"MILAN -- Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne reiterated that Alfa Romeo will not be sold but said he remains open to forming alliances with other carmakers if it helped cut costs, especially in Europe where sales have been moribund for years.(...)
Marchionne has repeatedly rejected the idea, regardless of the buyer. "We are committed (to Alfa Romeo)," he told the conference call.
Alfa Romeo has only two aging models in its portfolio: the MiTo hatchback and the larger Giulietta. The brand's vehicle sales in Europe, its main market, fell to 36,148 in the first half from 32,769 the year before, according to market researchers JATO Dynamics.
Marchionne again denied recent news reports about potential merger talks with PSA/Peugeot-Citroen or Volkswagen but he said he was always ready to consider new alliances. "We have nothing to talk about," he said. "We will make an announcement when we need to."(...)"
Em http://europe.autonews.com/article/...pen-to-new-alliances-but-wont-sell-alfa-romeo
A prazo é bastante provável a FIAT (FCA), aprofundar a questão de futuro projecto com PSA Peugeot Citroën na Europa e América do Sul, a Alfa-Romeo poderá vir a beneficiar na RPC da capacidade industrial da Citroën já instalada.
A (re)entrada da Peugeot na América do Norte também é capaz de ser discutida via rede comercial da Chrysler e/ou Alfa-Romeo.
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