CHRYSLER HAS CONFIRMED that the venerable PT Cruiser will be soldiering on into the 2010s, with production to continue at the company’s Toluca Mexico plant until at least the middle of next year.

With production of the retro-themed hatchback originally slated to cease in the middle of this year, that’s a substantial extension of the ageing [...]

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NEW CHRYSLER CEO Sergio Marchionne is expected to finalise a roadmap for a new product line at Chrysler in the coming weeks, with analysts anticipating cuts from the company’s line-up and no new models for the next two years.

As reported by Reuters, Adam Jonas, an auto analyst at Morgan Stanley, said that Marchionne “might [...]

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Sergio Marchionne, Fiat’s Chief Executive Officer, famously averred that car companies need to sell 5.5 million vehicles a year, and one million units employing each platform, to keep their noses above water.

This is a bold and interesting statement because it gives a keen insight into the typical vehicle manufacturer’s calculus of long-term profit maximisation.

Where [...]

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The deck chairs are still being rearranged on the deck of that ‘other Titanic’, the desperately struggling US carmaker, Chrysler LLC.

Whether Fiat SpA can save it from a cold oblivion remains uncertain. Nevertheless, news has surfaced that Fiat CEO, Canadian Sergio Marchionne, may take the top job at Chrysler as part of the new (revised) [...]

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According to Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, the global economy – and the automotive industry – has seen the worst of the storm and is now in recovery.

In a recent interview with Automotive News, the Fiat boss said that while the impact of the economic crisis will be felt for some time to come, the industry’s [...]

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