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MARK PHELAN: The good, the odd, the testy in eventful week

Leftover thoughts from a week overloaded with news: The most welcome surprise in Chrysler-Fiat's 5-year plan? The nifty little 500 city car will proudly wear a Fiat badge when it goes on sale in Chrysler dealerships in early 2011. Full Article at Detroit Free Press

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  1. FILE-This Dec. 1, 2009 file photo shows a mirror reflecting the opposite side of "Chrysler Building," by Soutine Bakery,  part of the gingerbread house display at New York's Le Parker Meridien Hotel.
  2. AUBURN HILLS, MI - NOVEMEBER 4:  Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Officer and Fiat CEO, heads for lunch during a break in a meeting at the Chrysler Technical Center November 4, 2009 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Marchionne laid out Chrysler's new 5-year business plan.
  3. AUBURN HILLS, MI - OCTOBER 1: Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne attends a press conference at Chrysler headquarters October 1, 2009 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Also attending was Claudio Scajola, the Italian Minister of Economic Development.
  4. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 04: A Fiat 500 car is parked on the street in the medieval walled hill-town of Perugia as night falls on December 4, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. The town is the capital of central Italy's Umbria region and has many preserved historic buildings and frescos.
  5. Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola looks on during a meeting with trade unions on the Sicilian Fiat Termini Imerese factory at the Economic Ministry in downtown Rome November 30, 2009.
  6. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 10:  Valentino Rossi of Italy and Fiat Yamaha Team prepares to start from the team garage during testing at the Valencia Circuit on November 10, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
  7. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 09:  Valentino Rossi of Italy and Fiat Yamaha Team heads down a straight during testing at the Valencia Circuit on November 9, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
  8. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 08:  World champions in their categories, Hiroshi Aoyama of Japan and Scot Racing 250cc (L), Valentino Rossi of Italy and Fiat Yamaha (C) and Julian Simon of Spain and Bancaja Aspar 125 cc pose on their winning bikes after the MotoGP of Valencia at the Valencia circuit...
  9. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 07: Jorge Lorenzo of Spain and Fiat Yamaha lifts the front wheel during qualifying ahead of the MotoGP of Valencia at the Valencia Circuit on November 6, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.

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