It's official Chrysler and Fiat

[priderocks]

I didn't vote for McCain, but it makes no diff. What we are talking about is ignoring economic principles to further one's political agenda. GM, Chrysler, the State of California, and YOU and ME should be bankrupt when we screw up our financial affairs and fail to plan for the future and spend more than we earn. Is this some kind of rocket science to you?

FYI, Ford will be at the trough within 12 months. Their financial solvency is predicated on national sales of 11 million units. It is predicated to be less than 10. Maybe way less.

[DMZ73]

I fear that Chrysler is going to become a company that has nothing but boring little fuel efficient cars. I think any vehicle that has power will be phased out in favor of high gas mileage. This looks like it is going to be similiar to the Daimler "merger". Fiat will only have 35% ownership once the US government is paid back, but the CEO is going to be from Fiat. This is going to be an Italian company.
I pray that I am wrong, but I don't have a good feeling about this deal turning out well for Chrysler (and Americans).....

I disagree.

The Italians, namely the Fiat/Lancia/Maserati/Lamborgini make some BADASS cars.
The Alfa Brera - The modern Mustang of Europe A car of pure s#x and performance.
The Alfa 147 - The VW GTI of Italy
The Fiat 500 - As cool as the cooper, but not the hi cost.
Maserati Quattroporte - A beautifully executed performance sedan
The Lamborgini -the Gallardo, the Muira concept, The Reventon - All badass cars. All governed by
Sergio.

The Punto and all the other cars we have a stigma about are well executed, they just don't appeal to some American tastes.
No one is saying that they are going to take away what makes us special. Some past management did that on their own...(not mentioning names)

All these cars are about as expressive as you can get, and very finely executed. I beleive wholeheartedly that this will be great for Chrysler as a company, and even better for America.
I heard Sergio speak yesterday. He is an intelligent man who intends on flattening out management, and righting the wrongs of the beurocracy that was here before. The  fact that he brings ACCOUNTABILITY to Chrysler is even better. People who are empowered as leaders are (gulp) Fired if they do not get it right. We have never had that before. Halleluyah!
Things will change.

HIstory is in the making. 

Dan

[Mr. 440SixPack]

Yeah but why do we need a Chrysler brand after all if it will be selling cars like fiat does? If i need to buy an italian sports car I will buy a fiat, not chrysler.

I only hope that dodge will survive this madness, a new dodge ram and challenger are very refreshing.

[go-fish]

I was wondering that also why they only got one seat.  Guess we will see how it turns out.  I hope for the best.

Little bit of socialism there don'tya think? The UAW certainly didn't want to work with management before.  If the UAW was rnning the company I'm sure they would still come up with a reason why they are mistreated and deserve more.

Listen, this is coming from a guy who's parents were UAW and Teamster. I grew up with all the Union propaganda. I thought they were actually a necessary entity until I learned a little about business and economics. The UAW is a crooked organiztion with a skewed perspective of who the "enemy" is.