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Ahh, so that's what those guys do down the way! I always drive by this place and meant to look it up! Very nice!
"I've never had to put up with this in the past," said Duane Kassens, a driver from Indiana who was involved in an accident contributed to a snow-clogged traffic light.


So the accident contributed to snow clogging the traffic light? Jeez, do you guys have editors? Attributed, for crying out loud! ATTRIBUTED!
So this is what GM did with all the Saturn Aura inventory.
Oh my! I just messed myself!
If a Maserati minivan surfaces, surely the world is at an end!
Umm, no. Lambo is part of VAG (Volkswagen-Audi Group), not FIAT
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Notice in that last paragraph "new" taxpayer money. So me guesses that the new $8b will be repaid, but not was has already been spent.
From bloomberg:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEijL5Nqod3k&refer=home

Obama Says Chrysler Getting ‘New Lease on Life’ in Bankruptcy
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By Mike Ramsey and Roger Runningen

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the U.S. and Canada will commit more money to Chrysler LLC as it forms an alliance with Italy’s Fiat SpA that will give the automaker a “strong chance of success.”

As part of the deal to get as much as $3.5 billion in operating loans from the U.S. government, Chrysler will file for bankruptcy in New York, a process that an administration official said should be completed within two months.

“The necessary steps have been taken to give one of America’s storied automakers, Chrysler, a new lease on life,” Obama said in remarks at the White House. “This process will be quick, it will be efficient.”

The president faulted some of Chrysler’s smaller lenders, including hedge funds that he didn’t name -- “a small group of speculators” -- who refused to make the concessions agreed to by the company’s major debt holders and workers.

Chrysler will be in bankruptcy for one to two months and GMAC LLC will become its new finance arm with a fresh infusion of capital from the government, according to an administration official who briefed reporters before Obama spoke. The Auburn Hills, Michigan-based automaker will receive $4.5 billion in exit financing, the official said.

Chrysler’s bankruptcy filing will be made imminently and the court process will be used to extinguish some contracts and to thin the company’s dealership body, the official said. Payments to auto-parts makers and other contractors will continue to be made.

New Company

There will be no immediate plant closures or job cuts as a result of the bankruptcy filing. Chrysler will be sold to a new company created by the government using a provision of Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code. The Canadian government will contribute a portion of the funding for Chrysler’s so-called debtor-in-possession financing.

Chrysler will name a new board of directors, the official said. As part of the agreement, Fiat will make engines and cars in the U.S., the official said.

Fiat will gain 15 percent more ownership of Chrysler by hitting three goals, including providing international distribution for Chrysler vehicles, building a car that gets 40 miles per gallon in the U.S. and putting a new fuel-efficient engine in a U.S. plant.

“Every dime of new taxpayer money will be repaid before Fiat can take a majority ownership stake in Chrysler,” Obama said.
Got to love a doctor!
There is no way they will make a FWD mustang.
Your other option though, sounds more plausible.
An EcoBoost twin turbo V6 mustang would be a freaking hoot!

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