What will it be called?
The compact crossover from Opel that started its life in 2017 as Crossland X and is now simply called Crossland, will be succeeded by an entirely new model in 2024. We don’t know what it will be called yet. We already know that there will be a fully electric version!
The Crossland is a striking model within the Opel family. Not so much because of its design, but because of its technical basis. Together with the Citroën C3 and C3 Aircross, the Crossland is still on the relatively old PF1 platform that you will find under the previous generation Peugeot 2008, among others. The Peugeot 208 and current 2008, Opel Corsa and Mokka, the Jeep Avenger and the soon-to-be-revealed Fiat 600e are all on the much more modern CMP platform. The Crossland has been running since 2017 and is therefore about six years old. The Opel will not have to deal with it for long, because a successor will be launched in 2024.
The successor to the Crossland will be electric, says Opel. Whether that means it will only come as an EV or an electric model will appear alongside the internal combustion engine versions remains to be seen. It is also interesting that Opel sees a right to exist for an electric Crossland successor in addition to the electric Mokka Electric. We do not yet know what the Crossland successor will be called. The fact that Opel speaks of a ‘Crossland successor’ instead of a ‘new Crossland’ probably indicates that the model will be renamed. Something similar awaits the Grandland.
If the new Crossland is indeed in the showroom next year, Opel will have an electric variant of every model in its range. The models with combustion engines will disappear from the menu throughout Europe in 2028, because from that year Opel will only sell electric passenger cars. Incidentally, the Opel Corsa will soon – as well as the updated Peugeot 2008 – with mild hybrid petrol engines.
In the Netherlands, Opel has sold more than 19,500 Crossland X/Crossland since 2017. The crossover had its peak year in 2019: almost 6,200 units were registered in the Netherlands.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl