Stellantis Has Become Very Good in A Short Time at Spreading EXPENTRAIN TECHNOLOGY ACROSS AS MANY DIFFERENT Models As Possible. This is most evident when we look at the hybrid 145 powertrain, which can be found in no fewer than twenty different car models.
What Stellantis is Trying is, or Course, Not A Disgrace and Certainly Not New. The Company is simply trying to recoup the high development costs for (in this case) A mild-hybrid Gasoline Powertrain by Using that powertrain in As many Different Models as Possible, which is of course only smart smart. The European Branch Of This European/American Company Has Cleverly Opted for An Amount of Power That Fits Well with Both Small and Fairly Large Cars, So That Broad Applicability is Really Feasible.
The Most Widely Used Powertrain In The Lineup Consists of A 1.2-liter Three-Cylinder Gasoline Engine, A Six-Speed Dual-Clutch Automatic Transmission and A Fairly Robust Electric Motor. This Combination was presented in 2023, incidentally in the Previous Citroën C5 Aircross That We Do Not Even Count As A Separate Model For This List. Initially, The Powertrain Combination had 136 HP, recent it was Increased to 145. However, Stellantis Assures Us That It is Exactly the Same Powertrain and Nothing Has Changed Technicalally. It is only a different way of calculating the total power, which now results in that higher power figure for all newly available models.
C3, Panda and Ypsilon
Yet there are actual two versions of this powertrain. In Addition to the 136/145 HP Version, there is also a less powerful variant that initially had 100 HP, but after the recalculation on paper grew to 110 hp. For those who want to know how much the block actual delivers in that configuration, here is the Answer.
If we also count this lighter variant, The Citroën C3, Fiat Grande Panda and Lancia Ypsilon are also added to the list. For the sake of fairness, howver, we do not, and we do not count body variants of the same model (C4/C4 X, Astra/Astra Sports Tourer) as a separate model. Even Under Thesis Conditions, There Are No Fewer Than 20 Different Models with the Hybrid 145 Powertrain from Stellantis:
How special is this now? Yet QUITE SPECIAL. Other Large Car Companies also Try to Apply Powertrains Broadly, But We Rarely See Such Huge Numbers of Models and Especiate Brands. Volkswagen Comes Closest with its 1.5 TSI, But Only Reaches about 15 Models and these are also Different Variants of This Powertrain. MoreOover, it is impressive how large the spread is between the smallest and largest models on this list, because it ranges from compact hatchbacks to a half-seater like the peugeot 5008. So yes, stellantis seems to be ‘spreading king!