Fiat crossed the Atlantic Ocean when it allied with Chrysler and some of its brands were applied on cars that were already on sale there, such as the 2013 Lancia Flavia Convertible.
Lancia used to be a premium sports brand. It won six World Rally Championships back-to-back. It also won 46 rallies from the same series. But the brand started to fade away and it was withdrawn from several markets until only a pale of its former glory remained. But Fiat didn’t want to get rid of it. It tried to relaunch it with re-badged Chrysler products. And so, the Chrysler 200 Convertible became Lancia Flavia Convertible.

The transformation was just a replaced badge on the hood. The grille had the same five horizontal slats on both cars. It was just another Chrysler 200 convertible with another badge. But the car itself was good looking, and it was also sold in Europe as a Lancia Flavia, where the name was better known than the Chrysler. It was produced only in a left-hand drive configuration, leaving the UK and Ireland outside the market.

Inside, there was room for four passengers due to its long wheelbase, but since the roof had to be stored behind the rear seats, there were some legroom issues.

The only engine for the Flavia was Chrysler’s 2.4-liter gasoline, which suffered from hi-taxes in Europe and, especially, in Italy where everything with over 2.0-liter displacement was a high-taxed vehicle. A standard 6-speed automatic transmission was installed.