Jeep Liberty, Dodge Nitro to be Replaced: Chrysler CEO

A number of people may disagree that the Dodge Nitro was all set for any replacement, on that subject after it was first released back in 2006. If that’s the topic, then Dodge’s midsize sport utility vehicle is undoubtedly well past its sell-by date at the moment that our calendars inform as we’re in 2011.

It appears that not a soul is acquainted with the truth better than Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne, who told the reporters at the Detroit Auto Show that the Nitro and its platform companion, the Jeep Liberty, are “the most significant hole in our product portfolio.”

Noting that “it needs to be replaced,” Marchionne recommended that a decision on a substitution for the Pentastar’s uncompetitive midsize ‘ute platform will be made in the next 40 days although there’s no sign whether that replacement will come up from Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler or one of the other brands presently under the Fiat brand name.

In addition it can’t yet be stated whether the new SUV will be put together at the Toledo North Assembly Plant similar to the in progress Nitro and Liberty, or whether Chrysler will bring into play Fiat’s C-Evo architecture as originally considered.