AUBURN HILLS – Will Fiat’s CEO, Sergio Marchione, become the CEO of Chrysler as well? That’s from a report in Italian newspaper La Stampa. Of course, we always knew that Bob Nardelli was brought in by Cerberus to run Chrysler for a limited amount of time, until he got its finances cleaned up. My assumption was that Jim Press, who has enormous automotive experience, would then take over. But if Fiat is going to take a major position in Chrysler, it’s going to want to have its people at the highest levels, and that’s why Marchione is rumored to be Chrysler’s next CEO.
We all know that copy car designs have been a problem in China. You can buy knock-off versions of just about anything, from pirated DVDs to iPhone imposters. This even extends to the car world. One well-known example has to do with the Chery QQ. It’s such a close copy of the Daewoo Matiz, that the doors are actually interchangeable! And now German website Autobild.de reports that Geely is expected to show a car at the Shanghai Auto Show that’s a blatant Rolls-Royce rip-off. Geez Geely, have you no shame?
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