Three Christmases ago, Chrysler looked beaten. Always the feeblest of America's Big Three auto makers, Chrysler's ownership by Cerberus had been non-productive, and at the end of 2008 the company was caught badly with a lagging product line and in the midst of the biggest downdraft in U.S. auto sales in a half-century.

But within a few months, Fiat would come to Chrysler's rescue and accept the automaker's carcass from the U.S. government in a taxpayer bailout.

Now, Chrysler is returning the favor in a fashion. While Fiat's European operations are being dragged down by intense small-car competition in that market and, of course, the seeming collapse of the eurozone, as well as the fiscal troubles of Italy per se, Chrysler is experiencing an all-American renaissance that is helping keep its new owner from sinking too far.Continue reading...

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Bloomberg reports that Fiat Spa, which owns 53.5 percent of Chrysler Group LLC, “may shift planned production of Jeep and Alfa Romeo sport-utility vehicles from its oldest plant in Turin to North America and build a small city car at the factory instead.”

Now, the weak dollar may have Fiat moving some jobs to the United States.

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