When Nissan and Chrysler began to make agreements with each other early on in 2008, I thought that their pending arrangements would be good for both companies. Taking Japan’s #3 automaker and putting it with America’s #3 automaker in order to build or share select models and parts seemed like a good idea to me. [...]
You got to give Fiat/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne much credit when it comes to acquiring car companies with other people’s money. When Chrysler’s financial condition went from dire to dead on arrival, Marchionne became the white knight who promised to preserve jobs while keeping plants humming with Fiat platform derived vehicles. Upon exiting bankruptcy, the [...]
One of Europe’s most popular cars, indeed a model that is catching on nicely in markets around the world is the Fiat 500, a subcompact car that is available in either coupe or cabriolet form. Sharing the same platform as the Ford Ka, the original 500 line ran from 1957 to 1975 before being replaced [...]
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