Today, The Wall Street Journal’s “letters to the editor” column hosts, to say the least, a misinformed letter by Mr. Tom Lieb that was posted on the wsj.com site yesterday. Regrettably (a sarcastic English understatement), the Journal disregarded the comment I promptly posted yesterday, thereby prohibiting broadsheet readers to get accurate and balanced information. For
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Category Archives: Corporate Business
Under One Roof – FCA’s competitive advantage
One of the first things we tell visitors to the Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Mich., is they’re in the second largest office complex in the U.S., next to the Pentagon. That gets their attention. Then we explain they’re also within a unique environment where a new vehicle can be conceived, designed,
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Facts matter
Sadly, the citizens of a southern Georgia town who performed their civic duty this week in the tragic case of a young boy’s traffic death were prevented from seeing or hearing critical evidence. Four-year-old Remington Walden was killed when a pickup truck traveling at highway speed slammed into the rear of the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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The Truth Behind the Chrysler Bailout
Time has come to once and for all put to bed the urban legend that “Fiat SpA’s Sergio Marchionne gained control of Chrysler without spending a single dollar.” Let’s set the record straight and not purposely forget such essential facts as: a) in June 2009, Chrysler’s value was zero, to say the least; b) at
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Lucky 13 in Latin America
While much attention will be paid to our December and full-year 2014 sales in the United States next week, it brings me pleasure to let you know of a major sales achievement in one of our largest, and most important markets, Brazil. For the 13th consecutive year, Fiat brand ended 2014 as the sales leader in
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2014: A busy and transformational year
Looking back on 2014, it was a busy and transformational year for FCA US LLC on the business side of things. We have a new name that better aligns us with our parent company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA); we’ve become a wholly owned member of the FCA family; and we’ve raised capital to compete
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FCA US LLC Née Chrysler Group LLC
Starting today the company known as Chrysler Group LLC has a new name: FCA US LLC. It’s all part of the changes underway since our parent company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles came into being in October. When you see or hear news stories about us, we’ll be properly called FCA US LLC the first time our
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