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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
The Italians have some catching up to do. We've known this for a long time.
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UglyDuckCar
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
I kind of look at the whole Daimler past in sort of a certain Broadway musical if you can imagine.

Dieter Zetsche: Don't you see, Porth. Darling Porth, glorious Porth. It's so simple.
Step One: we find the worst car company ever made.
Step Two: we hire the worst management in town.
Step Three: I raise two billion dollars...

Wilfried Porth: Two?

Dieter Zetsche: Yes! One for me, one for you. There's a lot of little old ladies out there.
Step Four: We hire the worst designers in Germany and open on the US.
And before you can say Step Five, we close on the US, take our two billion and go to Rio!

Wilfried Porth: Rio? Nah, that'd never work.

Dieter Zetsche: Oh ye of little faith.
What did Lewis say to Clark
When everything looked bleak?
What did Sir Edmund say to Tenzing
As they struggled toward Everest's peak?
What did Washington say to his troops
As they crossed the Delaware
I'm sure you're well aware...

Wilfried Porth: What'd they say?

Dieter Zetsche: We can do it, we can do it
We can do it, me and you
We can do it, we can do it
We can make our dreams come true...

The rest is history. The only problem is it actually worked unlike the play...
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jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
09/17/09

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Exactly why I took the bailout money and ran last November. For 2 years I wondered what was going on. There was no future plan. There was no real drive or want to get better. Major targets were reduced to save money when all they did was increase warranty 10 fold. Touchy/feely special customer focus projects were forced on engineers (me included) that had absolutley no influence on the customer. 4 yrs ago me and a few others submitted a 1.2L 3cyl 160 hp turbo with the center cylinder bigger than the outer 2 and a monohead, and we were told to go away. EVERY car company on earth has since come out with a 1.2-1.4L - EXCEPT CHRYSLER.

I am now in Germany at a job I love doing things on the cutting edge of tech. Oh yeah and I live less than an hour from the NRing.
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Flathead Smith
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
About nine months ago I interviewed at a company that had bee bought out by Cerberus (the group that owned Chrysler), left just say that during plant tour, I got the idea that the new owners didn’t know what in the hell they were doing.
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tonyola
09/17/09

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Was it really only five years ago that everyone was cheering Chrysler over the new LX-series 300s and Magnums? Weren't the magazines all gushing about how Chrysler was going to revitalize the traditional American sedan? Didn't it seem that the company was recharged and refreshed compared to the faltering GM and Ford? Sure, there had been some lingering quality problems and some contretemps with Mercedes, but everyone was certain that the new new Chrysler was the one company with a big future. All blue smoke and mirrors, wasn't it? The lean-and-mean fighting colossus ended up having a soft gut and feet of clay.
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Hello Mister Walrus
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
You know there are issues when someone from a French company criticizes you for not working enough.
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scroggzilla raids again
09/17/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: French?
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bmoreDLJ
09/17/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Torino was in France...but not since Napoleon.
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voodoojoo
09/17/09

@bmoreDLJ: That reminds me of a class trip while on high school exchange to Germany. We went out to Strassbourg to see some EU offices and we were all wide eyed to be in a new-to-us European country. I was cracking jokes about the air somehow smelling less efficient and other kids were busy looking around for crepes to scarf down when someone said they just couldn't believe they were in France. And to that, y good friend turned around with a completely serious sneer and grumbled, with all of the indignation that years of German-French aggression can stir up, "You're not". He proceeded to spend the day going into French restaurants and cafes, ordering in German and gruffly storming out at their gallic pride.
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Hello Mister Walrus
09/17/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Oops, Fiat is Italian - I confuse it with Renault sometimes. But you get what I mean - socialism?

Plus, to Mr. "high moral standards" duurtlang, minus points for incorrect word usage and for not understanding jokes when you read them. I'm not even American, so what stereotype does that seem to make you conform to?
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Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
Sitting here, doing our collective deskchair-punditry that we do, we are apparently more aware of what Chrysler is doing than the management of one of it's part owners is. This is not good for Chrysler, and is disheartening to learn about Fiat.
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PotbellyJoe - As seen on I-287
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
Well, Cerebrus' model is slash-n-burn cut expenses, show a profit, sell for profit. So why would they look at future development when they are just day-trading the company anyways?
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Alfisted
09/17/09

@PotbellyJoe - Second Class Commenter: Once Cerberus realized that they couldn't turn it around, they would have considered it foolish to throw cash at product development. Too bad, as a certain measure of foolishness has been necessary to create the best vehicles.
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lilwillie
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
Ahhhh, then Fiat has never been married to a fat American before? The key to everything is Chrysler has always been a lazy husband. He goes out in the garage, turns the ball game on and swears at the lawn mower from time to time. The Wife thinks things are going along fine.

Then she actually goes out in the garage once and all hell breaks loose.
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jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
Is it really that surprising...
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Joshuman
09/17/09

In reply to Sergio Marchionne —
Well, in Chrysler's defense, they were very busy making PowerPoint slides for appearances in front of congress.
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Mad_Science
09/17/09

@Joshman Raffles Avenue: COTD.
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FTGDWolverineEdition'09
09/17/09

@Joshman Raffles Avenue: I just wanted to remind myself of the gold super duper star graphics they used.
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Joshuman
09/17/09

@Formerlythegreatestdriver: Thanks, I was just almost forgetting just how spectacular they were. Now I have to start over again.
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Alfisted
09/16/09

In reply to European-Sold Chryslers To Be Built In Italy
As long as they're designed in Italy, too, I could be okay with this. I don't mind wrenching on a car I love but hate doing so on one I don't. Having owned almost exclusively Italian cars and Chryslers in this decade, I shudder at the prospect of a Caravan with traditional Alfa/Fiat reliability. A Chrysler-badged Alfa, though, might be worth taking a ratchet to.
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dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
09/16/09

In reply to European-Sold Chryslers To Be Built In Italy
In the late 80's, early 90's you could buy a "Chrysler Voyager" in France with a diesel engine. These minivans were shipped without a drive train from the US to a Magna-Steir plant in Austria where the engines were added.
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FlakJack
06/12/09

In reply to Fiat CEO To Chrysler Execs: "What Would You Say You Do Here?"
I hope the Sergio wore his firin' boots today. Because most of those fuckers deserve to be fired. With malice.
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solracer
06/12/09

In reply to Fiat CEO To Chrysler Execs: "What Would You Say You Do Here?"
Anyone else notice that the pentastar logo is back? I don't recall the old Chrysler LLC using it much if at all but it's prominently used on the new Chrysler Group LLC website.

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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
06/12/09

@solracer: They've been using it since the Daimler split. I've only ever seen it on the corporate site, parts and in news coverage. I'm kinda surprised they haven't used it in advertising or dealer signage to better promote the three product lines together.
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