Opel Buyer to Be Announced by the End of May
12 May 2009, 09:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Opel odyssey is slowly but surely coming to an end. And this end might take place as soon as the end of May, according to Fritz Henderson, the newly-appointed General Motors CEO. During a new co...
PSA Not Afraid of Possible Fiat-Opel Alliance
11 May 2009, 10:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A potential merger between Fiat and Opel doesn't scare the PSA Peugeot Citroen group that might become the main rival in Europe, a PSA board director said. According to a report by La Repubblic...
Fascist Leaders' Car Goes on Auction
8 May 2009, 15:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Heil, Fiat! A 1939 Fiat Torpedo, used by the King of Italy to chauffeur Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and General Franco around Rome during their State visits will go under hammer next week. The...
2011 Jeep Phoenix, the Fiat Panda for the US
8 May 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the Fiat-Chrysler alliance already a done deal, the questions on everybody's mind is what Fiats will take to the US and, for that matter, how a Chrysler vehicle based on Italian technology...
Fiat Disconcert by Magna's Offer to Opel
8 May 2009, 13:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you had followed the story, you'd know by now that the offer made by Magna to take over German manufacturer Opel is considered better than Fiat's by the Supervisory Board of the company...
Magna Better Than Fiat in Opel Takeover Battle
8 May 2009, 10:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already told out that Opel's fate is currently in the hands of two large companies, Magna International and Fiat. Magna has the money to purchase GM's German unit and even help it get o...
GM Wants 30 Percent Share in Fiat
7 May 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Twisted are the ways of the financial crisis...The automotive industry is currently going through what may very well be the most exciting times, in terms of new and fascinating developments at least...
The Fiat-Chrysler-GME Merger
7 May 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fiat's CEO, Sergio Marchionne, has confirmed that he will become the future CEO of the American manufacturer Chrysler, following its emergence from under Chapter 11 protection. Marchionne told ...
Chrysler Unlikely to Repay Government Loans
6 May 2009, 12:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / An interesting story, related to the same over-discussed bankruptcy filing of Chrysler, saw daylight today, this time pointing to a subject we all think about, but only a few had the guts to tackle ...
Saab Would Welcome Fiat
6 May 2009, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There's something rotten in the kingdom of Saab...If you are following the story, then you know that the Swedish manufacturer, "thanks" to its leadership, has become a kind of Comical...
Fiat 500, Alfa Romeo MiTo, Milano 940 Go to the US
6 May 2009, 11:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you a long time ago, Fiat plans to use the Chrysler alliance to launch some new products in the United States that could expand the company's coverage in this unexplored region....
Fiat/Opel to Can 18,000 Jobs, Close Ten Plants
6 May 2009, 07:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fact that the Italian manufacturer wants Opel is no longer a secret for some time now. The debate on the subject has now moved to the more human side of the possible merger, as German unions and...
Court Approves Chrysler Bidding Procedures
6 May 2009, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite the opposition of some of Chrysler's lenders, the Manhattan bankruptcy court approved the company's bidding procedures. This will allow the American manufacturer to step up the sal...
Volkswagen Tries to Temper Fiat
5 May 2009, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The tsunami Fiat has stirred with its aggressive moves in the automotive market has managed to raise voices from all over the industry. Following state officials or union leaders, Volkswagen's ...
Fiat Needs Up to 7 Billion Euros to Form Europe's Biggest Automaker
5 May 2009, 15:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Fiat is slowly but surely becoming one of the world's biggest automakers and, even if it finally formed the over-discussed strategic alliance with Chrysler, it is now aiming to purchase the Ger...
Klaus Franz: Fiat Empire Built with US and German Money
5 May 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The workers of Germany's Opel now face a choice, one they themselves have no way of making. The options presented to them by those who speak, supposedly, for their interests, are only two: Fiat...
Germany and the Story of the 14 Conditions for State Loans
5 May 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel has longly been in the spotlight, mostly due to its financial instability which led to a bunch of rumors claiming GM Europe, the mother company, is aiming to get rid of the German unit. It appe...
Fiat-Opel-Saab, a Threesome Made in Heaven...
5 May 2009, 13:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sergio Marchionne, Fiat's CEO supposedly called the Opel deal on Monday as being a "marriage made in Heaven", according to AFP. We would call it a threesome, given that recent rumors...
Chrysler's 2010 and 2011 Models in Doubt Due to Chapter 11
5 May 2009, 12:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chrysler's recently-confirmed filing for Chapter 11 might also influence the company's short-term plans as 2010 and 2011 models might be delayed, Chrysler manufacturing chief Frank Ewasysh...
Fiat: We'll Keep Opel Plants, But Cut Staff
5 May 2009, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fiat is getting closer and closer to their second objective in this spring offensive. After the Chrysler deal came through, we will find out sometimes in the following days whether Opel will become ...