Sergio Marchionne

Rwc13 · Jul 23, 2018

Apparently, SM has been replaced in all his roles across the FCA group for health reasons. The news from the media appears to be that he is in critical condition in a coma following surgery. Doesn’t sound good........

zagatoes30 · Jul 23, 2018

Not good, hope he pulls through

safrane · Jul 23, 2018

I hear it was surgery on his shoulder which did not go to plan.

MrMickS · Jul 23, 2018

Hope he pulls through. It will be interesting to see what happens without his drive behind both FCA and Ferrari.

Contigo · Jul 23, 2018

Not looking good apparently he's on death's door. A routine op and this happens

Rwc13 · Jul 23, 2018

I’m sure he would appreciate your kind words of support

dickygrace · Jul 23, 2018

That’s awful news, routine op and now fighting for his life.....

Classico · Jul 23, 2018

Marchionne did wonders with Alfa Romeo. The 4C. The Giulia QV. The Stelvio.

Not so great for Maserati though.

A marriage with Chrysler which saw part sharing devalue models such as the Ghibli IMO.

Wish him well.

MrMickS · Jul 23, 2018

outrun said:
Really? Perhaps they will make some decent Maserati now.

Always back to this. I spent the weekend at the Silverstone classic. The period between the Merak and the 3200 looked a lot worse than we have ever had under Marchionne.

Maserati are in decent financial health now. Have a road map that includes a two door to replace the GT.

I suppose we’d be happier if they went the way of Lancia instead but retained their integrity.

dickygrace · Jul 23, 2018

He has been replaced by a new CEO Mike Manley over the weekend.

Rwc13 · Jul 23, 2018

MrMickS said:
Always back to this. I spent the weekend at the Silverstone classic. The period between the Merak and the 3200 looked a lot worse than we have ever had under Marchionne.

Maserati are in decent financial health now. Have a road map that includes a two door to replace the GT.

I suppose we’d be happier if they went the way of Lancia instead but retained their integrity.

And from a former Ghibli 3 owner who, I thought, rather liked it when he had it..........

MrMickS · Jul 23, 2018

What do we think of having a British SUV maker in charge of FCA?

Classico · Jul 23, 2018

That's the thing though isn't it.

Is Maserati really worth having as a diluted shadow of its former self?

I like what they did with the Levante Trofeo though with that big, stonking Ferrari built V8.

More of that please.

MrMickS · Jul 23, 2018

Classico said:
That's the thing though isn't it.

Is Maserati really worth having as a diluted shadow of its former self?

I like what they did with the Levante Trofeo though with that big, stonking Ferrari built V8.

More of that please.

Yeah. When did they stop building race cars again? Everything after that is contrary to the reason that they made road cars isn’t it?

Purists are never happy. I’m happy that Maserati are building cars that don’t really make sense. If you want a 4x4 buy a Range Rover, if you want and executive saloon buy a Mercedes/BMW, if you want a sports car buy an F car.

outrun · Jul 23, 2018

MrMickS said:
Always back to this. I spent the weekend at the Silverstone classic. The period between the Merak and the 3200 looked a lot worse than we have ever had under Marchionne.

Maserati are in decent financial health now. Have a road map that includes a two door to replace the GT.

I suppose we’d be happier if they went the way of Lancia instead but retained their integrity.

And why can't I say that? They are the Arsenal of the car world at the moment. Great corporate results, no real drive otherwise.

Felonious Crud · Jul 23, 2018

Rwc13 said:
The news from the media appears to be that he is in critical condition in a coma following surgery. Doesn’t sound good........

Yes, I heard the same via a friend of a friend who works in the Swiss hospital where he had the op. Poor man, thoughts with him and his family.

Classico · Jul 24, 2018

MrMickS said:
Yeah. When did they stop building race cars again? Everything after that is contrary to the reason that they made road cars isn’t it?

Purists are never happy. I’m happy that Maserati are building cars that don’t really make sense. If you want a 4x4 buy a Range Rover, if you want and executive saloon buy a Mercedes/BMW, if you want a sports car buy an F car.

Yes and No.

You can still respect your DNA lineage with something remotely performance based and representative of your core values.

The Trofeo Levante Ferrari based V8 is that.

The GranTurismo's Ferrari based V8 at the time was that as well.

The Chrysler parts sharing Ghibli and the proposed new Electric Alfieri? Not so much IMO.

If you want a GT, you shouldn't have to overlook Maserati.

Rwc13 · Jul 24, 2018

If your that wedded to the historical integrity argument, then part sharing is part sharing and Maserati shouldn’t be sharing parts, eg engines and powertrains with anybody, particularly former arch rivals Ferrari. So your argument doesn’t make sense, unless of course you’reonly into Maserati because of the Ferrari link......

And Maserati announced a Ferrari hybrid not just an electric. It’s the way the world is going, Ferrari included

MrMickS · Jul 24, 2018

The latest report is that he suffered an embolism and is being kept alive by machines. Currently there is no hope of recovery.

Regardless of people’s feelings about what he did, or didn’t, do for Maserati it is a shame he couldn’t get to see his retirement.

conaero · Jul 25, 2018

Here here, it’s not the time for finger pointing it’s tme to reflect on a Mans life for what he bought to the table.

He will be sorely missed if nature has taken its course.

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