Thursday, March 31, 2011

Marchionne: Fiat to 51% of Chrysler in 2011. No need to sell Alfa Romeo

Sergio Marchionne "he plays the position" of assembler Fiat shareholders: the objectives are to achieve a turnover of 64 billion euro in 2014 (double that of 2010), the rise to 51% in the revival of Chrysler and Alfa Romeo will continue to have an Italian heart. "We can confirm all the objectives for Fiat, which will mark a strong business growth accompanied by a robust profitability.

Turnover - continuing Marchionne - could reach 100 billion with Chrysler. For 2011 we expect a general improvement of the market, except that of passenger cars in Europe whose performance is affected by expected declines in Italy and France. " The increases are instead due to the rise in emerging markets like Brazil.

There is a lot of confidence for the second half of the year "with the launch of new models." "We will soon share in Chrysler to 35%. Our goal remains to reach 51% of Chrysler this year. " This, however, according to the ad, does not mean losing their origins: "Fiat is not Americanize their products.

Over 50% of Chrysler-branded cars will have a European architecture. " But the manager of Abruzzese origin remains convinced that it is still "clear" the difference between productivity levels and those of other Italian Fiat plants in the world: "In the last two years the Italian production sites have worked well below capacity.

Use of the network and Italian '54%, if we consider the technical capacity to 37%, while other installations in Europe to measure the saturation parameters were attested to 126 and 78% respectively. However, "significant progress has been made to achieve flexibility and secure prospects" (trade union agreements and the Pomigliano Mirafiori).

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