Showing posts with label maserati quattroporte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maserati quattroporte. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Italian Ministry Orders 19 Maserati Quattroporte Limos Amidst Severe EU Economic Crisis



Unless you have been living in a give these recent few several weeks and were completely cut-off from the outside world, you will definitely be familiar with of the Western overall economy that began with the Ancient greek debts and is now frightening to immerse many more Europe.

For the last many years, Portugal taken extremely serious austerity actions to lessen its debts – though their rendering has remaining a lot to be preferred. Italia and Italy are regarded as by many experts to be next in line.

Yet the Italian language Secretary of state for Safeguard lately purchased 19 range-topping Maserati Quattroporte cars for administration officials!

It comes to no delight that the proceed induced an dislike in Italia as the ministry is designed to cut its resources by €2.5 million (US $3.5 billion) in the next several years.

“At some time when a lot of Italians are being suffering from a very serious overall economy, is there reasonable for the defense reverend to add 19 armored Maseratis to the ministry’s car park?” thought weight MP Emanuele Fiano in the parliament.

The defense reverend, Ingazio La Russa, opponent the weight of performing a “witch hunt” since he says that the autos were purchased for with resources from the 2008-2009 resources, before Silvio Berlusconi's administration presented the slashes.

La Russa also unquestionably devoted card: “What’s the problem? Maseratis are Italian language and they cost less than their In german equivalents", he said.

Truth to be said, he does have a real point there but only if you never take into account that before we tested, several Fiat, Lancia and of course, Alfa Romeo designs are still created in Italia. Unless of course, an Alfa 159 automobile, for example, is far too routine for the administration officials' pretty tastes….

Story References: The Telegraph
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Another Month, Another Delay: Alfa Romeo Won't Come to the States Until 2013, Cancels SUV Plans



In what has become something of a joke for those closely following the Fiat Group's plans to re-introduce Alfa Romeo to the States, the Milanese firm's CEO Harald Wester told journalists in Frankfurt that the company has once again pushed back the U.S. presentation of several key models.Wester also said that Alfa Romeo has canceled plans to build a mid-sized SUV at Chrysler Group's factory in Ohio.

In July, and following a string of delays that began in 2000, Fiat and Chrysler Group head honcho Sergio Marchionne said that Alfa Romeo would enter the U.S. market with the 4C sports car before the end of 2012, and launch a compact crossover model in 2013.

Now, Marchionne is claiming that the current debt crisis in Europe is forcing the company to reevaluate the timing of its new vehicle introductions.

"We are reviewing volumes and the timing of new products to see when it is really necessary to launch them," Marchionne said.

Under the new plan –which could very well be reassessed in a couple of months […]- Alfa will bring the 4C to the States in the first half of 2013, and the Ford Fiesta-sized MiTo hatchback in the second part of the same year.

In addition, the latest plan ditches the Jeep Liberty-based Alfa Romeo crossover and instead calls for a large rear-wheel drive sports sedan, loosely based on the next generation Maserati Quattroporte which will appear sometime after 2014.

Story source: Automotive News [Sub. Req.]

 

 

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