Fiat and Chrysler vs. Peugeot and Dongfeng

After some weeks dealing with other matters, I’m back with our site. So many things have happened in the new year. The main event: Fiat completed Chrysler acquisition. Finally, after 4 years dealing with Chrysler problems and hard negotiations with labor unions, Sergio Marchionne announced that Fiat finally owns 100% of Chrysler shares. His first […]

Fiat-Chrysler Sales Results 2012 (Part II)

74 different models (plus the LCV nameplates) allowed Fiat to sell more than 4,2 million units in 2012. I was able to gather data for 4,05 million units by model and here there are the results. The top-10 is perfectly balanced between both groups. However they are quite different in terms of content. While the […]

Fiat-Chrysler Sales Results 2012 (Part I)

Fiat-Chrysler sold 4,2 million cars in 2012. That’s 6% more than a year earlier. After the several posts regarding the results by brand, models and countries, it is time for a final article that contains general results worldwide. All the information featured in the coming charts is the result of my own data research and […]

Fiat-Chrysler current models

There is a new page in this blog. It is called ‘Current models’ and it contains the Fiat and Chrysler current offer in the whole world. There are 74 charts for 74 different models that contains information about when the car was first introduced, when it had an update (restylings), its segment, body-type and direct […]

Norway 2012 Results Highlights

Car sales were quite stable in Norway during 2012. While its neighbours like Sweden and Finland saw important falls, Norway car registrations fell a tiny 0,3% just as it happened in Denmark. A total of 138.000 new passenger cars were sold in this Scandinavian country. Half of this market is composed by SUVs and C-Segment […]

Fiat and Chrysler: they need each other

The Fiat-Chrysler merge has become a big issue not only for Sergio Marchionne, but for both companies and its employees. Last time Fiat bought a part of Chrysler was in July 2012, completing 58,5% of Chrysler ownership. The remaining part was supposed to be gradually sold by VEBA fund based on a price agreed by […]

Sweden 2012 Results Highlights

The largest Scandinavian car market had a bad year, with sales down 8%. From 280.000 units sold in this country, Fiat-Chrysler sold a bit more than 5.700 cars, for a 2,05% market share. It improved its position, no matter the fall on registrations. Nevertheless, the group is still very unpopular among Swedish preferences. In the […]

2013-H1: Fiat-Chrysler sells 2,18M units and profits fall 6%

During the first semester of this year both companies, Fiat SpA and Chrysler LLC, sold 2.18 million units worldwide (Ferrari and Maserati included), up 2,4%. That’s 42 billion euros (Magneti Marelli, Teksid and Comau included), up 0,8% on 2012-I. Despite this tiny growth in registrations and revenues, the group’s profits (EBIT) fell 6% to 1,66 […]

2013 H1, great in Brazil, good in USA, bad in Europe

The first 6 months of this year have been a mix of good and bad results for Fiat-Chrysler. Chrysler lead the group’s registrations by selling 910.642 units in USA, up 9%. It was certainly a low increase compared to previous year. GM gained 8%, while Ford’s sales grew 13%. The reason for this result, which […]