Re: Concerns about GM-FIAT Strategic Alliance

["Jay Mackro" <jmackro@domain.elided>]

Paul Rollins <psroll@domain.elided> had written
>Subject: GM-FIAT Strategic Alliance concerns
>
>This announcement is more alarming than assurring regarding FIAT's
>future,  .....This is the bunch that  was responsible for achievements 
>like:..... the we-can-make-a-car-look-like-Keiko-the-killer-whale Chevy
>Impala .......GM's future seems to be all in the past. 

Well, yes - as the Capitol Steps might say, GM are a "lunch of
boozers".  Still, this list has not been especially kind to FIAT
management either - comments like "a couple sandwiches
short of a picnic" come to mind.  So, maybe the two deserve
each other.

I guess we need to decide whether we would like to see Alfa
fade into oblivion as a go-it-alone FIAT gets further mired in
debt, labor problems, and increased competition.  Or, whether
we would rather see some life breathed into it, ala Volvo,
Saab, Jaguar.  Personally, I would prefer the latter - unless
the 2001 Alfa Romeo comes out looking like Keiko the killer 
whale!

Jay Mackro - who never bought a new Alfa, but used to
spend a bundle on parts at their dealerships.

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