Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Can you believe FIAT, probably Europe's weakest car company, is taking over OPEL and joining a US giant?

A marriage 'made of heaven' or a disaster?|||You're a bit slow on the uptake here!


FIAT already make engines for Vauxhall Opel in Europe, and FIAT engines are fitted to SAAB cars, which are built alongside Cadillacs in Europe.


Ferrari may have a sporting heritage, but they've always been terribly built %26amp; seriously unreliable - ask any owner. Ferrari aren't a profit making arm of the company, the name is just a prestige brand held together by a corrupt F1 system.


FIAT have maintained their position as a car maker in the same was as a lot of other makers of crap cars have: Italians buy FIATs, it's as simple as that, the same as US consumers buying US goods regardless of how good, bad or ugly they are.





The world is becoming full of these huge global companies, usually producing crap that people are still prepared to buy. Strange but true.|||fiat is probably the only car maker still making a profit during this world wide recession so they most be doing something right, so that makes them one the strongest car companies in europe not the weakest, so please get your facts right before starting a car topic





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its fiat who owns ferrari, not the other way around








to the guy who said car mergers never work,


what about volkswagon and lamborgini, they are doing a beter job with lamborgini than chrysler did|||Both Fiat and Opel were making money quite independently of the US car industry. If anything Fiat is taking on a bad business risk because GM North America is a basket case.





GM North America has to contend with pension plans and the UAW which neither Opel or Fiat have to deal with in Europe.|||If they're going to accept ownership of Chrysler for free, I hope they have deep pockets.





When it comes to mergers and takeovers of car companies, there aren't any marriages made in heaven. Name one if you can. I don't think you can.





Disasters all.|||Well what is the worst that can happen they are taking over chrysler the manufacturers of the crappiest vehicles in america. They can't make them any worse|||it seems ridiculous to me but i just hope they make some really nice looking fuel efficent/alternative fuel cars. We need a new automotive revelotion and if they serve our need for freedom from fossil fuels it could be great!|||weakest? fiat owns ferrari

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