Stellantis Lines Up Six Concepts Ahead of Paris Motor Show, Hedging Between EV and Hybrid

Stellantis used the day before the Paris Motor Show to pull the wraps off six design studies drawn from across its brand portfolio, offering an early look at how Peugeot, Citroën, Fiat, Opel, Alfa Romeo and DS Automobiles could be repositioned under the group’s FaSTLAne 2030 strategy. The broader display in Paris will run past 60 vehicles, underscoring how much the conglomerate is leaning on sheer breadth to cover a European market that is electrifying at uneven speed.

The most commercially loaded of the six is Citroën’s 2 CV Concept, a fully electric car intended for European production with a price tag of €15,000 (roughly US$16,800). That figure matters: it places the study at the very bottom rung of Europe’s EV ladder, the segment where purchase cost still decides whether buyers make the switch at all. Few established automakers have committed publicly to a European-built EV at that level.

Two other concepts read as closer to showroom reality. Peugeot’s electric RCZ Vision rides on the STLA One platform and adopts steer-by-wire, while Opel says its STX estate previews styling elements — among them the Vizor lighting signature — that will carry into future production models.

Not everything on the stand is battery-only. Alfa Romeo’s Cuorerosso pairs a full-hybrid 2.9 V6 with Q4 all-wheel drive, and Fiat’s Multiplay merges pickup and SUV formats on a configurable architecture inspired by the Multipla. Taken together, the mix suggests a group unwilling to bet exclusively on one powertrain path while the pace of European electrification remains uncertain.

The concepts feed into a product plan of more than 50 launches by 2030. Emanuele Cappellano, Chief Operating Officer for Enlarged Europe, said the wave would lift the group’s market coverage in the region by 25%, adding in a statement that Stellantis is “deeply rooted in Europe” and holds a leading position that the success of all its brands will reinforce.

What the studies do not yet answer is how quickly any of them reach customers. Stellantis has framed them as explorations rather than confirmed production commitments, meaning the €15,000 Citroën and the hybrid Alfa remain signals of intent until the group attaches timelines and volumes.