An automobile marriage of Chrysler and Fiat

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Chrysler is getting another chance to rewrite its business plan and this time it’s with Fiat, the Italian car company known for zippy sports cars that are far from that of Detroit V-8 engines. This is Fiat’s way of breaking into the American auto industry and Chrysler’s way of keeping its cars on the roadway.

On The Takeaway is Nelson Schwartz, the European economics correspondent for the New York Times who wrote the piece “Chrysler Gets an Italian Accent”.

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