Friendless Fiat?
“EVERYBODY is talking to everybody else. We are too busy assimilating Volvo, but you should never say never.” That is how Bill Ford, chairman of Ford Motor, sums up Ford's view of the current consolidation in the car industry. The pairing-off of Renault and Nissan in March relaunched the speculation that first began with the merger between Daimler and Chrysler last year.
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