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		<title><![CDATA[Alfa faces product freeze under a review of the struggling brand:]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/alfa-faces-product-freeze-review/22385/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiat S.p.A. could freeze new investment in Alfa Romeo under a strategic review of the money-losing brand ordered by CEO Sergio Marchionne. A product freeze is one of two alternatives that Fiat is considering to end years of losses and declining sales at its sporty premium brand. The other option...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:39:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GMAC Problems Drag Chrysler and Fiat, Too, Not Just GM]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though it's been a while since General Motors gave up control of GMAC, people still tend to associate GMAC exclusively with GM. A Fitch Ratings report reminds us GMAC affects Chrysler, too. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:41:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former Fiat exec will revive iconic De Tomaso sports car brand:]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italian businessman Gian Mario Rossignolo plans to revive the De Tomaso sports car brand. The former Fiat S.p.A marketing executive aims to build 8,000 De Tomaso cars a year in a former Pininfarina S.p.A. factory near Turin. Rossignolo, 79, who bought the De Tomaso brand from a Modena, Italy, bankruptcy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:02:32 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Volkswagen hit by Qatar sale]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Volkswagen shares slid after Qatar Holdings said that it would sell up to 25m of its preference shares in the German carmaker.The sovereign wealth fund announced in a statement that it was selling half of its 50m shareholding "to enhance the liquidity" of VW's preference stock, or about a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrysler Reveals Its Turnaround Plan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(From Bill Pugliano / Getty Images) Less than six months have passed since Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy with new owners and a new lease on life. Yesterday the company gave a progress report to over 400 analysts, dealers, and journalists during an unprecedented eight-hour briefing session. It's clear that while...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:42:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Plan]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/plan/19223/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of what you may read and hear in the coming days, not one of the countless journalists, analysts, and community leaders who gathered in Auburn Hills to hear Chrysler's new business plan yesterday really knows what the ailing automaker will look like in 2014. Not even group CEO Sergio...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:42:25 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cars Coming Soon-> Chrysler Edition]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/cars-chrysler-edition/19133/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[My memories of Chrysler are not good. When I was a kid, my parents had a Chrysler Le Baron. It trapped my younger brother in a seat belt that refused to unclick. Not long after, the engine blew up. Thankfully, my brother was already released from the Le Baron's ugly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:54:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fiat Plan for Chrysler is One Letter Away from "Faith"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10002854/fiat-plan-for-chrysler-is-one-letter-away-from-faith/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiat's turnaround plan for Chrysler calls for changes in marketing, brand image, positioning, product development and manufacturing much, much faster than car companies usually move. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:19:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Looking Into Dodge's Future]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrysler started out its marathon day of unveiling its five-year business plan by fleshing out the product future of its Dodge brand. For the next few years, the brand will rely on several refreshes of existing models, all presumably biding time until Fiat-based models can be fleshed out for our...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:55:45 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrysler's Five-Year Plan in Six Bullet Points]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/chryslers-plan-bullet-points/19036/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Chrysler delivered an epic press conference/Web cast Wednesday to detail its five-year plan, including coming products. Here is the essential information in six bullet points: • First of all, that winged logo that Nick Kurczewski wrote about Tuesday will not replace the venerable Pentastar as a Chrysler corporate logo. It...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:44:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marchionne: Man with the plan to rescue Chrysler]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the dark rumpled sweaters he wears most days to his modest, fourth-floor command post at the Chrysler Tech Center in Auburn Hills, Sergio Marchionne has said that he is intent on debunking the "Great Man" theory of leadership. "At Fiat, we have created a culture where everyone is expected...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:02:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fiat’s Five-Year Plan For Chrysler Leaks Early, Local Distribution In Question]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/plan-chrysler-leaks-early-local/18241/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DETAILS OF A special ‘five year plan' to resuscitate US carmaker Chrysler have leaked early, thanks to sources contacted by the Wall Street Journal. The plan, lead by Fiat and new Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, calls for a number of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge models to be retired or redesigned...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:15:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Breaking News: Chinese car maker sues Fiat]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/breaking-news-chinese-car-maker/16740/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[China's Great Wall Motor has launched legal action against Italian car maker Fiat for allegedly sneaking into its factory and stealing business secrets. China's Great Wall Motor has launched legal action against Italian car maker Fiat for allegedly sneaking into its factory and stealing business secrets. Great Wall filed a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:24:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrysler and Lancia brands to share products in Europe:]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/chrysler-lancia-brands-products-europe/14969/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiat S.p.A. aims to integrate the Chrysler brand more closely with the Italian automaker's upscale Lancia marque in Europe with the two brands likely to share products from small hatchbacks to large sedans. The appointment of Lancia CEO Olivier Francois as Chrysler brand boss is a step toward the goal,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:01:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Two executives leave in Chrysler shakeup]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/executives-leave-chrysler-shakeup/14397/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The resignation of two top executives at Chrysler Group LLC and the decision to divide Dodge into separate car and truck divisions does not derail or delay the five-year business and product plan still in the works, the company said Monday. The date to unveil the plan could be announced...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:48:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrysler chiefs quit in fresh upheaval]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/chrysler-chiefs-quit-fresh-upheaval/14373/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of Chrysler's three brand chiefs have left the company just four months after their appointment, in a fresh management upheaval. The Detroit carmaker has undergone sweeping changes since coming under the operational control of Italy's Fiat after its emergence from a court-supervised restructuring in June. It said yesterday that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:13:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: Chrysler, Fiat to display together]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/2009-frankfurt-auto-chrysler-fiat/9621/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat SpA will offer the public a family portrait of sorts at next month's Frankfurt auto show. To mark the alliance of the two automakers, cemented on June 10 after Chrysler LLC exited bankruptcy, the brands of both companies will share a display hall at the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:43:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrysler prepares to lay out future under Fiat]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/chrysler-prepares-lay-fiat/8972/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a flurry of activity behind closed doors in Auburn Hills as Chrysler Group LLC reinvents itself. While the restructuring is occurring largely out of view, the automaker's long-range plan is expected to soon be made public. There are promises that Chrysler will be more open and transparent than...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:21:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jim Press Leaving Chrysler]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/jim-press-leaving-chrysler/8746/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Date posted: 2009-08-21 12:46:00.0 DETROIT — Chrysler's deputy chief executive, Jim Press, was the last holdout among top Chrysler executives to remain after Chrysler's exit from bankruptcy and entrance into the Fiat fold. Now, news reports are saying, he will be leaving the automaker by year's end. The Wall Street...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:29:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Breaking News: Chrysler 'to build Fiat 500 in Mexico']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrysler Group LLC is planning to build the Fiat 500 small car at a plant in Mexico, according to a report published on Monday. Chrysler Group LLC is planning to build the Fiat 500 small car at a plant in Mexico, according to a report published on Monday. The automaker...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:00:32 -0700</pubDate>
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