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" Stop us if this story sounds familiar: Fiat Chrysler is reportedly pushing back the market debuts of a bunch of enthusiast-oriented new models. Again. This time, it&amp;#039;s the Maserati Alfieri sports car and the Giulia-based Alfa Romeo SUV in the holding pattern\u2014both models that were promised to hit dealerships in 2016.\u00A0And according to a report from BloombergBusiness, the delay all comes down to parent company Fiat Chrysler&amp;#039;s slower-than-expected growth in China. The once-booming Chinese economy is in the midst of a significant slowdown that&amp;#039;s impacting that country&amp;#039;s market for new cars. Couple that with Fiat&amp;#039;s reported debt of 10.3 billion euros (nearly $11 billion at today&amp;#039;s exchange rate), and the imminent loss of income from the spin-off of Ferrari from parent company FCA, and you&amp;#039;ve got a pretty grim financial forecast. That means a change in FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne&amp;#039;s plan for growing Alfa Romeo. Inside sources told Bloomberg that the automaker will throttle back planned spending to bolster Maserati, Jeep and Alfa Romeo. New vehicle debuts will be delayed, as mentioned, and further product expansion, including a 5-series-sized Alfa Romeo sedan planned for 2017, will be put on hold.\u00A0 On the heels of last month&amp;#039;s news that the fantastic-seeming Alfa Romeo Giulia would be delayed by at least six months, the outlook for enthusiast-aligned vehicles isn&amp;#039;t looking so strong at Fiat Chrysler. Hey, at least we&amp;#039;ve got the Miata-based 124 Spider, which, so far at least, is still scheduled to hit the market in spring of 2016. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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