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Fiat-Chrysler profits plunge in second quarter
Allpar.com ^ | 7/30/14 | Bill Cawthon

Posted on 07/30/2014 10:18:17 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

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Back in the day, Fiat stood for Fix It Again Tony.
1 posted on 07/30/2014 10:18:17 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

Didn’t FIAT own Chrysler some years ago?


2 posted on 07/30/2014 10:36:47 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Impala64ssa

Still does.


3 posted on 07/30/2014 10:38:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ozzymandus

Fiat-Chrysler is new (since 2008 bailout) were you thinking of the Renault/AMC/Chrysler deal in 1987?


4 posted on 07/30/2014 10:43:56 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Impala64ssa

I have a Dodge Ram Truck but these Fiat people are goofy green weenies..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D95p9BIjr90


5 posted on 07/30/2014 10:50:43 PM PDT by mylife
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SluE9Zco55c


6 posted on 07/30/2014 10:56:44 PM PDT by mylife
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To: Drago

OMG those Renaults were pigs.

I would rather drive Peugot. LOL


7 posted on 07/30/2014 11:00:28 PM PDT by mylife
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To: Drago

Could be. I seem to remember Iacocca got into some deal with a European carmaker.


8 posted on 07/30/2014 11:12:36 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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What a POS.

Makes the Yugo look like a race car.

9 posted on 07/30/2014 11:12:40 PM PDT by mylife
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Umm How do you say Franch Puissie Fart Car?


10 posted on 07/30/2014 11:14:05 PM PDT by mylife
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To: Impala64ssa

I still can’t believe that they thought that the Fiat 500 was going to be flying out of the showrooms. You have to feel sorry for the dealers. Our local deal actually built an addition for it. The only thing it has going for it is weirdness; IMO no man would want to be seen driving one, except perhaps the Abarth, and that’s overpriced and unrefined.


11 posted on 07/30/2014 11:18:33 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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You could catch me driving a VW camper or even a Mini Cooper they were off road mules, but a Fiat 500?

Good Lord no!


12 posted on 07/30/2014 11:30:36 PM PDT by mylife
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To: ozzymandus

Lee Iaccoca and his good buddy Alejandro de Tomaso(owner of Maserati) inked a deal to co-develop a car.

They came up with a modified K Car known as Chrysler TC by Maserati that had an emblem of a Chrysler Pentastar with a Maserati Trident inside.

They were made in Italy and charged prices half way between a Chrysler and an entry level Maserati. Some people put it up there with Top 20 most overpriced cars ever made along with cars like Cadillac Cimarron which was a Chevy Caviler with Cadillac badges.


13 posted on 07/30/2014 11:32:58 PM PDT by Reaganez
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The Italians do know how to do some ****. They make good bikes and some high end cars. They make good coffee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TiYp-5vbQI

14 posted on 07/30/2014 11:37:40 PM PDT by mylife
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTvYAcJOx3s


15 posted on 07/30/2014 11:41:46 PM PDT by mylife
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRbP2QgW7Io


16 posted on 07/30/2014 11:55:39 PM PDT by mylife
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Madness in the Desert...

http://movzap.com/uqnnrjba2yo7


17 posted on 07/31/2014 12:05:30 AM PDT by mylife
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To: ozzymandus

No, but the Germans did. Will the remaining Axis power, Japan, please pick up the white courtesy phone? Chrysler needs a sponsor for another round of bailouts.


18 posted on 07/31/2014 12:36:24 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

No one believed the 500 would fly out of showrooms.. The CEO has publicly stated the only reason it was brought here was to help meet CAFE standards and doesn’t want to, and won’t try to sell one more than he is legally required to. There is a very interesting interview he gave that’s on youtube somewhere where he speaks at length about what he found when he took over the company and what they have done since.


19 posted on 07/31/2014 12:55:33 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Impala64ssa

We’ve had a Chrysler T and C van for two years now and like most everything about it. Despite all the bells and whistles, nothing has gone wrong yet, but just to be safe, we bought an extended warranty.

Only thing that bugs us to death is the clunky transmission. It was a recall computer issue which was supposedly fixed, but it keeps popping up on occasion. Unless/until they make improvements with the transmission, we probably wouldn’t buy another one.


20 posted on 07/31/2014 4:46:31 AM PDT by randita ("Is a nation without borders a nation?"...Noonan)
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