Automotive WI: Toyota buys Fiat SpA, which contains Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Lancia, circa 1980s or [c.] 1990s - this means "Fix it again, Toyota"

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Well let me put that this hypothetically-speaking automotive WI here, then I would rather showcase this thread with links to check out:

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The precursors/prequels to this thread:


WI: Probably circa 1970s - Toyota buys Citroen, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lamborghini, Chrysler Europe, and Honda until the latter marque went bankrupt

Well let me put that this hypothetically-speaking alternate business history here, then I would rather showcase this thread with links to check out: === The precursor/prequel to this thread...
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Automotive WI: Toyota without Lexus, PSA Peugeot-Citroen merges with the Corolla maker by gaining benefit from the French marque's underpinnings

I am not an American or Canadian here, but here is a thread I would post it for anybody. So, there are some ideas why, as something of a prologue: Both Toyota, Peugeot, and Citroen are deeply notable in the Euro-centric World Rally Championship (WRC) for its performances, with both Toyota and...
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And here are the invitees of this thread:

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So therefore, I will recap the priorities Toyota would perform through its takeover of Fiat SpA, which contains Fiat itself, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Abarth (which is Fiat's equivalent of Toyota's TRD), and as well as Ferrari, and thus Honda. On which the latter [Honda] would have become the first to end up being financially merged and reorganised, hence liquidated, into Toyota's orbit - especially this priority of the latter [Toyota] acquiring Fiat SpA might be set circa 1980s:
  • At first, Toyota would have took over an almost bankrupt Chrysler Europe circa 1970s, and later, Honda, as this mergers and acquisitions scenario also benefited Toyota from the parts bin that the latter [Honda] utilised for its products - particularly motorbikes. But this was deeply coincidental that Honda made a pact with Toyota to form a deal and thus purchase the former [Honda] circa 1940s, this also meant Honda's ambitions to form a partnership with British Leyland (BL/BMC) went canned in favour of Toyota's plot to acquire and thus kill off both Chrysler Europe and Honda through reformation [into Toyota's portfolio].
  • Chrysler's European operations and Honda later became names being reorganised into the umbrella of Toyota, as while the latter had been cooperating with Yamaha since circa 1960s, the admission of both Chrysler Europe and Honda within Toyota's orbit meant this resulted the company [Toyota] to provoke its thoughts over the potential to make such deals with Fiat SpA, an automotive conglomerate which also contains the greatest car manufacturers in the world - mainly Fiat itself, Alfa Romeo, and Ferrari.
  • The motorbike industry, which is deeply dominated by Honda and the Southeast Asian market, had became irrelevant to both Toyota and Fiat SpA following the bankruptcy and reorganisation of Honda into the former [Toyota]. Whereas in Fiat's case - one of its figures, namely the Agnelli family, had aimed a takeover of Piaggio within the same time the former [Fiat SpA] was already swallowed into Toyota's stomach. But in regards of keeping Fiat in company along with Toyota, this meant it also benefited Piaggio from access to the latter's [Toyota's] parts bin - in which it contained mechanicals Toyota benefited from its takeover of Honda and Yamaha.
  • Both companies partnered with each other by making such efforts to fix both marques' problems:
  • As what the title says - "Fix it again, Toyota", the outcome of Fiat SpA's merger with Toyota not only meant for the former [Fiat] to gain benefit from the latter's engineering just to keep its car reliable while being beautiful, but also it even helped Fiat to gain access from one of the markets where Toyota possessed the most regarding sales - Southeast Asia, as seen below:
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  • While in conjunction to that, Toyota's purchase of Fiat SpA meant it benefited the former [Toyota] from access to the European market since it is the home to the latter [Fiat SpA]. But as a result of the Italian government's reluctance towards the admission of Asian [Japanese] car companies into European territory due to quota limitations imposed on the latter [Asian automotive companies], Toyota maxed its presence in Europe's economy and thus prevented itself from those regulations by maintaining its Ryton-on-Dunsmore plant - which was then owned by Chrysler Europe during the time when the latter merged with Toyota while [Chrysler Europe] facing bankruptcy.
  • Hypothesising the historicisation of Fiat SpA aiming a merger with Toyota meant for the former to manufacture its vehicles inside the latter's assembly plants within parts of Southeast Asia, for examples were Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, both ex-colonies of countries where Fiat and its fellow brands sell the most there - Netherlands, the UK, and Spain. But however, when it comes to the minds of certain Southeast Asians, what they think deeply about Italian cars are just about Ferrari and sports cars - so the solution was to merge Fiat into the stomach of Toyota just to say Fix it AGAIN, Toyota!
  • Nevertheless, that helped Fiat to become one off the biggest European companies (particularly automotive) in the world as a result of the former's benefit from Toyota's fortunes and know-hows, joining the likes of Unilever and Shell - both European companies with deeply strong significanced in both Asia plus Oceania, Europe, Middle East, parts of the Americas like South America (a market where Fiat deepened its domination), and Africa. But also, Toyota's acquisition of Fiat SpA meant it benefited the former from the utilisation and reengineering of the V6 engine that Alfa Romeo built for every layout - from FF to front-engine, rear-wheel drive in particular. But however, Lancia went bankrupt and reorganised into Fiat's orbit, and this meant for the former's place in the World Rally Championship (WRC) to be taken over by Toyota instead - which also proved that the latter's Uno-based model became a giant killer...
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And for now, I will reflect this thread with the following models both and Toyota and Fiat SpA possesses and shared with each other regarding underpinnings and technologies:
  • Supermini: Toyota Yaris (replacement for the [Toyota] Starlet and the [Lancia] Delta in the WRC) - Fiat Uno (a basis for the Yaris' underpinnings) - Alfa Romeo Alfasud (Alfa's first entry in the supermini segment)
  • Small family car: Toyota Corolla (evolved into being a front-engine, front-wheel drive small family car, acted as a replacement to the [Toyota] Carina and [Toyota] Corona siblings) - Fiat Ritmo (which prevented the latter from being replaced by the [Fiat] Tipo but the Regata was deleted however) - Alfa Romeo Giulietta (replacement for the [Alfa Romeo] 33 and the Nissan-bodied Arna)
  • Large family car: Toyota Celica (evolved into being a large and FWD family car over being a coupe, plus a replacement to the [Toyota] Cressida aka [Toyota] Mark II in Japan and the Carina-Corona siblings) - Fiat Tempra (Fiat's addition in the large family car segment and a replacement for the Regatta) - Alfa Romeo Giulia (a replacement for the FR layout 75)
  • Executive car: Toyota Camry (a replacement to the [Toyota] Crown and an evolution of being an executive FWD car) - Fiat Croma (a basis for the Camry's underpinnings amid Saab's decision to merge with Nissan became forged instead) - Alfa Romeo 156 (a replacement for the [Alfa Romeo] Alfa 6)
  • Sports car: Toyota GT86 (a replacement for the [Toyota] Corolla AE86 and [Toyota] MR2 as the Celica became reorganised as a large family FF car) - Fiat 124 GT - Alfa Romeo GTA - Ferrari 308 GTB/[Ferrari 308] GTS
  • Grand tourer: Toyota Supra - Alfa Romeo GTV - Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2/[Ferrari] 400/[Ferrari] 412
  • Light commercial vehicle (LCV): Toyota HiAce (evolved into being a front-wheel drive LCV) - Fiat Ducato - Alfa Romeo AR6
- Genda Nicolai Yturzaeta Iwakawa/awakawI ateazrutY ialociN adneG, this is just a prologue...
 
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