Bob 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]
yeah those spaghetti eaters are really lame automakers — not like say, the Belgians…
Is this the spot where I make a derogatory fix it again tony remark?
“supercharged linguine” Instant Classic
@2 spot on also stands for Futile Italian Attempt(at)Transportation….I should know had a ’71 Fiat Spyder
@4, you didn’t happen to buy it from a blond British chick with big tits did you?
@1 has obviously never driven a Ferrari
@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
@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
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!
Hey itsa me Mario
@9, excellent reference. Can’t wait for the movie.
Right out now I could go for a brilliant red barchetta from a better, vanished time.
–Calgary Schmooze
I’d like to fire up the willing engine on that red barchetta!
“small boxes with a manual transmission”
Which, as any fule know, are obviously *so* much worse than overlarge boxes with a sluggish auto…