{"id":30845,"date":"2026-06-04T17:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/30845\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:57:12","slug":"this-is-the-sub-40000-suv-thats-supposed-to-save-chrysler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/30845\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Sub-$40,000 SUV That’s Supposed to Save Chrysler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Chrysler<\/a> Pacifica has been propping up what remains of the once-proud American brand for too long now<\/a>, but Stellantis has repeatedly reminded us that it wouldn\u2019t be alone for long. Of course, we\u2019re still waiting on that second model, but we now at least have a decent idea of what it should look like, thanks to a short and strangely silent video Stellantis shared on YouTube<\/a> hyping up the company\u2019s powertrain mix.<\/p>\n

The first SUV we see on the left driving in formation is the upcoming Airflow SUV. It\u2019s expected to start at under $40,000, and while Stellantis\u2019 official line is that it\u2019ll hit dealers by 2030, our money is on a 2028 launch.<\/p>\n

The video doesn\u2019t identify the boxy SUV rendered as \u201cAirflow,\u201d but models shown during Stellantis\u2019 recent investor day, seen by media including The Drive, confirm that they\u2019re the same car. The automaker\u2019s Head of American Brands, Tim Kuniskis, said on The Drivecast<\/a> that the Airflow will utilize a gas-powered inline-four, though it\u2019s possible that hybrid and battery-electric versions will be offered as well.<\/p>\n

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This Airflow is quite different than the one you may remember Chrysler first showed off years ago<\/a>. That concept carved a much smoother profile\u2014one that was more crossover coupe than SUV\u2014and was slated to be an EV only. The revised version looks like a mashup of cues that call to mind Polestar\u2019s products, as well as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Cadillac Lyriq.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d argue it looks sharper than the first attempt shown below, yet still pretty bland and definitely not slender or slippery enough to invoke the name \u201cAirflow.\u201d But what business do we have expecting car names to make sense anymore?<\/p>\n

\"TheThe 2022 Chrysler Airflow Graphite Concept. Stellantis<\/p>\n

Beyond the Airflow, Chrysler is also launching two smaller SUVs by the end of the decade: the Arrow and Arrow Cross. The Arrow will be the Pentastar\u2019s version of the upcoming Fiat Grizzly Fastback, while the Cross will be a tweak on the high-roof Grizzly. Ideally, these three upcoming models will rebuild and reinvigorate the brand enough to make the Halcyon<\/a> a thing for real, but based on Chrysler\u2019s last two decades, we wouldn\u2019t let ourselves get too carried away with that fantasy.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Fiat Grizzly, left, will be sold as the Chrysler Arrow Cross. The Grizzly Fastback at right will become the Arrow. Stellantis<\/p>\n

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Backed by a decade of covering cars and consumer tech, Adam Ismail is a Senior Editor at The Drive, focused on curating and producing the site\u2019s slate of daily stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13129],"tags":[13579,12112,13317],"class_list":["post-30845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-stellantis","tag-chrysler","tag-stellantis","tag-suv-crossover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}