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Fiat boosts stake in Chrysler to 58.5% after achieving fuel economy and production commitment milestone with the new Dart

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Fiat has boosted its interest in the Chrysler Group by another 5% following Chrysler’s achievement of the “Ecological Event”—receiving regulatory approval for an automobile based on a Fiat platform or vehicle technology having a fuel efficiency rating of at least 40 combined miles per gallon (5.88 Earlier post.).

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Report: Chrysler to Show Prototype Electric Fiat 500 at Detroit Auto Show

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The Detroit Free Press reports that Chrysler will display a battery-electric version of the Fiat 500 at the upcoming North American International Auto Show. No decision has been made whether the car will be offered for sale in the US, according to the report. The electric 500 from Alelion and Autoadapt. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Italian Government Upset Alfa Romeo ‘Milano’ Will Be Built in Poland

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However, the country also allowed Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to be sold to the French, resulting in Stellantis. As an American, I’m not exactly thrilled what the brand has in store for Dodge and Chrysler either. The law mentioned by Urso says it is illegal to present a foreign-made product as coming from Italy.

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Mitsubishi Motors officially announces end of production in US; seeking buyer for plant

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MMNA) a wholly owned subsidiary of MMC in the United States, is preparing to end production of its sole production model—Outlander Sport—at its Bloomington-Normal, Illinois plant at the end of November 2015. MMNA said it will be making efforts to identify a buyer with the help from United Auto Workers (UAW).

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Who Will Survive Among the Legacy vs. Startup Auto OEMs?

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(Hence my proposed new business slang term: “Doin’ a Bollinger” = Companies that can’t scale a product or service and eventually morph into building custom products or services.). During World War II, all the auto companies switched to making military equipment and weapons. ” Source: Wikipedia.

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GM and Chrysler Submit Updated Restructuring Plans; Up to $18.6B More Needed; Outlines for Product Plans

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As required by the loan agreements signed in December 2008, GM and Chrysler submitted their updated restructuring plans showing a pathway to achieve financial viability to Congress on Tuesday. The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6

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Francois Castaing, engineering ace in the back of Chrysler’s Nineties hits, dies at 78

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Paul Wilbur, a product planner who labored with Castaing at the cab-forward LH vehicles — the Chrysler Concorde, Eagle Optical and Dodge Intrepid — that debuted in 1993, mentioned the platform workforce manner modified the whole lot. “Between Lutz, Gale and Castaing, Chrysler would not have been the same without one of the three.