And it could even mean the government taking a stake in the car industry.
Gordon also benefits from his ownership stake in the car of five-time Sprint Cup champ Jimmie Johnson.
All three countries have a stake in the floundering car industry, which is organised on a North American basis.
After having recently repaid large chunks of bailout money to the Federal government, with CEO Sergio Marchionne announcing that Fiat plans to increase its stake in the Detroit car company, Chrysler grew its May sales 10% from a year ago to 115, 393.
The good deed, along with a promise to share fuel-efficient small car technology, earned Fiat a 20 percent stake in Chrysler under a government-brokered bankruptcy reorganization.
US-German car giant DaimlerChrysler later snapped up a 65% stake in the firm.
At the big press conference in San Francisco, Ford president and chief executive Jac Nasser waxed lyrical about the impact of Ford taking a minority stake in CarPoint, Microsoft's car-buying site.
Fiat Auto's other main owners include US car giant General Motors, which holds a 10% stake.
Remarkably, three of these directors will come from Renault, a French car maker that is buying a 36.8% stake in the company.
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Other Jordan assets include six restaurants, a North Carolina car dealership, a motorsports team and his 80% stake in the Charlotte Bobcats.
Mr Shourie's confidence in the appetite for the sales stems from the government's successful disposal last month of a 27.5% stake in Maruti, India's largest car maker, whose joint venture with Suzuki spearheaded the modernisation of India's car industry 20 years ago.
GM's car business (that is, GM minus the Hughes Electronics stake) has a market value half that of Yahoo.
The snafu comes amid talks between the two companies concerning Fiat trading its small-car and small-engine technology for a 35.0% stake in Chrysler.
DaimlerChrysler bought a 34% stake in Japan's ailing Mitsubishi Motors hoping to perform a similar trick, and took a stake in Hyundai Motors, South Korea's largest car maker.
At the back of the grid, it came to light in October that Marussia, which is owned by a Russian sports car manufacturer, was in talks with potential investors about buying a stake in the team.
But its 15% share of the Indian passenger car market pales in comparison with that of Maruti Udyog, the Suzuki-partnered company with a 55% stake.
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