Sergio Marchionne, rechts, Vorsitzender und CEO der Chrysler Group LLC und CEO von Fiat S.P.A., kommt für die Einweihung des GAC Fiat WCM-Anlage und Th
Sergio Marchionne, right, Chairman and CEO of Chrysler Group LLC and CEO of Fiat S.p.A., arrives for the inauguration of the GAC Fiat WCM plant and the off-line ceremony for the Fiat Viaggio in Changsha city, central Chinas Hunan province, 28 June 2012. Fiats all new Viaggio sedan saw production commence on Thursday (28 June 2012). The new sedan is so far a China only model but will be eventually taken to other markets as well. Fiat Chrysler CEO, Sergio Marchionne as well as other senior Fiat Chrysler management were on hand to see the launch of the Viaggio as well as Guangzhou Fiats new China facility. Fiats joint venture, Nanjing Fiat, was terminated in 2007 after both parties decided to end the agreement. Fiat blamed Nanjing Auto for putting its best staff in the then MG project, and Nanjing Auto claimed that Fiat were not interested in introducing any new models into the Chinese market. When Marchionne took to the stage at the beginning of the ceremony he lavished praise on government ministers from Hunan and Guangdong who assisted Fiat with turning the greenfield site into a world class manufacturing facility capable of creating 140, 000 cars per year in phase 1 and 240, 000 in phase 2.
