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As expected, Sergio Marchionne announced Fiat and Chrysler’s unified management team, at an event in Italy (covered by Bloomerg) and Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Oro. Both companies’ operations will be run by regional heads in North America, South America, Europe/Africa, and Asia as of September 1, and a group executive council of 22 [...]
Source “Phedra” wrote that Chrysler 300C cars with the VM Motori 3.0 liter diesel engine, which was recently released in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, have been making their way from Austria to Italy, presumably as part of a testing cycle. The VM diesel is said to be quieter and smoother than the Mercedes diesel previously [...]
Jeep is debuting its new line of 70th Anniversary Edition models at the Geneva Motor Show, as well as the new Jeep Compass and “the new diesel powertrain” for the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Insiders have told Allpar for some time that the Mercedes 3-liter V6 has been jettisoned in favor of a similarly sized, smoother, [...]
A source noted that the 2012 Lancia Grand Voyager pilots are running at Windsor; while one prototype was shown by Lancia this week, the exact changes were unknown to most readers. The launch of actual production Lancias is not expected until Fall. The Chrysler-Lancia minivans are running down the line with both left-hand and right-hand [...]