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Born in the USA: Lancia, Fiat, and Alfa Romeo Jobs Coming to North America
Automotive News reports that Fiat's Italian manpower is being cut by 5,000 (approximately 6.25% of its total workforce in Italy) while "increasing domestic production to 900,000 units in 2012 from 661,100 units in 2009."
Fiat's response: "Media speculation about the plan's contents [is] 'premature and groundless.'"
Part of the supposed shift involves a decrease in models built, from fourteen to nine, while ramping-up production of the survivors.
Hit really hard will be Fiat's plant in Mirafiori, Turin. "Mirafiori builds the Fiat Punto Classic, Idea and Multipla models, the Lancia Musa and Alfa MiTo. Fiat is remodeling the plant to use a single line to build the Alfa Romeo MiTo and two new small minivans to replace the Idea and Multipla."
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Official: Fiat-chrysler Alliance To Build New Small Jeep Suv At Mirafiori Plant In Italy
We have more news coming out of the Fiat Group and Chrysler LLC camp. After the announcement on the new Alfa Romeo 1.8-liter turbo engine, the group said it has finalized plans to build a new small Jeep SUV model at its Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy....
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Report: Fiat Group Mulling To Build Jeep And Alfa Romeo Suvs In The U.s. Instead Of Italy
If there's one car company that's notorious for making promises and/or premature announcements on decisions only to have the projects cancelled, delayed, altered, or even postponed for years (Alfa Romeo's return to the U.S. is a typical...
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Which Cars Should Fiat Bring To The U.s.?
With today's announcement on the planned alliance between Chrysler LLC and the Fiat Group (read all the details here), it's only logical that we begin speculating on the Italian cars that could -or should- make their way on this side of the Atlantic...
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Official: Fiat, Alfa Romeo & Lancia 2007 – 2010 Product Plan!
Ciao Italia! Fiat Group hosted a two-day event for the men with the purses (financial analysts and institutional investors) on November 8 & 9. Who cares right? Well, somewhere between the espresso and the Stromboli, Fiat Group announced the trios (Alfa...
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Alfa Romeo, Fiat & Lancia 2007-2009 Models
I've just got my hands on anupdated list (official) of the Fiat Group's product plan for the 2007-2009 period. The dates shown bellow don't concern the official unveiling but the actual date that they'll go on sale in Europe. Among others,...
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