Posted on 11/07/2019 4:13:15 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that the two manufacturers are combining, bringing Fiats, Rams, Citroëns, and Opels under one $46 billion umbrella.
(Excerpt) Read more at caranddriver.com ...
Is this a cylinder and a fit that’s known primarily as sex ???
So now well be seeing *French* cars here that nobody will buy.
It’s carnage .... pure carnal carnage
There will need to be allowances for gas expansion .....
Don’t inform the environmentally ill ....
I remember when Burroughs and Sperry merged to form Unisys. It was advertised as “the power of two.”
Alan Abelson of Barron’s commented that it was like tying together two walking wounded, with the likely result that it would create “one big, bloated corpse.”
He was right, then.
Not sure if that’s going to be the case here, but its worth remembering past mergers for perspective.
Say, doesn’t Xerox want to take over HP?
I owned a used Peugeot for about one week before the head gasket was ruined and threw a rod. That was the last used car I bought off Craigslist directly from the owner.
I admit it, I’m not good at picking cars.
So now, I work with one dealer, who also owns a repair shop.
Every car purchase is a gamble, but some risks are safer than others.
I like s-x
FIAT = Fix It Again Tony
The main reason Peugeot isn't in the U.S. anymore has to do with reciprocal tariffs. The French tariff the crap out of our stuff to protect their domestic industry and we retaliate...
FIAT....fix it again Tony.
Other than Tires [Michelin], Skis [a number of vendors/brands], Wine and Women, I’m not sure where French excellence exists.
Wine, perfume, anti-ship missiles?
and pearls
... but of course
The craptacular triumvirate of car makers.
A nexus of suck capable of creating it’s own singularity.
Normal SOP. Door to door ... and escorted. Radioactive alone ....
We will soon have only 3 major manufacturing groups with smaller brands buying parts and engines from them because they can’t afford the R&D.
In this merger, I can’t wait to see Rams on the streets of Paris.
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