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The contract is linked to an ambitious €20 billion investment plan to retool Fiat's factories in Italy and double production capacity by 2014—part of a wider strategy to gain scale with its partner Chrysler Group LLC and better compete with its larger rivals.

Fiat Reaches Deal With Metalworkers Union Gilles Castonguay 2011

But the bulk of Fiat's efforts to catch up with rivals will only come to fruition in 2013 when a major overhaul of its product offering for Europe will see it roll out 11 new and updated models.

Fiat Gears Up, Cautiously Gilles Castonguay 2011

Under the plant-refurbishment plan, initially dubbed Fabbrica Italia, Fiat aims to boost capacity at the company's five Italian factories to 1.4 million cars and vans by 2014—part of Mr. Marchionne's wider strategy of gaining scale through Fiat's merger with Chrysler, of which it owns 53.5%.

Fiat Gears Up, Cautiously Gilles Castonguay 2011

Fiat's push to change the working conditions on the factory floor by substituting a national labor contract with its own contract provoked a debate in Italy about the decline of its industry's competitiveness in the global economy.

Fiat Reaches Deal With Metalworkers Union Gilles Castonguay 2011

The Source Labor Union Battling, but Fiat Wins War "This will come as a relief for nearly 80,000 workers," said Rocco Palombella , secretary general of Uilm, one of the five unions that signed up for the agreement after two weeks of talks in Fiat's home town of Turin in Italy's northwest.

Fiat Reaches Deal With Metalworkers Union Gilles Castonguay 2011

Mr. Marchionne said he wasn't surprised by Tuesday's downgrade of Fiat's debt rating by Fitch Ratings Inc. the last of the three major agencies to do it.

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Mr. Suzuki said Monday he thought Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn understood that Suzuki had to use Fiat's 1.6-liter diesel engines since it would be hard to install VW's engines in some cars because of the German engines' design.

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Fiat's Lancia brand is selling a version of the Dodge Journey crossover vehicle in Europe.

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"There's no need to change the numbers," Sergio Marchionne told reporters after the presentation of the Thema sedan and Voyager minivan, two new models for Lancia, Fiat's small but upscale brand in Europe.

Fiat Sticks to Profit Target Gilles Castonguay 2011

He even threatened to move production outside Italy if he didn't get what he wanted, saying that Fiat's factories in the country had to become more efficient.

Fiat Gears Up, Cautiously Gilles Castonguay 2011