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Fiat Preparing to Accept Additional Stake in Chrysler
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Fiat’s plan to acquire the U.S. Government’s final piece of Chrysler has been set into motion, as Bloomberg reports that the company will begin testing the 40-mpg Alfa Romeo-based small car that will satisfy the government’s last criteria by the second half of this year. Having paid $5.1 billion to settle what was left of Chrysler’s debt and now in the process of buying the government’s remaining interests in the American automaker with a payment of $500 million, Fiat is expected to acquire another five percent once it begins production of the new small car in the U.S.
The new car will be sold under the Dodge brand and will be based on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, which might solve the mystery of the one we caught in Michigan last month. Fred Goedtel, head of Chrysler’s assembly operations, said that the tooling to build the small Dodge-branded car will be installed in the company’s Belvidere, IL assembly plant in August and that official production will begin “sometime” in the first quarter of 2012.
The car’s design has been finalized, according to head of Chrysler design Ralph Gilles, and a name was decided on last week, but both are being kept under wraps for the time being. Speaking about the new vehicle, Gilles said, “The company is really focused on it.” The new Alfa-based car from Dodge should get at least 40 mpg, possibly with the help of Fiat’s MultiAir technology.
Once Fiat successfully completes the $500-million deal to buy the U.S. Treasury Department’s final cash-purchasable stake, the Italian automaker will raise its stake in Chrysler to 52 percent on a fully diluted basis. Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said that he expects Fiat to acquire the final five percent from the U.S. government by the end of the year, eventually raising Fiat’s stake to 57 percent.
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