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Auto Industry: Fiat as the Engine for Change

Edward,
I must confess that you had me worried for a moment or so at the beginning of this article - but, I believe that your conclusions are spot on (as if anyone can truly discern where this will end up).
Where the actual "rubber meets the road" properties of these various companies will be in a couple of years is a major concern as well - Opel has over the years, enjoyed a strong reputation for quality; whereas, Fiat has not. I can't speak to the other "marques" noted above on these points but, as a supposed major player in this exercise Fiat may be sorely wanting in this specific area and one wonders how the Obama "Auto Task Force" evaluated this particular issue, if at all.

What Could Fiat Be Thinking?

Lucia fra poco tere va!

Auto Sales Declines Around the World

The most attractive option in personal transport (apart from the bicycle) is a car like the Aptera! GM, Ford & Chrysler will not likely be the entities that will produce such a car - far too committed to the overweight leviathans that they "think" they must produce.
The Aptera, with it's solar roof panel is just a start - picture a few thousand Aptera's with their entire outer surface covered with a Nanosolar photovoltaic "skin" or, when parked, with a "parasol" of PV panels, that can also re-charge the battery & also "hook-up" to a grid. What do our cars occupy most of their time doing anyway? PARKING... PARKING... PARKING.....!!!!!