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FCA And Its Rivals In Detroit Are Losing North American Crossover Market Share
« on: August 01, 2018, 12:52:28 am »
Fiat Chrysler Authority
Aaron Brzozowski
July 31, 2018

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is losing market share in North America’s crucial crossover market, but the Italian-American automaker is hardly alone. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, all of Detroit’s Big Three automakers – FCA, GM, and Ford – are ceding sales to companies from overseas, and especially those from Japan.

Fiat Chrysler under late CEO Sergio Marchionne put a large portion of its recent crossover focus on premium brands Alfa Romeo and Maserati, whose respective Stelvio and Levante crossover models are hardly a blip on the radar. The Jeep brand received some investment over the past couple of years, too, although only a portion of it went into new crossover products; much of it was spent on a complete redesign of the hardcore Wrangler off-roader, and mid-cycle actions (MCA) for the Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, and Renegade.

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Re: FCA And Its Rivals In Detroit Are Losing North American Crossover Market Share
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2018, 12:52:44 am »

U.S. auto companies are back where they were ten years ago?

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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2018, 01:10:24 am »
Everyone knows that subsidizing failure improves a product!
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Re: FCA And Its Rivals In Detroit Are Losing North American Crossover Market Share
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2018, 01:47:14 am »
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Everyone knows that subsidizing failure improves a product!


I think they did improve and because their backs were to the wall. Even the UAW had to bend a bit. But public perception runs to the foreign brands.

 
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Re: FCA And Its Rivals In Detroit Are Losing North American Crossover Market Share
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2018, 01:55:14 am »
I have had an Italian wife for 50 years and she is a keeper.

OTOH had 2 Fiats, purchased 48 and 50 years ago respectively. Nore, please.

(But the Alfa Stelvio SUV with the V8 is interesting.


BTW we learned last week, that BMW is America's biggest auto exporter.  Guess what model types? Luxury level SUVs X5 built in South Carolina for the world. 
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Re: FCA And Its Rivals In Detroit Are Losing North American Crossover Market Share
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2018, 12:45:51 pm »
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...BTW we learned last week, that BMW is America's biggest auto exporter.  Guess what model types? Luxury level SUVs X5 built in South Carolina for the world.

Tariff War Casualty? America’s Largest Car Exporter Shifts Some Production to China
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/273171-tariff-war-casualty-americas-largest-car-exporter-shifts-some-production-to-china
July 11, 2018
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Re: FCA And Its Rivals In Detroit Are Losing North American Crossover Market Share
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2018, 06:29:40 pm »
Quote from: thackney on August 01, 2018, 12:45:51 pm
Tariff War Casualty? America’s Largest Car Exporter Shifts Some Production to China
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/273171-tariff-war-casualty-americas-largest-car-exporter-shifts-some-production-to-china
July 11, 2018
Yes, BMW builds vehicles all over the world. Mine was built in Leipzig Germany.


Mercedes builds in Alabama. VW builds in Tennessee.

Note that Trump proposed eliminating tariffs altogether, and EU guy Junker agreed?

Something that SHOULD amaze many,, is how did BMW become America's biggest exporter and not GM or Ford?
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