Fiat SpA (F.MI) Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said Friday the European Commissioner for Industry's skeptical comments on Fiat SpA's (F.MI) ability to pull off a deal with General Motors Corp.'s (GM) Adam Opel GmbH weren't helpful or supportive for the future of the car industry.

Speaking Friday to a Bavarian radio station Bayerischen Rundfunk, Gunter Verheugen asked where this "indebted" company was going to find the means to achieve two operations at once, referring also to Fiat's potential alliance with U.S. automaker Chrysler LLC.

"I would have expected him to engage in constructive dialogue with the European carmakers to resolve the issues which are negatively impacting industry today," Marchionne said, adding Verheugen was "issuing death sentences for the industry or unilaterally selecting who will survive".

Fiat Thursday said it was committed to closing a deal with Chrysler, but signaled it had another option to form an alliance: General Motors Corp.'s European unit.

Marchionne told reporters he was open to giving GM's Adam Opel GmbH "a hard look."

But Ruesselsheim, Germany-based Opel appears to be of secondary importance to Fiat, which for now is focusing its efforts on sealing a deal with Chrysler.

-By Sofia Celeste, Dow Jones Newswires; +39 06 69766920; sofia.celeste@dowjones.com