Ciao! Fiat to build Chryslers in Italy?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/" rel="tag">Plants/Manufacturing</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chrysler/" rel="tag">Chrysler</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/jeep/" rel="tag">Jeep</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a></p><a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090916/ANE02/909169998/1208"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fiat-chrysler.jpg" /></a><br /> <br /> Fiat is hard at work trying to come up with the best available use of its newly acquired Chrysler arm. Part of that plan may be to sell more Chrysler products in Europe, and Fiat just so happens to have an available factory to build them in. <em>Automotive News</em> is reporting that Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne says the company would use its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/06/report-fiat-wins-bid-for-bertone/">freshly purchased Carrozzeria Bertone plant </a>near Turin, Italy. Fiat purchased the facility in July, just a few weeks after Chrysler exited chapter 11 bankruptcy.<br /> <br /> Marchionne declined to discuss which vehicles would be built at the factory, but those following the Italian automaker have plenty of reasonable guesses. <em>AN</em> quotes sources who say the facility could open as soon as late 2011, and it could build the next generation Chrysler 300. The upcoming new 300 will reportedly begin production in the US in early 2011, and the 300's RWD platform is rumored to be used in future <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/15/alfa-romeo-to-build-169-sedan-on-same-platform-as-chrysler-300/">Alfa</a> and/or Lancia models. The sources also claim Jeep models could be built in other Fiat facilities by using complete knock down kits shipped from here in the US.<br /> <br /> [Source: <a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090916/ANE02/909169998/1208">Automotive News</a> - Sub. Req'd | Photo: DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/17/ciao-fiat-to-build-chryslers-in-italy/">Ciao! Fiat to build Chryslers in Italy?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:39:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autonews.com/article/20090916/ANE02/909169998/1208>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/17/ciao-fiat-to-build-chryslers-in-italy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19164345/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/17/ciao-fiat-to-build-chryslers-in-italy/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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