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May
14th

Germany mulls two rival plans for Opel, time presses

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Germany's hunt for a partner for General Motors' Opel unit has boiled down to two rival groups and the government wants both Fiat and Magna International to present a full plan within a week. Full story...
May
14th

Fiat’s Sicily workers strike; bigger protest set for this weekend

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Workers at Fiat's Termini Imerese plant in Sicily stopped work and blocked a road on Thursday. They are upset following reports that the facility would be closed under plans to create the world's second-largest carmaker. Full story...
May
14th

Ex-Fiat marketing chief De Meo starts at VW Aug. 1

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Volkswagen announced Thursday that former Fiat S.p.A. Chief Marketing Officer Luca De Meo will start as marketing boss for its passenger car unit August 1. In January, Automotive News Europe was first to report De Meo would quit Fiat. Full story...
May
14th

Ex-Fiat exec De Meo starts at VW Aug. 1

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Volkswagen announced Thursday that former Fiat S.p.A. Chief Marketing Officer Luca De Meo will start as marketing boss for its passenger car unit August 1. In January, Automotive News Europe was first to report De Meo would quit Fiat. Full story...
May
14th

Ex-Fiat marketing boss De Meo starts at VW Aug. 1

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Volkswagen announced Thursday that former Fiat S.p.A. Chief Marketing Officer Luca De Meo will start as marketing boss for its passenger car unit August 1. In January, Automotive News Europe was first to report De Meo would quit Fiat. Full story...
May
13th

New UAW-Chrysler contract includes no-strike provision

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The UAW has agreed not to strike Chrysler LLC until September 2015. The Detroit automaker, which declared bankruptcy April 30 to sell its valuable assets into an automaker run by Fiat S.p.A. Full story...
May
13th

ITALY: Auto unions meet over Europe factory closure threat

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Fiat union officials, who fear job losses if the company pushes ahead with plans to buy GM Europe's Opel and Vauxhall operations, are meeting with their German counterparts to discuss the situation. Full story...
May
12th

ITALY: Fiat to stay in Italy – chairman

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Fiat would remain firmly in Italy, its chairman has said, apparently trying to allay union gears over a possible merger with Opel. Full story...
May
12th

GERMANY/ITALY: Fiat-Chrysler-Opel merger ‘unhealthy’ – VW chief

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Fiat's plan to combine Chrysler with Opel is unhealthy, according to Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech. Full story...
May
12th

Russia’s GAZ confirms interest in GM’s Opel brand

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Russian carmaker GAZ said on Tuesday it would be interested in creating a joint venture with Magna International and Opel. Canadian partsmaker Magna is vying against Fiat S.p.A. to buy General Motors' European business, centered around Opel. Full story...
May
12th

GM’s Henderson cannot guarantee Vauxhall’s future

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General Motors has declined to give an assurance about the future of the company's Vauxhall brand. Fiat group's plan to merge its car business with GM European operations has raised fears for the future of GM's Vauxhall unit in the U.K. Full story...
May
11th

GERMANY: States not seen ‘convincing’ Fiat plan for Opel

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Fiat has still not presented a convincing strategy to merge Opel with Fiat Auto, German regional governments have said. Full story...
May
11th

FRANCE: Fiat-Opel ties would not faze PSA

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PSA Peugeot Citroen does not fear a possible alliance between Fiat and Opel, a Peugeot director has said. Full story...
May
11th

ITALY/GERMANY: More of Marchionne’s merger plans emerge

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Financial details of Fiat's plan to create a giant automaker operating in Europe, America and Africa emerged at the weekend. Full story...
May
11th

Fiat workers strike over Opel merger plan

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Trade union workers at Fiat SpA's Termini Imerese plant in Sicily went on a brief strike on Monday to pressure the carmaker to disclose its plans for them in the event of a merger with Opel. Full story...
May
11th

Marchionne says Suzuki won’t be part of Fiat/Opel merger

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Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne denied that Japan's Suzuki Motor Co. could join his planned alliance between Fiat Group Automobiles and General Motors' European and Latin American operations. Full story...
May
11th

GERMANY/ITALY: Unions to discuss Fiat-Chrysler-Opel merger plans

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Leaders of Italy's and Germany' s major engineering unions will meet in Frankfurt on Wednesday to discuss the job implications of the proposed Fiat-Chrysler-Opel merger and the creation of a new global giant carmaker, Reuters reported. Full story...
May
11th

PSA has no fear of Fiat-Opel merger

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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has no fear of a possible alliance between Fiat and General Motors's Opel brand, a PSA board director said. Full story...
May
11th

PSA has no fear of Fiat-Opel merger, Peugeot boss says

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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has no fear of a possible alliance between Fiat and General Motors's Opel brand, a PSA board director said. Full story...
May
11th

Italian and German unions to meet over Fiat/Opel merger plan

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Leaders of Italy's major engineering unions will meet their counterparts in Germany next week as anger seethes in the Mediterranean nation over Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's plan to merge Fiat, Opel and Chrysler into a new global giant carmaker. Full story...
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