Word: dieselization
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...Suppliers also hope that Fiat will transfer some of its well-honed diesel technology to Chrysler. Chrysler buys diesel engines for vehicles it sells in Europe, but it withdrew a diesel-powered Jeep Liberty from the U.S. market last year because the European-made engine didn't seem to meet the expectations of American consumers. Also, Chrysler needs a new diesel engine for export markets in Latin America and the Middle East...
...hope is that a Chrysler-Fiat alliance will make small, fuel-efficient diesel more acceptable to American consumers, according to a major European-based supplier of engine technology that works with Fiat. Fiat's new diesel, a generation ahead, is quieter and cleaner and burns low-sulfur fuel that would enable it to meet stringent new emissions regulations, he says...
...good news is that Indian voters are starting to raise their expectations. In rural West Bengal last fall, I met a man whose biggest complaint was that his village had no electricity. His children had no light to study under in the evenings, and he had to buy expensive diesel for a generator to charge his mobile phone. He wasn't simply deprived; he was angry because he knew exactly what he was missing. Cell phones and cable television have brought not just political advertising to poor and rural areas but also new aspirations and a more acute awareness...
...hang out with Tupac, who is still living, but in the infinite that is no time or space. 18. Jam with someone who rocks professionally. 19. Be the man (or woman), just for one day. 20. Take it to the max not because you have to, but because Vin Diesel tells you to. Concurrently, meet Vin Diesel. —H. Max Huber ’09, Jake D. Segal ’09, Andrew R. Granoff ’09, and Clem D. Wright ’09 contributed to the reporting of this story while watching Stepbrothers...
...government would wipe out Chrysler's shareholders, buy out its bondholders, cut wages and jobs, deal with its retirement liabilities and fund the warranties, then Fiat would take a crack at Chrysler. The Italians would bring their cars to Chrysler's showrooms and share their advanced diesel technology with Chrysler engineers. Chrysler might sell some cars in Fiat's markets - Jeeps may have the best overseas appeal. Marchionne would lend his managerial chops. And if things worked out, Fiat would take a controlling share...