Rumormill: Suzuki to join Marchionne's Fiat/Chrysler/Opel super-group
 

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<br />With Fiat preparing to join forces with Chrysler, Opel, Saab and General Motors Latin America, the Italian auto group is expanding its home base to the United States, Germany, Sweden and South America. So what's it missing? Japan. The latest rumors out of <em>Automotive News Europe</em> could go a long way towards addressing that omission, as the trade organ is reporting that Fiat CEO and merger mastermind Sergio Marchionne may be preparing to bring Suzuki into the fold as well.<br /><br />The main contributing factor to this turn of the rumormill, though, is the presence of Suzuki's factory in Hungary, where the Japanese automaker builds the Sedici (twin to the Suzuki SX4 Crossover) for Fiat and the Agila for Opel. However, Marchionne insist these are pure speculation, dismissing the reports as "nonsense." Marchionne arguably already has more on his plate than he can chew at the moment, but the scuttlebutt probably isn't entirely without merit.<br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090511/ANE02/905119997/1042">Automotive News Europe</a> - subs. req'd]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/11/rumormill-suzuki-to-join-marchionnes-fiat-chrysler-opel-super/">Rumormill: Suzuki to join Marchionne's Fiat/Chrysler/Opel super-group</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Mon, 11 May 2009 15:29:00 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/20090511/ANE02/905119997/1042>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/11/rumormill-suzuki-to-join-marchionnes-fiat-chrysler-opel-super/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1542409/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/11/rumormill-suzuki-to-join-marchionnes-fiat-chrysler-opel-super/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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