atomcat68 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 One of the things that caught my eye is that they say they won't shut down plants in Italy or France to achieve cost savings, so I wonder if they will touch North America, particularly the plant in Canada that builds the Charger/Challenger/300. I hope not, but mergers usually destroy lives for the workers somewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 2 hours ago, atomcat68 said: One of the things that caught my eye is that they say they won't shut down plants in Italy or France to achieve cost savings, so I wonder if they will touch North America, particularly the plant in Canada that builds the Charger/Challenger/300. I hope not, but mergers usually destroy lives for the workers somewhere. Listen to this. Go to the 4:45 mark. http://www.autoline.tv/journal/?p=62047 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005Explorer Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) 18 hours ago, atomcat68 said: One of the things that caught my eye is that they say they won't shut down plants in Italy or France to achieve cost savings, so I wonder if they will touch North America, particularly the plant in Canada that builds the Charger/Challenger/300. I hope not, but mergers usually destroy lives for the workers somewhere. One of the main reasons why Corporations merge is for cost savings. If you merge and do not cut any positions or facilities the merger is basically pointless. Don't be fooled if this happens there will be massive cuts in the future, however I'd expect the biggest cuts to be focused in places outside of France and Italy. North America will have little say in a Euro-centric organization like Fiat-Renault. Edited June 1, 2019 by 2005Explorer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausrutherford Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) On 5/29/2019 at 7:17 PM, 2005Explorer said: 32 years later Renault and Jeep come back together. It's like an encore for this alliance! ? I see what you did there... Edited June 1, 2019 by ausrutherford 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 6 hours ago, 2005Explorer said: One of the main reasons why Corporations merge is for cost savings. If you merge and do not cut any positions or facilities the merger is basically pointless. Don't be fooled if this happens there will be massive cuts in the future, however I'd expect the biggest cuts to be focused in places outside of France and Italy. North America will have little say in a Euro-centric organization like Fiat-Renault. The thing about this that irritates me is that the governments of France and Italy will fight for the workers and the people will fight for them, but in America, we say, "that's business". Jeep is making the profits! Not Fiat, not Alfa and not crappy Fiat! How much longer can we be a profitable market if 90% of the population makes 15 dollars an hour while the board of directors makes in an hour what the average joe makes in a year. How can anything be sold to Americans if they have no money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 FCA won't shut the Fiat plants in Italy. This is why the Renegade and 500X are build in Italy even though most of them are sold in North America. The only way to address low utilization of European plants is to produce more in Europe. I don't expect this to change with Renault-FCA merger. So naturally, the "synergies" will have to come from North and South America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 500X sells here? thats news to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 42 minutes ago, fuzzymoomoo said: 500X sells here? thats news to me "sells" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 hours ago, fuzzymoomoo said: 500X sells here? Amazingly, 1,284 Fiat 500X vehicles found new car buyers in the U.S. so far this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 39 minutes ago, rperez817 said: Amazingly, 1,284 Fiat 500X vehicles found new car buyers in the U.S. so far this year. That is truly an amazing stat I bet tens of them were 500Xs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausrutherford Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 So your going to have the French government deciding layoffs from US plants... ...great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Turns out was a mirage, see other post. Seemed like was just click bait to get comments from car fanatics. Most Mopar fans were screaming 'noOo!' as if they were still building brand new 1969 Plymouth Road Runners. A few were like "oh goodie, we'll see new Dodge and Chysler 2 door hardtops!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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