{"id":1921,"date":"2010-01-15T08:44:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T08:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2010-01-15T08:44:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T08:44:41","slug":"bsm-fiat-deal-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=1921","title":{"rendered":"BSM + FIAT Deal (Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found <a title=\"BSM FIAT Deal Defended\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businesscar.co.uk\/story.asp?sectioncode=1&amp;storycode=5503&amp;c=2&amp;theme=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> this story from Business Car published earlier this week<\/a>. FIAT is having to defend the deal made last year to supply cars to BSM:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Fiat\u2019s 3500-car a year contract with BSM is not \u201csilly fleet business involving damaged RVs\u201d according to the company\u2019s UK managing director Andrew Humberstone. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This appears to be in response to the suggestion that Vauxhall walked away from the table because it wouldn&#8217;t compromise margins &#8211; which is gobbledegook, because it is obvious that Vauxhall walked away for precisely that reason. I mean, if you supply 3,500 cars a year for free you tend to eat into your margins a little!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this story from Business Car published earlier this week. 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