Fiat Chrysler Automobiles delivered slightly fewer cars in the third quarter than a year earlier. In total, more than 1 million cars from brands such as Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Jeep and Ram went to customers and dealers in the months of July, August and September. Fiat Chrysler notes that the price of those vehicles, which were more often electrically powered or hybrid, was somewhat higher than a year earlier.
Turnover also decreased, but the company is positive and speaks of ‘record results’, mainly looking at the adjusted operating result. The corona crisis has put car sales under pressure in most of the countries where the Italian-American carmaker operates, but Fiat Chrysler is doing less badly than the market as a whole in its main markets.
More vehicles were delivered in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, but that was mainly due to a partnership in Turkey. Nevertheless, the market share in Europe also increased. Slightly less but more expensive vehicles were sold in North America. Despite this, the turnover of 25.8 billion euros was 6 percent lower than a year ago. Net profit amounted to 1.2 billion euros.
Fiat Chrysler is in the process of merging with French peer PSA, which owns the Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall brands. The conditions for this have been slightly adjusted to ensure that the merger gets the green light from the European Union. For example, the interest that PSA has in the car parts maker Faurecia is being phased out, so that the combination owns less than half of that company. FCA has indicated that it expects the merger to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2021.