• 16 Mar 2009 at 2:34 PM

Avoid The Pesto Model

By Equity Private

Picture 899.pngBob Nardelli swears that Chrysler can survive all by itself even the failure of a proposed partnership with Fiat. In this instance “all by itself” is translated to “with $5 billion more in federal aid after we pissed the last $4 billion into the wind.”
This is the best Nardelli quote (in reference to Fiat’s refusal to actually, you know, spend any money or invest any cash on the partnership):
“…there is this perception that Fiat is bringing nothing to the party….”
In this instance “bringing nothing to the party” is translated to “bringing nothing to the party.”


The idea is that Chrysler will use Fiat designs to save years (four, five, or maybe six) of development time and continue Fiat’s quest to dominate the world (North America, next stop) with small boxes with a manual transmission bolted on.
We’ve been trying to come up with a replacement for the term “ricers,” but all that comes to mind is “supercharged linguine.”
Chrysler Chairman Offers Assurances [WSJ]

Comments (14)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    yeah those spaghetti eaters are really lame automakers — not like say, the Belgians…

  2. 2
    Posted by AJ | March 16, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    Is this the spot where I make a derogatory fix it again tony remark?

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:52 PM

    “supercharged linguine” Instant Classic

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    @2 spot on also stands for Futile Italian Attempt(at)Transportation….I should know had a ’71 Fiat Spyder

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    @4, you didn’t happen to buy it from a blond British chick with big tits did you?

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:17 PM

    @1 has obviously never driven a Ferrari

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:22 PM

    @5 unfotunately not… some Princeton guy who provided me an early life lesson that if you don’t know who the sucker is in the transaction, it’s you

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    @7 Its not my old beast… I had replaced the engine and tranny with a 77 model that was 25% larger. After I drove it into the ground, I tossed the keys to an ex girlfriend and walked out the door. Never saw her or the car again.
    ~5

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:28 PM

    I sent her on a wonderful cruise. You just missed a wonderful call from her. She just came back from a wonderful costume party that the captain threw. She gained ten pounds, there’s so much food on that boat. She’s up to 74. She tried pesto for the first time. Imagine that, 92 years old and she never tried pesto. It was wonderful. Just wonderful.
    -Wildcard bitches!

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    Hey itsa me Mario

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 4:27 PM

    @9, excellent reference. Can’t wait for the movie.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 7:04 PM

    Right out now I could go for a brilliant red barchetta from a better, vanished time.
    –Calgary Schmooze

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    I’d like to fire up the willing engine on that red barchetta!

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | March 17, 2009 at 3:14 AM

    “small boxes with a manual transmission”
    Which, as any fule know, are obviously *so* much worse than overlarge boxes with a sluggish auto…

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