REPORT: Fiat wins bid for Bertone
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>2007 Bertone Fiat Barchetta concept - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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According to the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, Fiat has beaten out two other finalists and has won the bid for bankrupt design house and small-scale auto manufacturer Carrozzeria Bertone. The Italian Economic Development Ministry said in a statement that Fiat was chosen as the winning buyer due to its proposed three-year 150 million Euro investment into the company and the promise to keep Bertone's 1,137 workers on the job.<br />
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Intriguingly, Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola further said that Bertone's manufacturing unit will be "[integrated] with Chrysler for the production in Italy of some models for the American auto company." The mind reels with the possibilities of Italian-designed and built Chryslers flooding American showrooms - for better or for worse.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2007-bertone-fiat-barchetta/low/">2007 Bertone Fiat Barchetta</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2007-bertone-fiat-barchetta/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/bertone-barchetta_01_thumbnail.jp g" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2007-bertone-fiat-barchetta/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/bertone-barchetta_02_thumbnail.jp g" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2007-bertone-fiat-barchetta/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/bertone-barchetta_03_thumbnail.jp g" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2007-bertone-fiat-barchetta/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/bertone-barchetta_04_thumbnail.jp g" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2007-bertone-fiat-barchetta/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/bertone-barchetta_05_thumbnail.jp g" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090806-715631.html">Wall Street Journal</a> - Sub. Req'd]<br /><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/06/report-fiat-wins-bid-for-bertone/">REPORT: Fiat wins bid for Bertone</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:27:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090806-715631.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/06/report-fiat-wins-bid-for-bertone/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19121368/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/06/report-fiat-wins-bid-for-bertone/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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