09-10-2002, 05:56 PM
C'est pas la grande forme :
Alfa won't come to USA until 2007
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By Luca Ciferri
Automotive News Europe / September 09, 2002
Alfa Romeo's return to the USA has been delayed again.
Sources say Fiat Auto's sporty brand won't go on sale in North America until 2007, three years later than originally planned.
The relaunch has already been postponed twice. Fiat pulled Alfa Romeo out of America in 1995.
The delays have been caused by problems developing new models that meet US safety and emission regulations - and lack of funding for the huge marketing campaign needed to reintroduce the brand.
To maximize its marketing budget, Alfa Romeo wants a full US lineup: replacements for the 147, 156, Spider, GTV coupe and a full-size crossover vehicle.
The original plan was to start with the new Spider and later add the 156 replacement.
Following the creation of the GM-Fiat equity alliance in March 2000, Fiat announced plans to return to the USA as early as 2004.
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Fiat is forced to cut capacity again
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By Luca Ciferri
Automotive News Europe / September 09, 2002
With its sales plummeting, Fiat Auto has decided to make another big cut in production capacity.
Company sources say a further reduction - to be announced in late October - mainly involves downsizing its Mirafiori plant in Turin. The changes will result in about 2,000 job losses.
A Fiat Auto spokesman declined to comment.
Cuts announced in May by Fiat Auto CEO Giancarlo Boschetti were aimed at reducing installed capacity in Italy to about 1.8 million units by the end of 2003. Next month's announcement will accelerate the process. Insiders say Boschetti wants to achieve a bigger reduction in capacity much sooner.
The sources say production of the Fiat Marea at Mirafiori could be halted by the end of October - about six months earlier than originally planned. Production of the Multipla minivan could be transferred from Mirafiori to the Cassino plant in central Italy, where production of the Stilo is running at a lower rate than planned.
Production of the Fiat Panda at Mirafiori could be halted by the end of this year, though output of the 22-year-old model may continue until mid-2003.
The Fiat Punto line in the same complex could be maintained - to be used for the 2004 B-MPV small minivan. But Punto output would be halved to a little more than 100,000 units. The Punto is also built at two other Fiat plants.
Mirafiori is expected to maintain a line for final assembly of the Alfa Romeo 166 and the new Lancia Thesis that will debut this autumn.
Fiat Auto is also expected to announce an end to vehicle assembly in Arese, near Milan. The long-time Alfa Romeo plant ended complete vehicle production in July 2000 when the Spider and the GTV coupe line was transferred to Industrie Pininfarina in Turin. Since then, Arese has kept only a small assembly line to add compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas systems to the Marea and Multipla.
Fiat said in May that seven assembly lines at Mirafiori and Rivalta, a factory outside Turin, would be consolidated into four by end of 2003. All four lines will be at the Mirafiori complex. Rivalta will be turned over to the Fiat group's FiatAvio aerospace equipment subsidiary.
The job cuts expected to be announced in October would be added to those announced in May. Fiat said then that it would lay off 2,442 employees, including 1,831 production workers and 611 white-collar staff, plus 445 in external service companies.
Fiat Auto reported operating losses of E823 million in the first half of this year, dragging the Fiat group to a E426 million operating loss. Boschetti has promised to end the year with an operating loss close to the E549 million deficit in 2001.
Fiat Auto's sales in Italy fell 11.4 per cent last month, while the overall market was down only 5.6 percent. Fiat's share in its home market has fallen to 31.4 percent this year through August, compared with 34.6 percent in the same period last year.
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Alfa won't come to USA until 2007
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By Luca Ciferri
Automotive News Europe / September 09, 2002
Alfa Romeo's return to the USA has been delayed again.
Sources say Fiat Auto's sporty brand won't go on sale in North America until 2007, three years later than originally planned.
The relaunch has already been postponed twice. Fiat pulled Alfa Romeo out of America in 1995.
The delays have been caused by problems developing new models that meet US safety and emission regulations - and lack of funding for the huge marketing campaign needed to reintroduce the brand.
To maximize its marketing budget, Alfa Romeo wants a full US lineup: replacements for the 147, 156, Spider, GTV coupe and a full-size crossover vehicle.
The original plan was to start with the new Spider and later add the 156 replacement.
Following the creation of the GM-Fiat equity alliance in March 2000, Fiat announced plans to return to the USA as early as 2004.
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Fiat is forced to cut capacity again
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By Luca Ciferri
Automotive News Europe / September 09, 2002
With its sales plummeting, Fiat Auto has decided to make another big cut in production capacity.
Company sources say a further reduction - to be announced in late October - mainly involves downsizing its Mirafiori plant in Turin. The changes will result in about 2,000 job losses.
A Fiat Auto spokesman declined to comment.
Cuts announced in May by Fiat Auto CEO Giancarlo Boschetti were aimed at reducing installed capacity in Italy to about 1.8 million units by the end of 2003. Next month's announcement will accelerate the process. Insiders say Boschetti wants to achieve a bigger reduction in capacity much sooner.
The sources say production of the Fiat Marea at Mirafiori could be halted by the end of October - about six months earlier than originally planned. Production of the Multipla minivan could be transferred from Mirafiori to the Cassino plant in central Italy, where production of the Stilo is running at a lower rate than planned.
Production of the Fiat Panda at Mirafiori could be halted by the end of this year, though output of the 22-year-old model may continue until mid-2003.
The Fiat Punto line in the same complex could be maintained - to be used for the 2004 B-MPV small minivan. But Punto output would be halved to a little more than 100,000 units. The Punto is also built at two other Fiat plants.
Mirafiori is expected to maintain a line for final assembly of the Alfa Romeo 166 and the new Lancia Thesis that will debut this autumn.
Fiat Auto is also expected to announce an end to vehicle assembly in Arese, near Milan. The long-time Alfa Romeo plant ended complete vehicle production in July 2000 when the Spider and the GTV coupe line was transferred to Industrie Pininfarina in Turin. Since then, Arese has kept only a small assembly line to add compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas systems to the Marea and Multipla.
Fiat said in May that seven assembly lines at Mirafiori and Rivalta, a factory outside Turin, would be consolidated into four by end of 2003. All four lines will be at the Mirafiori complex. Rivalta will be turned over to the Fiat group's FiatAvio aerospace equipment subsidiary.
The job cuts expected to be announced in October would be added to those announced in May. Fiat said then that it would lay off 2,442 employees, including 1,831 production workers and 611 white-collar staff, plus 445 in external service companies.
Fiat Auto reported operating losses of E823 million in the first half of this year, dragging the Fiat group to a E426 million operating loss. Boschetti has promised to end the year with an operating loss close to the E549 million deficit in 2001.
Fiat Auto's sales in Italy fell 11.4 per cent last month, while the overall market was down only 5.6 percent. Fiat's share in its home market has fallen to 31.4 percent this year through August, compared with 34.6 percent in the same period last year.
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