Fiat manufacturing

Oh boy, here we go again.

I will get the butter, somebody else can grab the popcorn.

All I can say is I recently had a Dart as a loaner, it is the most uncomfortable car I have ever sat in.

Good for them in moving production around. as long as the $$$ comes back here in the end is what matters.

And the Dart is a nice car. I`ve driven one and they are better than what Daimler gave us! the darts are everywhere! any time you turn around there is one!

dodge guy wrote:
Good for them in moving production around. as long as the $$$ comes back here in the end is what matters.

And the Dart is a nice car. I`ve driven one and they are better than what Daimler gave us! the darts are everywhere! any time you turn around there is one!

Then why is it and the 200 scheduled to receive the hatchet. I've been reporting the opposite around this area and is more in line with Fiat management decision to cut their loss.

I have a friend who has a Dart. It's a very nice car.

Another (previously) American company taking their manufacturing to a foreign country...

dodge guy wrote:
And the Dart is a nice car. I`ve driven one and they are better than what Daimler gave us! the darts are everywhere! any time you turn around there is one!

And right behind that one Dart are are three Chevy Cruzes and three Ford Focus.

Probably doesn't hurt that you live relatively close to the production plant. I myself have not driven one or been in one, but someone at work had one for a 800 mile road trip and was less than impressed with it.

ktosv wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
And the Dart is a nice car. I`ve driven one and they are better than what Daimler gave us! the darts are everywhere! any time you turn around there is one!

And right behind that one Dart are are three Chevy Cruzes and three Ford Focus.

Probably doesn't hurt that you live relatively close to the production plant. I myself have not driven one or been in one, but someone at work had one for a 800 mile road trip and was less than impressed with it.

Yes I`m not far from it, but that doesn`t mean they just hand them out because I`m close. It`s still a nice low priced car, that drives nice and looks great! even my son loves the looks of it!

Humorous as to seeing many FCA Darts for sure because I live only 116 air miles from where FCA's Darts are made and yet we are very lucky the see as many as one of them a week in our region. Yup, they are nixing the Dart and for very good reasons as it's a big loser for FCA and very poor seller! Also notice that FCA is moving Jeep building to Toluca, Mexico from Belvidere, Illinois too. Won't have to ship the Mexican made engines north thousands of miles to the U.S. for the engines any more. Then they can import the engines in the Mexican made vehicle and save money. Smart!?!?!?. What it really means is: Simply, bye bye for so many more American jobs but why not since FCA is actually an Italian owned and run corporation anyway!

Smart move by Fiat as they answer to the shareholders first. It's a global world, and where production takes place should come down to what is best for the consumer in low prices and increasing profits to keep the company viable.

How do you figure they are losing jobs?

They are taking production of a non-selling car and moving it to Mexico.

Instead they are going to make high selling pickups and SUV's in the US.

Sounds to me like there will actually be more jobs coming back.
High demand vehicles are going to need more workers to put them together.