The subject of discussion was the design for the new Fiat Tipo, and a critical product aimed at replacing Fiat "Uno". Cantarella (the general manager) had expressed doubts about the Tipo B's design concept. He found the car boxy and uninspiring, and was intrigued by the possibility of changing the direction of the project. In addition, Cantarella was also considering suggesting changes in the project's organization.
Fiats models, which flooded the pre-war Italian market, consolidated Fiat's focus on small, inexpensive, and efficient automobiles. Professor Vittorio Valletta, who followed Angelli as CEO concentrated on the lower segments of the automobile industry, because he thought it was safe and appropriated strategy. Vittorio combined low cost automobile concepts, lean, simple designs, and substantial investments in advanced production technologies. Giovanni Angelli nephew of senator Angelli replaced Valletta. He strongly felt a need to modernize Fiat and enhance its competitiveness at the international level. For the first time in Fiat's history, Angelli brought in consultants, who helped with the modernization of Fiat's managerial systems, including the implementation of major organization changes. Angelli's renewal of Fiat's management and production systems was deeply affected by Italy's rapidly deteriorating political situation.
Fiat's automobile division was separated form its parent company and turned into wholly owned subsidiary, Fiat Auto SpA. The group was active in a variety of industrial sectors, from aerospace to mass merchandising and retailing, and from chemicals to financial services. Vittorio Ghidella, an engineer, was made CEO of the automobile subsidiary. Ghidella aimed to reinforce Fiat's traditional strategy of producing the "car for everyone" by developing a sophisticated manufacturing infrastructure and improving the service and dealer network. His goal was to implement extensive automation, thereby improving quality and reducing the organization's dependence on its unions and labor force.
There has to be trust these days with the money we use which is fiat because without fiat money we would have to use commodity such as gold and silver. With fiat money there is nothing to back it up. ...
Giuseppi known as Nuccio started to work for his fathers' business at the age of 20 in 1934 that year the Bertone Company exhibited a special-bodied Fiat Ardita, the Superaerodynamica at the Turin Auto Show. I In the years that followed WW II, Nuccio Bertone raced Fiats, OSCAs, Maseratis, and Ferraris, an activity that taught him much about aerodynamics, cooling, and vehicle dynamics. ... II During the 60's the Bertone company continued to build more than 31,000 bodies ranging from the Fiat 850 Spider to the Fiat Dino, and Simca 1200s coupes, plus the Alfa Romeo Montreal. ...
The merger with Fiat seems to be much more beneficial for both companies. Fiat has the capital, new technologies to develop high-efficiency cars, and reverence from Ferrari and Maserati fans. ... As part of the merger Fiat also agreed to produce a vehicle which would give 40 mpg. They have successfully accomplished this by introducing the Fiat Abarth and the Dodge Dart. Although Fiat will have a majority share of Chrysler this has not deterred them from ensuring they maintain a quality product. ...
The first part of the novel, "Fiat Homo," shows humanity 600 years after the Flame Deluge. ... In the second part of the novel, "Fiat Lux," technological advancement comes from a very unlikely source. ... In the final part of the novel, "Fiat Voluntas Tua," planet Earth is once again threatened by a nuclear holocaust. ...
The peaceful serenity was mesmerizing. The coffee trees on either side of the road had berries dark green plump with potential. The squirrels looked up curiously at the interruption of the deep bellow of a four-cylinder army green Jeep trundling along the dirt road with a nervous 12-year-old boy at ...
Populists supported increases in "fiat" money (known as "Greenbackism"), but their biggest push was for Free Silver coinage at a 16:1 ratio (16 ounces of silver for an ounce of gold, or "Bimetalism"). ...
In the rural heartland of the early 1920s, believers in old-fashioned values were caught up in a wave of religious revival. Preachers damned modern scientific rationalism in all of its semblances and advocated a strict and literal interpretation of the Bible as the only source of truth. Modernist...
Next, from the argument that God enacted certain natural laws through fiat, he concludes that this is impossible since it represents a break in the natural law argument. ... Therefore, there is no point where a fiat is exercised. ...
Industrial companies lost their armaments contracts, as there was no longer a need for arms and other machinery, Fiat and Pirelli in particular had done well from these lucrative contracts, but the industry would from end of the war in 1918 struggle economically. ...