We'll leave it to you to say whether the Fiat-Chrysler engineers seen the above photo are smiling at the car's reflection or simply posing for our spy photographer, but we will tell you that the vehicle they're in is a test mule wearing a cobbled up body from the Fiat 500L .
The model buried under the awkward body is believed to be Jeep's upcoming "baby" SUV, which will share its platform and other components with the Fiat 500X , itself based on the 500L.
Both the 500X and it's as-of-yet, unnamed Jeep sibling, will be manufactured together at Fiat's Turin factory in Italy, with the American model to come with a rougher-looking exterior (which will have nothing to do with this test mule) and possibly, better off-road handling, at least for the top AWD versions.
In North America, powertrains options for the Jeep sub-compact SUV are believed to be similar to those offered on the Dodge Dart. Jeep has said that it could show the SUV as early as next year.
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