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Has Plenty of Challenge ahead for Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia

Not many people would envy Alfredo Altavilla for the job that he had ahead of him. The Fiat employee has just been promoted to the head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and has a lot of work ahead of him.  His major ...

It now controls 68.49% of Chrysler shares

Fiat has exercised its options to buy 3.3% more of Chrysler and now owns 68.49% of the company's stock. Fiat's goal is to eventually own all of the American auto company. It purchased the stock from VEBA, the trust that runs the medical be...

Fiat is celebrating the production of the 5 millionth vehicle at Fiat Group Automobile’s SATA plant in San Nicola di Melfi (Potenza, Italy). The milestone vehicle that came off the production line on Monday was a Punto Evo 1.4 Emotion, 105 CV, ...

Chrysler vehicles refreshed over next two years

Chrysler had a very good year in 2012, according to its annual financial announcement. Sales were up 21% in the US, and its brands now control 11.2% of the US vehicle market. Its operating profit was up 47% to $2.9 billion (€2.1 billion). Rea...

Fiat has sneakily announced that the Fiat Abarth 500 Cabrio will make its American debut at the LA Auto Show in a Youtube video.  The video shows Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa driving the car in Texas, but the key is the video descript...

It is waiting to see if the company is publicly traded

Fiat has reportedly stopped all active development of new Alfa Romeos other than the Mazda co-developed, next generation Spider to focus on its merger with Chrysler. The problem is that Fiat planned to use Chrysler platforms for some future Al...

The new 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth is about to be unleashed on the American public. Fiat claim the Abarth is aimed at trackday enthusiasts, building on a strong racing heritage from Europe. Fiat describe the styling of the new 500 Abarth as aggressi...

Tightening safety rules have made it obsolete

The Volkswagen Transporter finally ended production in Brazil this year, and the Fiat Uno will follow it due to the country’s tighter auto safety laws. The second generation Uno was introduced in Europe in 1989 and went on sale in Brazil...

Two new engines announced for the 500L range

Fiat is presenting the new 500L Beats Edition together with two new engines for the successful 500L range, the new 120hp 1.6 MultiJet II and 120hp 1.4 T-Jet. Fiat 500L Beats EditionTM The Fiat 500L Beats EditionTM offers a sound system tha...

Version gets an exclusive design and is more powerful than the Panda 4x4

Fiat has picked the Geneva stage to present the world debut of the top-of-the-range Panda Cross. The new car offers exclusive, comprehensive equipment for the safety of occupants and maximum well-being on board combined with a unique style. T...