This could work or it could be a disaster (yes, I know I'm being captain obvious as what other option is there with this). This could work because the last time Chrysler and an Italian company worked together we got some of Chrysler's best products from a marketing and profitability standpoint in recent years. The LH car design came from a Lamborghini Portofino which had the cab forward design inspiration. The Neon also was the result the team. The problems I can see is possibility quality issues. Fiat I've heard doesn't have the greatest quality and Chrysler needs more than anything else to get rid of the heads hung around their necks of the poorly executed Ultradrive, weak head designed I4s, and the 2.7L V6.

I'm a little skeptical of it working after the last European ownership turned a successful Chrysler into it's nearly dead state; however, those were stiff Germans and these are Italians so it could be different. I would feel better if it was under Magna's control, but if I had my way Bob Lutz would have been Iaccoca's replacement instead of Bob Eaton anyhow. Perhaps Italy has different standards than the rest of Europe, from what I've always read, European cars although they get better gas mileage (when their economy cars, its the opposite way around for mid-sized and large cars to keep the record straight) do not have quite the emission standards that we do, hence being allowed to have more diesel models more easily.