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You're assuming FCA is capable of making the Spider.
They haven't even shown a concept yet and they are responsible for so many things that could make the car a lame duck before the sheet even gets pulled off of it from suspension to aesthetics to the powertrain. The MultiAir is fantastic, the Abarth (500) is the most fun I've ever had on public roads but it's well known that the suspension is lacking when pushed hard despite not delivering a comfortable ride (a compromise where nobody wins unlike the Miata or Toyobaru or GTI).
Hell this thing could end up being FWD under Marchionne's quest to become a behemoth of industry. I don't think the 1.4L has ever been mounted longitudinally and I haven't heard any rousing success stories on reliability for it...
In a perfect world, FCA would drop the MultiAir into a rolling chassis done by Mazda along with some styling differences and call it a day, it'd be a hoot.
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tahdizzle that doesn't mean it's slower, I'll take a guess that the new 2.0L is a bit torque-ier than the outgoing model, combined with the weight loss stock for stock I bet it will outperform the outgoing model in most scenarios except maybe a drag race.
We're not here to do elevenses though
