Viewsroom: Who will drive off with Fiat Chrysler?
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🗓️ 28 March 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:30.0 | Why do rival carmakers suddenly want to drive off with Fiat Chrysler? |
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| 0:55.8 | Let's get the wheels turning, though, by looking at what's becoming a race for Italian-American |
| 1:00.3 | carmaker Fiat Chrysler. Last week, reports emerged that Persio had approached its rival, only to be |
| 1:05.9 | rebuffed. Now, Renault seems to be interested, though, has its own issues with partner |
| 1:10.3 | Nissan to deal with. To either of these deals make sense. Would Fiat Chrysda be better of looking elsewhere, exploring joint ventures or even staying on its own? To help steer me through all of this, I'm joined on the line by our two Europe-based carheads, Lisa Yucca in Milan. Hi, Lisa. Hello. And in London, we've got Liam proud. Welcome |
| 1:28.8 | back to the both of you. Welcome, Liam. Hi, Anthony. Hi, Lisa. So, Lisa, let me start with you. |
| 1:34.4 | What we're seeing now with these two potential interested parties coming along is what |
| 1:41.0 | former Fear Crys of Boss, Sergei Marcioni, who died last year, would have loved, I think. He was always the most vocal about the need for carmakers to merge, not least in his 2015 pitch that I think we all remember very well the confessions of a capital junkie, which his main argument was, look, there are a lot of us chasing the same thing, there's a lot of overcapacity in the industry, and we're all replicating a lot of R&D and other costs that frankly don't make any of us stand |
| 2:04.7 | out. So why don't we merge and do big deals? I think GM was always the big one back then he was |
| 2:10.2 | talking about. But he was always continually rebuffed. So Lisa, first question to you, what's changed? |
| 2:16.7 | Is it just that Sergio is no longer on the scene, or is it more fundamental? |
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