FCA - Product Plan (Notizie - Riassunto a pag. 1)

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Quindi a quanto sembra Chrysler 200 e Dodge Dart a Toluca al posto di Freemont/Journey e 500.

Chissà che non sia un'opportunità di farle arrivare (quanto meno la 200 come Lancia o Fiat) in EU... D'altronde le auto prodotte in Messico importandole non pagano il 10% di dazi previsti per le auto di provenienza USA e Canada.

Ancora una volta...

Sono auto federalizzate non omologabili per il mercato europeo.

Siccome l'auto non la progetti e la porti sul mercato in un anno, é evidente che il destino di Lancia fosse già deciso ben prima della presentazione del piano industriale del 2014.

Per quanto riguarda Fiat, beh a breve ci proveranno con l'ægea.

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UAW reaches improved deal with FCA at deadline

UAW reaches improved deal with FCA at deadline

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Larry P. Vellequette

Automotive News

October 8, 2015 - 12:01 am ET -- UPDATED: 10/8/15 12:32 am ET - adds Williams statement

The UAW and Fiat Chrysler reached another tentative agreement on a new labor contract early this morning, averting a threatened strike that could have sent some or all of FCA’s 40,000 unionized workers off the job.

The union, in a statement, said its bargaining committee "secured significant gains" in the new agreement. Details weren’t disclosed.

“We heard from our members, and went back to FCA to strengthen their contract,” UAW President Dennis Williams said in the statement.

“We’ve reached a proposed Tentative Agreement that I believe addresses our members’ principal concerns about their jobs and their futures. We have made real gains and I look forward to a full discussion of the terms with our membership.”

The tentative pact came after the UAW gave FCA notice Tuesday that it would no longer work under the extended terms of its former 2011 contract. The union and FCA had reached a tentative agreement Sept. 15 on a new labor contract, but its terms were rejected by UAW members at FCA 65 percent to 35 percent.

The company confirmed an agreement was reached:

"FCA US confirms that it has reached a new tentative agreement with the UAW. Because the agreement is subject to UAW member ratification, the company cannot discuss the specifics of the agreement pending a vote by UAW members," the statement said.

The UAW said the bargaining committee unanimously agreed to send the tentative agreement to local union leaders.

As it did last month, the union will schedule informational meetings with local leaders to go over terms of the proposed contract before another membership ratification vote in the coming days. That meeting is set for 11 a.m. on Friday, the UAW said in its announcement.

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Initial target

The UAW selected FCA US as its initial target for pattern bargaining with the Detroit 3. The union’s 2011 contracts with Ford Motor Co. and General Motors were extended as talks proceeded with FCA.

Had a deal not been reached and a strike called, it would have been the first time the UAW has struck a Detroit 3 automaker over wages and benefits during national negotiations since brief walkouts, first at General Motors, then at Chrysler, in the fall of 2007.

Under Chrysler and GM’s U.S. government bailouts in 2009, the union was prohibited from striking the two companies during the 2011 round of labor talks.

In rejecting the Sept. 15 tentative agreement with FCA, UAW members said on social media that the main issues were continuation of the controversial two-tier wage system, displeasure over alternative work schedules and job security matters.

It was unclear what changes were made by bargainers to achieve a new agreement.

Financial condition

FCA is in the worst financial shape of the three Detroit automakers and least able to afford significant increases in labor costs or an extended strike. FCA would lose roughly $1 billion in revenue and an estimated $40 million in operating profit per week in a general strike, according to auto analysts quoted by Reuters.

UAW members would have been asked to make tremendous financial sacrifices as well during an extended strike. Strike pay is $40 per day, or $200 per week, but doesn’t start until the eighth day of a strike.

The rejected tentative agreement would have provided raises to both higher-paid legacy workers and lower-paid Tier 2 workers. Legacy workers, who comprise 55 percent of FCA’s hourly workforce would have seen their wages rise from $28 an hour to $30 an hour. Tier 2 workers would have progressed from $16 to $19 an hour to $17 to $25 an hour.

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https://instagram.com/klausbusse/

Head of Design for Fiat, Abarth, Alfa Romeo and Maserati.

Guardate le ultime due foto che ha postato.....

Aymaro, sai qualcosa a riguardo ?

[Cosimo]

pare arrivi in italia

[Matteo B.]

il bancario calvo (Ramacciotti ) mi sembra volesse andare in pensione.

Tencone parrebbe scavalcato da questo tizio

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il bancario calvo (Ramacciotti ) mi sembra volesse andare in pensione.

Tencone parrebbe scavalcato da questo tizio

Modificato 13 Ottobre 2015 da pennellotref

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Alfa Romeo´s target: a matter of time | Fiat Group's World

Alfa Romeo gets ready to party, or at least that’s the message we’ve been getting since 24th of June when Sergio Marchionne revealed the all-new high-performance Giulia Quadrifoglio sedan. It was the preview of what’s expected to come in the coming months in an attempt to revive the brand and become a profit generator within FCA group. The brand wants to join the premium cars boom by offering a perfect mix between Italian design and technology, and sporty soul that will allow its rebirth in Europe and its real reintroduction in North America. Marchionne’s numbers target 400.000 units by the end 2018, or 6 more times the current sales figures in only 3 years. In terms of volume, Alfa’s target isn’t unreachable considering that the brand will play as a “local” in USA and premium segment keeps posting positive growth in many markets (with the scary exception of China). The problem is timing and the very slowly way FCA introduces the new cars.

A good example of how slowly the brand goes on is Frankfurt motor show last month. Everybody was waiting for the reveal of Giulia’s rest of the range, the hot-selling versions, the one that will really bring people and money to FCA. However the brand showed the same car that was officially revealed 3 months before, leaving the audience waiting for more. Frankfurt 2015, and not Geneva 2016, was the perfect occasion to introduce the other Giulias. They didn’t and again, they lost time. They are working on the D-SUV to rival with BMW X3 and Audi Q5, but this car won’t be available in the dealers till early 2017. If everything goes well, by the end of 2017 the brand will be registering higher sales volume only if the public in USA and Europe demands the Giulia family (SW is expected as well), the D-SUV, and an updated Giulietta. Still, it is not only a matter of products.

Learning from Jaguar, Lexus and Infiniti

Awesome new cars don’t guarantee immediate success. Jaguar, Lexus, Infiniti and even Volvo can explain what Alfa Romeo would expect in the coming years. These brands are very good examples of how a non-German premium brand can survive, grow and find its place. They have invested lots of money on the development of their mid-size and large sedans and SUVs in order to increase the public’s awareness and consideration but sometimes it hasn’t been enough when your competitor is 5 or more times bigger than you. The race won’t be easy for Alfa Romeo especially when it wasted a lot of time, it played with its image and it let many of its clients to go away.

Last year Jaguar unveiled the mid-size XE sedan in a massive event in London. The baby Jaguar is positioned right in the middle of the premium D-Segment, hence it is a direct rival of the successful Audi A4, BMW 3-Series and Mercedes C-Class. The brand has done a lot to position the XE as a real alternative to the Germans but its sales figures don’t show the same trend. European August YTD data indicates that Jaguar has sold a bit more than 6.000 XEs in about 6 months. When compared to its rivals, the new Jaguar is even further: during August the aged Audi A4 (the new generation hit the dealers in September) registered 8.440 units while there were 1.165 XEs sold, according to JATO data. The comparison may not be fair considering the fact that the Jaguar hasn’t a range as big as the Audi’s and the XE was launched years later its predecessor died.

Volvo, the largest premium car maker after the 3 Germans, knows also how is it to deal with its rivals. This brand targets 500.000 units by the end of this year thanks to the introduction of the new XC90, the success of the XC60 and the new versions of the V40, S60 and V60. But it’s growing not as fast as expected. Till August, Volvo Europe sold 9% more cars than in the same period of 2014, whereas its sales advanced 4% in USA. The brand is doing better in China but once again it’s not only a matter of products. The cases of Lexus and Infiniti are even more complicated. With the exception of the NX mid-size SUV, all Lexus nameplates in Europe posted negative growths till the end of August. Infiniti, helped by Nissan and Mercedes, will try to conquer more European clients with the introduction of the Q30 compact hatchback and bring some volume. These 2 Japanese premiums struggle in Europe despite its wide range of new products, their quality and interesting designs. Alfa Romeo to take some notes.

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Non so se sia così o meglio non credo, perchè in realtà, anche se non specificato nel suo account Instagram, Busse è un designer di interni. Fino a poco fa ne aveva la responsabilità limitatamente a CJDR . Il bancario calvo () è stato sostituito da Gilles.

Infatti boh, sembra una posizione creata ad hoc per lui...non capisco a cosa sia dovuto.

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Al trapianto a Torino del sistema organizzativo Fca Us?

[RVC]

Al trapianto a Torino del sistema organizzativo Fca Us?

e partono dai creativi del design? il top manager per l'area rimane Altavilla, che penso non debba farsi spiegare da nessuno come organizzare alcunché.

no, gatta ci cova IMO.

EDIT: appena letto il messaggio di Aymaro, ora è chiaro. Grande cagata, anche perché le realizzazioni di interni USA sono anni luce al di sotto di quello che si fa in Europa...e sono state fatte sotto questo signore.

Modificato 15 Ottobre 2015 da RVC