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FIAT INKS DEAL TO BUY HALF STAKE IN VM MOTORI

Fiat has agreed a deal to purchase half of Italian diesel specialist VM Motori from Penske Corporation, according to a report in Milanese newspaper Corriere della Sera, as the company gears up to produce its V6 for installation in high-end Fiat and Chrysler Group products.

The reported deal, which has been neither confirmed nor denied by management at VM Motori, would see Fiat become joint owners along with General Motors, who presently own the remaining 50 per cent of the Cento-based company and retain effective operational control through GM Powertrain Europe. Corriere della Sera’s story focuses on rumours currently circulating in American financial circles, but it is understood that Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has for some time been after sole ownership of the diesel engine manufacturer in order to retain a degree of influence over development of VM’s 630 engine.

Penske originally bought a 51 per cent stake in VM Motori in 2003 from DaimlerChrysler, before completing the purchase of the remaining 49 per cent in 2007. Subsequently that same year, it sold half of the company to General Motors. Russia’s GAZ Group announced plans to purchase Penske’s remaining stake in September 2008, as a complement to their purchase of Britain’s LDV. The intention was to install VM engines in their own GAZelle van and LDV’s Maxus – but the deal fell over in February 2009, a combination of the effects of the global financial crisis and LDV’s abortive relaunch.

VM already has long-standing links with both Fiat and Chrysler, having supplied four-cylinder engines for a variety of Chryslers, Jeeps and Dodges since 1992, as well as to Alfa Romeo both before and after its takeover by Fiat in 1986. It currently furnishes Jeep with its twin-cam, 16-valve RA 428 for use in its Wrangler and Cherokee models, as well as European versions of Chrysler’s Voyager. However, owing to Chrysler’s alliance with Fiat, it is expected that when these models are refreshed, this engine will be replaced with Fiat’s own 2.0 MultiJet.

Consequently, VM has turned its focus towards the RA 630 3.0 V6, which will find its first OEM installations in European versions of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Chrysler 300, which will wear a Lancia badge in Europe. It is not Fiat’s first encounter with the 630 – prototypes of the Alfa 159 with this engine were tested some years ago, but the car’s failure to set the sales charts alight led to management questioning whether such an installation would prove profitable. In the new 300 and Grand Cherokee, it will serve as a replacement for Mercedes-Benz’s OM642 3.0 V6, the diesel option for the previous 300 and Grand Cherokee – a carryover from Chrysler’s time under Daimler ownership.

Since its launch at the Bologna Motor Show in 2004, around 20kg has been shaved off the engine’s dry weight (now cited as 220kg), its emissions updated to Euro V specification, and other detail improvements made. The engine boasts an advanced technical specification on paper, with MultiJet injection, chain-driven double overhead camshafts operating four valves per cylinder via finger followers, a variable-geometry turbocharger, and a central direct injector in each cylinder, with cooled EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) forming an integral part of the cylinder heads. Displacing 2987cc (83mm bore x 92mm stroke), the cylinders are in a 60-degree V. According to VM, the engine is capable of producing 240 horsepower, (59 kW/litre) and 550 Nm of torque at just 1,800 rpm.

Recently, the Tupy foundry of Brazil, the world’s leading CGI producer, was handed a production contract by VM Motori for the cylinder block and bedplate, and production commenced in the summer. Following pre-machining of the cylinder blocks and bedplates at Tupy, final machining and engine assembly is performed in a purpose-built manufacturing facility at VM’s plant in Cento. According to Corriere della Sera, the factory is now capable of producing around 440,000 engines per year.



(vir: http://www.italiaspeed.com/2011/cars/in ... /1401.html)

ALTAVILLA APPOINTED AS ACEA COMMERCIAL VEHICLE BOARD CHAIRMAN

Sergio Marchionne's right hand man Alfredo Altavilla is elected Chairman of ACEA's Commercial Vehicle Board while rumours go wild over a Fiat Industrial acquisition of VW's commercial vehicle interests in MAN and Scania.

The Commercial Vehicle Board of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has elected Alfredo Altavilla as its new Chairman for 2011. Altavilla is CEO of Iveco. At ACEA, he takes over from Leif Johansson, CEO of Volvo Group, who was ACEA Commercial Vehicle Chairman during 2010.

“I look forward to further intensify our dialogue with the European Institutions on behalf of the European truck, van and bus manufacturers, and I thank Mr Johansson for his valuable work in 2010”, said Altavilla. “A main priority in 2011 for the commercial vehicle sector remains the achievement of a full recovery from the financial and economic crisis. Our sector was hit harder than most, and it will take a number of years before we return to pre-crisis levels. However, we are positive and confident to maintain our position as technology leaders around the world”.

In 2010, heavy-duty vehicle production continued to decrease in the first quarter before rising by 57% and 66% in the second and third, sharply contrasting with the crisis-marked levels of 2009. Overall, truck production remained considerably below the levels of 2008 (-53% over the first three quarters). The market situation remains difficult especially in Eastern and Southern Europe, whereas in other parts of Europe, as well as in the US, the outlook is better. Asian and Latin American markets are doing extremely well.

“We call on policy makers to deploy all possible means to ensure a supportive regulatory and business environment in Europe”, added Altavilla in the ACEA statement, “addressing issues from access to capital to strengthening funding for R&D. Special attention should also be given to the difficulties experienced by vehicle industry suppliers due to reduced production levels. In particular, policy makers should consider measures to encourage fleet renewal. This would sustain our substantial contribution to improving the environmental performance of road transport and contributing to improving road safety”.

Alfredo Altavilla, 47, is CEO of Iveco, a company of Fiat Industrial, since November 2010. He joined Fiat Auto in 1990 and has been in charge of Business Development since 2001 with, subsequently, responsibility for the management of Fiat Group alliances. In September 2004, he was appointed Chairman of FGP (Fiat/GM Powertrain JV) and Senior Vice President of Business Development of Fiat Auto. In addition, in July 2005, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tofas, listed on the Istanbul stock exchange. In November 2006, he was named CEO of Fiat Powertrain Technologies and became a member of the Group Executive Council of the Fiat Group. In July 2009, he joined the Board of Directors of Chrysler Group and in October 2009, was named Executive Vice President of Business Development of the Fiat Group.

Meanwhile the media has gone into overdrive over remarks Sergio Marchionne has made at the Detroit Auto Show this week. "We’re not a seller of assets but at Fiat [Industrial] we are potentially acquirers, if Volkswagen wants to divest its truck assets," remarked the Fiat Industrial Chairman to reporters. With Fiat's lack of financial resources and the over $13 billion valuation of the two stakes VW has in MAN and Scania, not to mention their profitability, Marchionne, generally seen as a CEO more associated with talk than results, was most probably biting back at VW's regular shows of interest in acquiring the Alfa Romeo brand. In Detroit VW CEO Martin Winterkorn said that Alfa Romeo was "nice and interesting", his latest comments in his long running interest in the faded sports brand.



(vir: http://www.italiaspeed.com/2011/cars/fi ... /1101.html)

lizard je napisal/-a:Kako je lahko to preporod Lancie? To je lahko samo propad.

simply je napisal/-a:Sedaj je vprašanje kdo bi to kupil? Par Italijanov, drugi pa sigurno ne. Bi jo ti? Novega seveda? Konkurenca je prevelika, tisti ki imajo denar pa verjemi - ne bi kupili Lancie - vsaj novega Thesisa ne ( zanesenjaki izvzeti ).

Torej so izbrali neko srednjo pot, združevanje z drugim proizvajalcem ter skupno plasiranje na trg. Če bo bo, če ne bo ne bo.

simply je napisal/-a:
Sedaj je vprašanje kdo bi to kupil? Par Italijanov, drugi pa sigurno ne. Bi jo ti? Novega seveda? Konkurenca je prevelika, tisti ki imajo denar pa verjemi - ne bi kupili Lancie - vsaj novega Thesisa ne ( zanesenjaki izvzeti ).

Mišljenje, da bo znamka prosperiala samo na preteklih avtomobilih, ki so se proizvajali 20 oziroma 30 let nazaj je zmotno.

Torej so izbrali neko srednjo pot, združevanje z drugim proizvajalcem ter skupno plasiranje na trg. Če bo bo, če ne bo ne bo.
Ali je to modro ali ne bo pokazal čas. Za tiste, ki bodo avtomobil proizvajali sigurno da - delovna mesta ostanejo. Za zanesenjake sigurno ne.

Počakajmo, da pridejo avtomobili na trg pa vidimo kaj in kako.

Tukaj so njegove obljube iz leta 2006:

- FIAT Auto bo do 2010 prodal na leto preko 2,8 mio . Rezultat: Prodajne številke se gibljejo okoli 1 milijona avtov, skupaj z vsemi produkti pod 2 mio!

- Alfa in Lancia bosta do leta 2010 prodali na leto 300.000 enot. Rezultat:Alfa malo nad 100.000, Lancia ne dosega niti teh številk!

- Tržni delež FIAT Auto bo preko 38%. Rezultat: delež je pod 30%.

- Delež na Evropskem trgu bo preko 11%. Rezultat: pod 8%!

lizard je napisal/-a:Hahahahaha:

esem je napisal/-a:Morda pa je to značkanje samo "preživetveni čas" do naslednje avtohtone Lancie? Nekaj malega za večne optimiste.

lizard je napisal/-a:

lizard je napisal/-a: Niti Fiati se ne prodaja kot bi bilo treba, kar niti ni presenetljivo če pa ne dajajo ven nič novih modelov, paleta modelov je pa srednja žalost.