Comments on: Chrysler appoints new Fiat North America chief

By: 85ZingoGTR

85ZingoGTR — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:10:48 +0000

@ torquemonster – FIAT = Fix It Again Tony!!

By: 85ZingoGTR

85ZingoGTR — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:06:56 +0000

Ok. So she’s in charge of only one car. The Fiat 500. Doesn’t seem too hard. But a chick in charge of a car company segment. That’s such a turn on.

By: leftwingagenda

leftwingagenda — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:29 +0000

this thread deserves more comments than an interview with a gm exec…that’s all i’m sayin’…

By: vicdub85

vicdub85 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:59:50 +0000

I hope he washed his hands first…

By: Tigers Wood

Tigers Wood — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:20:25 +0000

h82w8, did you have a smoke when you were done…reading?

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:34:17 +0000

This does not bode well for Fiat — having come from both VW and Ford, her corporate culture is one of mediocrity.

By: GeneralSTL

GeneralSTL — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:21 +0000

^ it’s nap time eh? Ewwww.

By: h82w8

h82w8 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:38:38 +0000

Reading this story and her picture had me interested, interested again, very interested, VERY VERY INTERESTED, and then all of a sudden, not interested at all.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:33:43 +0000

I’m definitely sensing a rise in Fiat’s fortunes.

By: NRG

NRG — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:29:46 +0000

I would like to do some Experiential Marketing with her, one on one of course.

By: torquemonster

torquemonster — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:15:05 +0000

FIAT = Fox In, At Top.

By: GeneralSTL

GeneralSTL — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:06:03 +0000

You guys are nothing but pigs for talking about how you’d “smash,” “take for a ride,” and “do” this woman. Shame on you!!! Seriously though, I wouldn’t mind blowin’ that back-bone out either.

By: Wawa

Wawa — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:59:30 +0000

Very nice.

By: Kid Icarus

Kid Icarus — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:23:02 +0000

Now that is a FIAT that I would like to take for a ride….

By: Tigers Wood

Tigers Wood — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:50 +0000

I would do her, but then again I’m not real particular….

By: twobolt

twobolt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:25:18 +0000

Is she from the Soave Bolla wine family?

By: BAD124

BAD124 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:34 +0000

cshannon53 – thats awesome. I literally burned out my PS1 because of that game. Missed allot of homework too haha. Mr Grimm and the hearse we my favs. TM3 was terrible, Dark is pretty cool.

By: mobile1ph

mobile1ph — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:56:03 +0000

I’m sure she gave Sergio a quick little 500 to get the spot.

By: Asif Farooqui

Asif Farooqui — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:32:54 +0000

Oh dear you Americans are in for a lot of fun with these cars. Here in Europe they aren’t particularly well regarded reliability wise, and their dealers here are some of the worst in the industry for customer satisfaction. Its only the introduction of the little 500 that may change their fortunes…

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:27:25 +0000

Borat… the table is now set.

By: leftwingagenda

leftwingagenda — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:23:33 +0000

i would gladly offer her some of my own human resources, if given a chance…

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:21:25 +0000

pahammer, that one had me stumped too. It must be something like ‘human resources’… you know, they give a nice fluffy name to a position whose original title made too much sense.

By: MoDo

MoDo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:21:14 +0000

-pahammer

When 1 Country just imports cars for sale in another Country, the “Marketing” is really all there is..and the “Marketing” titles they give out go from very understandable to just plain wacky.

I wish her well, It’ll be all peachy with the Fiat 500 for 6 months…THEN the real work will need to start, thats if she lasts that long under Marchionne.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:20:20 +0000

pahammer – sounds like some BS job to me. She was only 12 when Fiat left last time. That’s nuts. But how hoard of a job could it be? It’s only the 500 right now and heck, even Dr. Z would have a hard fvcking that up. Clearly it will be only a niche brand for the forseeable future.

The project she’s most notorius for at VW? The 50 year anniv. Barbie edition Beetle. Really – no joke!

By: pahammer

pahammer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:40:28 +0000

General Manager of Experiential Marketing… Huh?

By: cshannon53

cshannon53 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:51 +0000

^^ BAD124

I haven’t played playstation/twisted metal in probably close to a decade. You just brought back lots of warm memories of me blowing up thumper, axel, and the whole twisted metal crew! My favorite was the cop car – the girl who drove it was super-hot.

By: Smegley Wanxalot

Smegley Wanxalot — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:18 +0000

The strategy here is her attractiveness may help sales by offsetting the poor quality of Fiats.

By: Swizzle

Swizzle — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:29:53 +0000

I would smash.

By: golfpunk

golfpunk — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:19:35 +0000

The 500 could do ok as a niche vehicle, but I don’t see Fiat lasting long in the US or Canada and I still don’t see how Chrysler is going to survive. Perhaps Fiat can eventually sell Jeep to someone, but Chrysler and Dodge appear doomed.

By: BAD124

BAD124 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:19:01 +0000

Shes quite pretty compared to the last woman exec (the one from Saturn that looked like SweetTooth from Twisted Metal)

By: vicdub85

vicdub85 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:14:04 +0000

Let the womanizing comments begin…