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it can only be seen as good for consumers that this has come about
http://mashable.com/2015/07/26/fiat-...r-to-buy-back/ Quote:
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Owch.
They have had a real bad year so far. What will this cost them? How many hundreds of millions?
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depending on the car and age this could actually go into the magic 9 digit figure.
they are talking 500,000 Dodge Ram's and over a million older jeeps that had issues with fuel tank barriers. EDIT: more info is needed but just based on using the base Ram 1500 at $25,660 entire price of 250,000 units is $6,415,000,000. thats only half of the 500,000 thats talked about and excluding the jeeps. Last edited by dead_man00124; 27-07-2015 at 02:24 PM. |
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R51 Pathy, 91 Jayco Swan
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Just bought a jeep.
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Fiat just bought a whole bunch of Jeeps.
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Umm what the hell is the jeep recall about? Nearly every car I've owned has the fuel tank behind the rear axle.
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Rear fuel tanks are sick bro
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Hard to believe they were bailed out of bankruptcy at the GFC crisis and still continue to operate in this manner...
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it was a series of rear impact fires with Crown Vics in the 90s that led to the shield being required
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It would be safe to say that a certain few won't be invited to the Christmas party.
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Here's a report with more detail -
http://www.ibtimes.com/fiat-chrysler...y-back-2026048 $70mill fine $20mill to improve safety efforts, which includes the buy back then $15mill more if they don't get their **** into gear. I would have thought the 70's Pinto fiasco would have go the manufactures to sort the rear tank issue out ![]() |
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