| New images have emerged
as the long awaited Fiat Croma replacement, code name "New Large" has been
sent back to the drawing board. It is believed that Fiat/Lancia/LCV division
boss Gianni Coda was extremely unhappy with almost all aspects of the cars
design. Slated by those who have seen it as being even uglier in the flesh
than impressions have conveyed, sources say the interior falls "woefully
short of what is expected from a large executive saloon".
The project has been dropped
back, with a mid-2004 launch date now targeted, to allow it to be integrated
into the platform sharing program and for lessons to be drawn from the
Lancia thesis, the group's first large Fiat/Lancia saloon for 17 years.
Italdesign have recently assumed responsibility for the design, taking
over from the Centro Style team. |
