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في اطار مساعي كريسلر لترتيب الاوراق و جلب حفنه اخرى من الاموال

لبدء مرحله شرائها الكامل من قبل الجنرال كما يطلقون عليه General Motors

اوقفت كريسلر التطوير على الجيل الجديد من محركات ال في 6

و اليكم الخبر

Chrysler’s future Phoenix V6 engine has been speculated on for the past several years and now as the company is the midst of merger talks there are claims that the $3 billion engine project may have been shelved.

The Phoenix V6 was touted to be a world class engine designed for Chrysler’s entire portfolio of brands, including its Jeep SUVs, Chrysler sedans and minivans, and Dodge pickup trucks. Some of its planned features included direct-injection and cylinder-deactivation technologies as well as variable valve timing.

While Chrysler is yet to confirm if development of the Phoenix has been canceled, Allpar reports that one of the plans that was scheduled to build the engine has been told the project has been canned. The latest rumor comes less than a week after Chrysler dropped plans to build a new dual-clutch transmission with Getrag.

If the claims prove true, their close proximity with reports of a possible merger between Chrysler and General Motors or Renault-Nissan suggests that a deal will go ahead sometime in the near future. Both GM and Renault-Nissan build some of the most modern and high-tech V6 engines in the industry – GM with its HF (high feature) V6 and Renault-Nissan with the award-winning VQ series.

Chrysler canceling its own development plans makes sense as the Phoenix project was previously reported to have a bill of around $3 billion.

و في خطوه اخرى على صعيد اخر

اعلنت jp- morgan انها ستدخل في عمليه الاندماج بين كريسلر و بين جنرال موتورز


A group of banks led by mega bank JPMorgan Chase have joined the discussions between General Motors and Cerberus Capital Management over the sale of Chrysler LLC. JPMorgan Chase holds about $10 billion in Chrysler debt and is apparently eager to help General Motors acquire the beleaguered, privately-held automaker.

“While a GM-Chrysler tie-up would clearly be a high risk transaction from an operational perspective, such a transaction may give GM leverage over two key stakeholders: the UAW and banks,” JPMorgan auto industry analyst Himanshu Patel wrote in a research note provided to journalists yesterday. “By saving Chrysler from a liquidity event, GM may also be able to get itself much needed secured bank financing from the same banks that are currently holding Chrysler debt.”

GM would also gain access to Chrysler’s $11 billion in cash, though the combined group would ultimately shed up to 30,000 jobs, according to those close to the discussions. The job cuts would, naturally, be devastating to the Michigan economy, as well as Chrysler employees at plants, dealerships and regional offices throughout the United States.

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research, said that the GM-Chrysler deal is “90 percent certainty” during an interview with the Detroit News.

“The cost of a cleanup would be a lot of more than preventative measures,” he told the paper. “The banks are pushing hard. They want to see a consolidation. A combined GM-Chrysler becomes too big to fail from a policy standpoint.”