ITALY: Fiat CEO firm on Sicily plant closure

By: just-auto.com editorial team | 1 December 2009

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Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne has hinted that government targets to boost Italian production to 900,000 vehicles a year were achievable but reiterated he still wanted to end output at a Sicily plant.

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