The Dodge Sprinter will be replaced by the Fiat Ducato
- Dodge (Fiat-Chrysler group) has always had in its range a series of vans (Ram Van and Ram Wagon) that were competing with the Ford Econoline (E Series), Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana.
- After the taking control of the Chrysler Group by the Daimler-Benz group in 1998, it decided to replace the old Dodge Ram Van and Ram Wagon by the Mercedes Sprinter. This replacement took place in 2004.
- The Mercedes Sprinter was then produced by Chrysler in the United States and sold under the Dodge badge. Its production ceased in 2009, while the Daimler-Benz group had just opted out of the Chrysler Group two years earlier and the American carmaker was placed under bankruptcy.
- The Chrysler Group was then acquired by the Fiat Group (2010), who decided to replace the Dodge Sprinter with its own Fiat Ducato under the Dodge brand.
- The replacement took place in January 2014. The model is now called the Dodge Ram Promaster. It is produced in the Chrysler plant of Toluca, Mexico. The manufacturer expects 25 000 annual sales, the Dodge Sprinter had never exceeded 23 000 annual sales. Chrysler manufactures and markets a van initially produced for Europe in North America , like Ford has done with its Transit which replaces the old Econoline a 100% American model. The U.S. van market is increasingly becoming similar to its EU counterpart.
