat-Chrysler or FCA. There will not likely be a Stellantis Challenger. 

We developed a checklist final calendar year of all the cars that are currently created by the brand names in Stellantis.

Here’s also a checklist of all the names that the corporation we generically know as “Chrysler” has long gone by way of over the many years.

Chrysler Company (1925-1998)

DaimlerChrysler (1998-2007)

Chrysler LLC (2007-2009)

Chrysler Group (2009-2014)

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (2014-2021)

Stellantis 

Plymouth Laser

There have also been secondary corporate entities. There was Diamond Star Motors from 1985 to 2015, a manufacturing joint enterprise concerning Mitsubishi and what ever Chrysler was referred to as at the time. It resulted in the Plymouth Laser, a randomly picked example pictured previously mentioned, amongst other automotive diamonds. There was also Eurostar Automobilwerk from 1990 to 2002 concerning Chrysler and Austria’s Steyr-Daimler-Puch Fahrzeugtechnik that in essence developed Chrysler minivans for Europeans (mostly diplomats), but dabbled in PT Cruisers at the conclude.