Report: Fiat readying all-new B-segment four-door for U.S. by 2013
 

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Now that <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/fiat">Fiat</a> has finally launched the <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/500">500</a> here in the United States, it's time to start looking ahead. The automaker has already said that it will offer two other versions of the diminutive hatch - a high-performance <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/abarth">Abarth</a>-badged variant as well as a battery-electric vehicle - and now Fiat has disclosed that it is planning to create an all-new B-segment car specifically designed for the U.S.<br />
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<em>Motor Trend</em> reports that the new B-car, dubbed Project L-Zero internally, is expected to arrive sometime during 2013. Fiat has not specified whether the new car will be a four-door sedan or five-door hatchback, nor did the automaker say if the B-segment vehicle would be sold in markets outside of the United States.<br />
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In talking to <em>Motor Trend</em>, Fiat North America's Laura Soave said that the automaker will not stray from its roots as a small car company. With <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/chrysler">Chrysler</a>, <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/dodge">Dodge</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/jeep">Jeep</a> offering a bounty of larger vehicles, and with <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/alfa+romeo">Alfa Romeo</a> planning a return to the States, Soave told MT that Fiat would "likely never build anything larger than a C-segment car for the U.S." Earlier reports suggested that Fiat was working on a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/19/four-door-fiat-500-reportedly-in-the-works-with-north-america-in/">five-door 500</a> specifically for consumption here in the U.S., but with the automaker branding Project L-Zero as something "all-new," we'll have to wait and see exactly what's in store for 2013.<br />
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