Hints and tips:
...Overall, Chrysler brand sales fell 13 per cent, with Dodge flat and Fiat brand off 45 per cent during the month. Toyota North America said total July sales were down 2.1 per cent to 208,770....
...US sales of its Fiesta, Focus and C-Max Hybrid cars were up 30 per cent year-on-year....
...Bernstein Research argues putting two mid-sized European makers of small cars together has greater logic and synergies than a Fiat-Chrysler tie-up....
...After trying unsuccessfully to orchestrate a merger of General Motors and Chrysler last year, he then did a deal with Italian carmaker Fiat in January....
...The discussion in Washington about facilitating the merger of Chrysler and General Motors highlights the turmoil plaguing the US automobile sector....
...But that is what DaimlerChrysler, the German-US carmaker, did on Wednesday as it dropped a hint that it might split from Chrysler....
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