[Muscle Master]

There have been plenty of murmurings about how Fiat's partnership with Chrysler will impact the Jeep brand. Exactly how much platform sharing will occur between the Italian automaker and the Pentastar's globe-roaming purveyor of SUVs has been a hot topic amongst the Jeep faithful for some time. Now it appears that a video posted on YouTube by user thejeepchannel has given the world its first glance at a new Fiat-based crossover set to wear the famous seven-slot grille. In the video, a Jeep intern learns a bit about the company's design process, all while hovering around a clay model of one very CUV-looking creation.

Chrysler has made no qualms about the fact that it will produce an SUV on the C-Evo platform, and has even made noise about which of the company's manufacturing facilities will build the vehicle.

Our guess is that the clay model in the video is none other than that very high-rider. Judging by the clay, the CUV will wear a host of typical Jeep design cues, including squared-off fender arches and overhangs. Follow the jump to see for yourself.

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[305pride]

hmm, not bad. people are buying cuv's. might be good for chrysler

[ViperTomcat]

Those pics remind me a bit of the Nissan Rogue/Murano.

[305pride]

that video was kinda awkward to watch thi

[305pride]

i just think chrysler is an awkward company

[derklug]

I still think that FIAT's only intrest in Chrysler is in the dealer network, the truck division and the Jeep name. Once they have absorbed those into their corperate structure, they will take any usefull technology from Chrysler and close the place down.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by derklug

I still think that FIAT's only intrest in Chrysler is in the dealer network, the truck division and the Jeep name. Once they have absorbed those into their corperate structure, they will take any usefull technology from Chrysler and close the place down.

Hmmm...hasn't that happened before...

[calbert1999]

So what???