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Sarà Pietro Gorlier, nuovo capo di Fca Emea, a scoprire le carte, il prossimo 29 novembre, sul futuro del gruppo in Italia. In un incontro con i sindacati Fim, Uilm, Fismic, Ulg e Quadri (Aqcfr] i vertici del Lingotto (non è ancora certa la presenza dell'ad Mike Manley) faranno sapere come si muoverà il gruppo tra il 2019 e il 2022 in base al piano industriale presentato lo scorso 1 giugno dall'ex ad Sergio Marchionne. In pratica, si conoscerà in quali impianti verranno prodotti i modelli annunciati e se il piano illustrato a Balocco sarà rispettato alla lettera, o se sono previsti ritocchi alla luce dell'andamento dei mercati e delle nuove normative sulle emissioni che l'Ue si appresta a varare. E poi c'è l'importante tema dell'elettrificazione della gamma e della conversione delle fabbriche specializzate in motori diesel.

«Ci aspettiamo risposte concrete per tutti gli stabilimenti italiani in modo da rispondere positivamente alle preoccupazioni che avevamo evidenziato vista la situazione produttiva in peggioramento», puntualizza Ferdinando Uliano, segretario nazionale Fim Cisl.

 

Qualche anticipazione potrebbe arrivare il 30 ottobre, durante la conference call di Manley sui conti del terzo trimestre, insieme a nuovi dettagli a proposito della cessione a Calsonic Kansei di Magneti Marelli. Si dovrà comunque aspettare la chiusura dell'esercizio 2018 per sapere dove e come saranno investiti i 6,2 miliardi che Fca incasserà grazie a questa operazione.

Gorlier, che ha la responsabilità dell'Europa, in questi giorni è impegnato a bilanciare il piano di sviluppo produttivo delle fabbriche in relazione a quanto sta avvenendo sui mercati e alle continue tensioni politiche nel Paese. Rispetto al passato, potrebbero esserci novità sul fronte del marchio Fiat, un po' troppo frettolosamente indicato come non prioritario rispetto ai premium Jeep, Alfa Romeo e Maserati. La gamma Tipo non sarà toccata, mentre 500X sarà il secondo modello a essere equipaggiato con un motore ibrido dopo Jeep Renegade.

Il 29 novembre, inoltre, sarà importante capire la strategia che Fca intende adottare per Alfa Romeo e Maserati, prima sotto un unico capo (Tim Kuniskis) e ora di nuovo separate, con Harald Wester alla guida del Tridente. E chissà se, uscito di scena Marchionne, qualcuno (Volkswagen?) torni alla carica per il Biscione.

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Anche qui non vi è comunque nessun virgolettato...

Aspettiamo domani o al massimo fine novembre per avere qualche info in più sulla roadmap italoamericana.

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Forse le novita alla conferenza stampa saranno piu per Jeep/Ram che per Fiat ?

 

DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' new CEO is tired of being No. 3 in U.S. pickup truck sales.
With a strategy of loading up its revamped Ram 1500 full-size trucks with new features — ranging from 12-inch touch screens on the dashboard to large battery packs and electric motors to help adjust speed and gears and conserve fuel — the automaker is banking on a sustained surge in demand.
So Mike Manley is now reconsidering a decision announced in January to stop building Ram heavy-duty pickups at a plant in Saltillo, Mexico. That plant, and another in Warren, Michigan, between them would produce other Ram models and free up manufacturing capacity to make even more new trucks to eat into sales of Ford Motor Co.'s F series or General Motors' Chevrolet Silverado, and its higher-end GMC Sierra.
"We need to get ourselves into second" place, Manley told Reuters exclusively in his first interview since taking over the No. 7 global automaker after Sergio Marchionne died suddenly. "Frankly, I don't care which of the two I take share from."
When President Donald Trump was threatening action that would have imposed a 25 percent tariff on Mexican-made pickup trucks earlier this year, Fiat Chrysler said Saltillo would be "repurposed to produce future commercial vehicles."
In 2017, Marchionne had raised the possibility his company could move heavy-duty pickup production out of Saltillo, saying U.S. tax and trade policy would influence the decision.
Now, the United States, Mexico and Canada have a tentative trade agreement that imposes no ceiling on shipments of pickups to the United States from Mexico, provided they meet thresholds for the share of parts produced within the region.

"With a combination of Warren and Mexico building what we call the classic truck, we have enough production to increase output next year if it's required," Manley said.
"In my opinion it will be required. We are gaining share. Obviously I am looking for that to continue, but it's an incredibly competitive segment," he added.
The Ram and Jeep brands underpin the automaker's North American business — which accounted for nearly 85 percent of Fiat Chrysler's second-quarter pretax profit — and offset the struggles of its legacy Fiat business in Europe and operations in China.
Ford's F-series pickups have led the segment for four decades. In 2017, Ford had a 35.6 percent share of U.S. retail truck sales, followed closely by GM at 34.2 percent and FCA with 22.3 percent.
Pickups are the single biggest contributor to the Detroit Big 3 automakers' profits, so there is plenty at stake as they fight for market share.
In the battle for pickup customers, GM launched a new version of its Silverado truck designed with a focus on slashing weight and trimming production costs to compete with market leader Ford.
Fiat Chrysler, which reports third-quarter results on Tuesday, took a different tack with the new Ram. The automaker stuffed more features into the vehicle — including an optional 12-inch touch screen and partial electrification that saves fuel and helps with acceleration and cruise control — on a bet that customers would pay more in return.
So far, the gamble appears to be paying off. The new Ram 1500's average sale price for the year to date through late October hit $46,856 — higher than the $42,389 average for the Ford F-150, according to industry data.
Hayden Elder, owner of Elder Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram in Athens, Texas, said three times in under a month he has had families trade in nearly new large SUVs made by FCA's rivals for a new Ram 1500.
"This new Ram is the biggest leap I've ever seen from one version to another," Elder said. About 70 percent of the 800 vehicles he sells annually are trucks.
Phil Jansen, Fiat Chrysler's head of product development, said when his team began redesigning the Ram 1500, they decided a lighter, all-aluminum body — which Ford uses for its trucks — was too expensive. GM executives reached the same conclusion.
But Fiat Chrysler took a chance that GM did not, and added a large battery pack and electric motor that assist with acceleration and shifting, plus deliver a smooth stop-start function that idles the engine when stopped in traffic, boosting fuel economy.
"It can save about this much fuel at an average stop," said FCA electrification manager Brian Spohn, holding up a small tumbler of water.
The decision to offer a larger dashboard screen than its rivals have came late in the design process. Initially, the big screen was offered in the top three of the truck's six versions. Fiat Chrysler has since decided to offer it on an additional version.
Demand is so high, the company has pushed the screen's supplier for as many screens as it can provide, according to a source familiar with production plans.
"We haven't found the ceiling yet" for what U.S. customers are willing to pay for additional features, said Jim Morrison, head of the Ram brand in North America.
Fiat Chrysler had problems earlier this year accelerating production of the new Ram truck on a highly automated production line installed at a Detroit-area plant that previously made slow-selling sedans.
Among the problems: Dropped bolts and other debris would shut down automated vehicles that carried truck frames through part of the assembly process. The solution was to put debris-sweeping skirts on the carriers, FCA executives said on a recent tour of the plant.
Now, the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant is cranking out around 65 trucks an hour, 20 hours a day, six days a week — a pace of about 400,000 vehicles per year.
"It is capable, if we wanted to, to push it up more from there," Manley told Reuters. "Clearly, having the capacity to fulfill our ambitions is important."
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http://www.autonews.com/article/20181029/OEM01/181029719/fca-manley-ram-pickups-mexico

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Ma scusate, vi aspettavate il focus sulla Panda a prezzo Rovazzi  ?    :)

 

si costruisce e si progetta quello che rende .

 

Per il resto si allunga il brodo il più possibile.

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Archepensevoli spanciasentire Socing.

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