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Yesterday | The Globe and Mail

Pressure to consolidate grows on auto parts suppliers

Maurice Tuff, chief executive officer of Newfoundland's tiny Lemur Vehicle Monitors , a maker of wireless communications devices for cars, is thrilled that Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC are coming together to form the world's seventh-largest automotive group.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Fiat SpA

Sunday | The Tennessean

Book review: Tale of Fiat empire and the family behind it

From the cover for "Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler, and The Power of a Dynasty" by Jennifer Clark; John Wiley & Sons, 360 pages, $29.95. The engine of author Jennifer Clark's narrative is the saga of the Agnelli family and how their tenacity and long-term investment vision have kept the Fiat brand on the road since it was founded by Giovanni Agnelli ... (more)

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Related Topix: Automakers, Chrysler Group, Publishing, Media, John Wiley and Sons

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Autoblog

Fiat will start building battery-electric 500 this year, CEO tweets

Fiat will start building a battery-electric version of its 500 compact this year, marking the Italian automaker's entrance into the EV production market.

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Related Topix: Automakers

Fortune

Fuzzy ads aside, Chrysler is still in trouble

Chrysler is being lavishly praised for its string of Super Bowl ads starring Eminem and Clint Eastwood.

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Related Topix: Dodge Dart, Sedan, Dodge, Auburn Hills, MI, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Automakers

Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Liberal OC

Voices From Street Corners: 2012 Quite a Year Already

ThinkingA about the state of leadership in the country right now IA recalled this thought from Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and the Chrysler Group,A from a recent Time Magazine profile: ".Leadership is not a quantitative thingpeople either smell it in you or they don'tPeople need to trust you that you're going to pull them out and they will ... (more)

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Related Topix: Automakers, US News, Liberal Political News

BBC News

New appointment: Chief Administrative Officer

The FIA is pleased to announce that Damien Clermont will join the FIA as Chief Administrative Officer on February 13th, 2012.

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Related Topix: Automakers

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Detroit Free Press

Chrysler marketing chief: Super Bowl ad was politically neutral

Chrysler Chief Marketing Officer Olivier Francois firmly denied that 'Halftime in America' Super Bowl ad was designed to send any kind of a political message nor was it intended as a statement of support for President Barack Obama's re-election. 'There were absolutely no political intentions,' Francois said in Chicago today.

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Related Topix: Marketing, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Automakers

Detroit News

Chrysler said to seek lending venture in U.S. similar to Fiat's

Chrysler Group LLC is in talks with banks about forming a joint-venture partnership similar to the arrangement its majority owner Fiat SpA has with Credit Agricole SA, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Wagon, Dodge Ram, Dodge, Fiat SpA

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Morris Daily Herald

Manzullo says Dart will help create jobs

U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo recently congratulated Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and all the employees at the Belvidere assembly plant on the production launch of the new 2013 Dodge Dart that will create thousand of jobs in northern Illinois.

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Related Topix: Dodge Dart, Sedan, Dodge, Chrysler Group, Belvidere, IL, Automakers

KickingTires

Cars.com News Briefs: Feb. 7, 2012

Despite Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne emphasizing "zero political content" from Chrysler's Super Bowl XLVI ad , the two-minute spot featuring actor Clint Eastwood has become a political flashpoint, The Detroit News reports .

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Dirty Harry, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Video Games, Celebrities, Clint Eastwood, George Bush, W., Automakers

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Bloomberg

Fiat Falls After S&P Says Downgrade Likely on European Drop: Milan Mover

Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer of both automakers, is counting on Chrysler to propel growth at Fiat, whose volume brands lost about 500 million euros in Europe last year as the region's debt crisis causes consumers to hold back on purchases.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Fiat SpA

WJCW-AM Gray

Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl Ad: Pro-Chrysler or Pro-Obama?

During typically animated Super Bowl parties Sunday, chatter came to an abrupt halt when that famous voice -- in his trademark raspy whisper -- knifed through the air in its quiet, compelling way.

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Related Topix: Gran Torino, Celebrities, Clint Eastwood, Automakers, Carmel, CA

Rock102online.com

Chrysler Gives Profit-Sharing Checks

Chrysler workers have a variety of reasons to be pleased about the maker's improving fortunes.

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Related Topix: Automakers

Sun Feb 05, 2012

Reuters

Italian stocks - Factors to watch on Feb 6

Italy is importing more gas from Algeria to offset lower supplies from Russia, the group's Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said on Sunday, adding he saw no shortage problems for the next few days.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Automakers

Sat Feb 04, 2012

Bloomberg

Chrysler Continues to Seek U.S. Energy Loans

Chrysler Group LLC will continue pursuing loans from the U.S. Energy Department while the failure of companies that have borrowed from government programs may prolong the process, the chief executive officer said.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Automakers, Fiat SpA, Computers, Ener1, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Fri Feb 03, 2012

Bend Bulletin

Cementing turnaround, Chrysler adds 1,800 jobs

Three years ago, the American auto industry was not just in trouble, it was imperiled, with Chrysler facing the real possibility of running out of money unless it was rescued.

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Related Topix: Chrysler Group, Automakers, General Motors, Pat Quinn, US Governors

INAUTONEWS

Fiat delaying SUV for Sedici replacement

The Fiat-Chrysler Group is currently delaying the production of a new Jeep compact SUV, targeted at Italy, for developing a replacement for the Sedici model.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Chrysler Group, Jeep, Jeep Patriot, SUV, Jeep Compass

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Automotive News

Luca Ciferri: Marchionne reveals a Fiat secret

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne on Wednesday revealed a long-kept company secret: how much Fiat's automotive unit lost in Europe in a particular year, which was 500 million euros in 2011.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Autos

Forbes.com

No Joke: Chrysler and Marchionne Are 'Back in (the) Black'

Chrysler Group Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne hit the nail on the head with a half-joking answer to a question he got precisely a year ago: how could Chrysler possibly hit its ambitious goals for 2011? "There's an incredibly stupid and crass answer to that question, and that is to sell more cars," Marchionne said.

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Related Topix: Chrysler Group, Automakers, Auto Dealers, Autos

Motor Trend

Shifting Gears: Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCT

Fiat Powertrain engineer Constantinos Vafidis knows all about Ford's PowerShift woes in the USA.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Dodge Dart, Sedan, Dodge, Autos

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