«
»

 

 

Fiat cars will be built in Chrysler factories,
and be sold as Chryslers

Although I am less than Iveco (Fiat) trucks.pleased with the government’s bail-out of the auto industry I will be glad to see another European brand on the road. Fiat makes a wide range of cars and is way ahead of Detroit on fuel economy.

The question for Sprinter owners is will Chrysler continue to sell Sprinters? The Sprinter is manufactured by Mercedes in Europe, taken apart to ship to Sprinter's competition?the US and then re-assembled.

Iveco, a subsidiary of Fiat is a very large truck maker and has wanted to break into the US market for some time. Does the deal with Fiat include all the components of the Fiat Group? If so, the Sprinter will have to find a new home.

Many say Freightliner which also sells Sprinter in the US under their brand will be the new contact point. The only thing wrong with that is Freightliner in not in every state and certainly will not be convenient to travel to for a warranty problem.

I fear we will once again be camping in an orphaned vehicle like our 2002 VW Eurovan.

Tags: , , ,

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at 1:41 pm and is filed under Just thinking. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “Fiat cars will be built in Chrysler factories,
and be sold as Chryslers”

  1. Rick Says:
    May 10th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    I have seen Iveco trucks on the roads in the US before. I hope they keep making the Sprinters. We are considering buying one! I’m not happy with any of this bailout nonsense, either.