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Alfa Romeo

In Focus: Fiat and Chrysler

by Chris Sawyer on December 23, 2009

One of my favorite automotive web sites is Austin Rover Online, a wonderful historical site full of more information than you could imagine on the cars made by Standard, Triumph, Austin, Rover, MG, and more.  What caught my eye this time was a story about the possibility that Alfa Romeo could follow MG into Chinese [...]

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Chrysler’s Rear-Drive Conundrum

by Chris Sawyer on June 22, 2009

Word is that Chrysler is casting about for a suitable replacement for its mid-size Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger sedans. Because Chrysler’s new owner (forgetting the UAW and federal government for a moment) Fiat failed in its bid to acquire Opel and its new mid-size platform, that option is off the table. This leaves Chrysler [...]

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Random Thoughts About The New Auto Industry

by Chris Sawyer on June 3, 2009

By now you have heard about Brian Deese, the 31-year-old Yalie who never finished his law degree, never got his MBA, never toured an assembly plant, never worked in a job outside of politics, and yet is the “perfect” guy to restructure the auto industry. He works with Steve Rattner who started his career at [...]

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Fixing Chrysler

by Chris Sawyer on May 6, 2009

I’m waiting for Clint Eastwood to come riding in at any moment, with his hat pulled down over his eyes and emanating a quiet intensity because this is turning out to be a Sergio Leone spaghetti western. Only the bad guy in this particular telling rides out of the east (D.C.) and bullies bondholders and [...]

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The Chrysler Chronicles: More Pasta, Please

by Chris Sawyer on February 5, 2009

What worries the financial markets the most about the Fiat-Chrysler strategic alliance isn’t the financial health of the two partners. It’s the fact that Chrysler’s last suitor, Daimler-Benz, never could come to grips with marrying the two disparate cultures. Instead, the Swabians approached the task of merging the two companies much as the Wehrmacht approached [...]

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