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2012 PARIS AUTO SHOW

Maserati's new sedan named after a desert wind

Sept. 27, 2012 12:00 CET
Maserati has named its new sedan the Ghibli after a wind that blows from the Sahara Desert. The brand's first SUV will be called the Levante after the street where the company was once based.... Read More »

 

FUTURE PRODUCTS -- CHRYSLER-FIAT

New Quattroporte launches effort to lift Maserati sales

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 3, 2012
Maserati's redesigned Quattroporte flagship sedan, set to debut in January at the Detroit auto show, will launch Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne's ambitious plan to reinvigorate the brand's sales.... Read More »

 

New Maserati could be only brief respite for Fiat workers

Aug. 27, 2012 19:32 CET
Workers at Fiat's Grugliasco plant outside Turin are poised to return to their jobs in September to start building a sleek Maserati Quattroporte model, but colleagues elsewhere may not be so fortunate.... Read More »

 

Italians give up Ferraris, Maseratis as austerity measures bite

Aug. 15, 2012 06:01 CET
The 204,000 euro Ferrari 458 Italia has never been a particularly common sight, even on the autostrade of its native Italy. Today, it's becoming even rarer as austerity measures drive Ferrari owners to export their supercars by the truckload.... Read More »

 

Fiat spending halt in Italy sparks calls for gov't action

Aug. 3, 2012 07:34 CET
Fiat's decision to temporarily halt new investments in Italy prompted politicians and unions to ask the government to intervene to secure the industry's future in the country as car sales plunge to a 33-year low.... Read More »

 

Fiat declines to give clues on new investments

Aug. 2, 2012 07:34 CET
Fiat declined to give any details on its future investments because of the economic downturn and slumping car sales in Europe.... Read More »

 

Design firm boss Sergio Pininfarina dies after long illness

July 3, 2012 06:01 CET
Sergio Pininfarina, who ran the famous Italian automotive design company of the same name for 40 years, has died after a long illness.... Read More »

 

Ferrari designer aims to make Beijing Auto a global premium brand

June 17, 2012 06:01 CET
Leonardo Fioravanti, the designer of the Ferrari Daytona and 288 GTO, has a new job on his hands: transforming Beijing Auto into a global premium car brand. "The first [Chinese brand] that achieves its own recognizable brand identity and styling language will be the winner."... Read More »

 

Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini suspend production after second Italian earthquake

May 29, 2012 15:52 CET
Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini today suspended production after an earthquake killed 10 people in northern Italy where their factories are located. The three luxury sports car makers said their factories were not damaged in the quake but they had sent workers home.... Read More »

 

Porsche's Mongolian push shows Chinese wealth heading inland

April 30, 2012 06:01 CET
Forget Beijing or Shanghai. Porsche, Maserati and Bentley are taking the fight for China's rich to the deserts of Inner Mongolia. Last month, Porsche opened a dealership in Ordos, a sparsely populated mining city in Mongolia, after sales jumped 10-fold in four years to 200 vehicles, according to the head of Porsche China.... Read More »

 

China's luxury market will remain a bright spot despite slower growth

April 24, 2012 10:12 CET
General Motors, Daimler, BMW, Audi and PSA are counting on China to maintain growth for their premium offerings, although they expect luxury car sales to rise at a slower pace amid higher fuel costs and a decelerating economy. Audi sales chief Peter Schwarzenbauer said China should surpass the United States to become the world's largest luxury car market by 2015... Read More »

 

2012 BEIJING AUTO SHOW

Maserati Kubang concept makes final show stop

April 24, 2012 09:57 CET
Maserati says that the Beijing auto show will be the fourth and final auto-show appearance for its Kubang SUV concept. "After Beijing, we will retire the Kubang concept. Our SUV will reappear in its production form and with its final name in due time," Maserati CEO Harald Wester said.... Read More »

 

Maserati plans three new models to boost annual sales to 50,000

April 12, 2012 22:37 CET
Maserati is adding three new models as it aims to boost annual production tenfold to 50,000 cars by by 2015. Fiat said two of the models -- the successor to Maserati's flagship Quattroporte and an entry-level sedan -- will be built in a former Bertone plant near Turin because the brand's factory in Modena, central Italy, cannot be expanded.... Read More »

 

Alfa's new halo car will be built by Maserati

April 12, 2012 17:31 CET
Alfa Romeo's new halo car, a rear-wheel-drive coupe called the 4C, will be built by sister brand Maserati, according to sources. The car will launch in 2013, with a forecast annual production of up to 2,500 units.... Read More »

 

Fiat ready to start buying remaining Chrysler share, Marchionne says

April 5, 2012 14:14 CET
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne reconfirmed the Italian automaker's interest in buying 100 percent of Chrysler Group. He said Fiat is ''technically ready'' to begin buying part of the stake it doesn't yet own.... Read More »

 

Fiat-Chrysler sales rise 8.2% as N. American demand offsets weak Europe

April 2, 2012 10:34 CET
Consolidated vehicle sales for Fiat-Chrysler rose 8.2 percent in the first two months as strong Chrysler demand in North America offset Fiat's decline in Europe.... Read More »

 

Bentley will keep SUV concept's styling for Beijing show

March 23, 2012 06:01 CET
Bentley will show its SUV concept unchanged at the Beijing auto show next month despite receiving mixed public reaction when it was first revealed in Geneva. Some commentators said the SUV's styling was awkward and unrefined for an ultraluxury brand, but Bentley is not worried. "Getting global reaction from customers and the public is part of the process that the EXP 9 F is going through," a Bentley spokesman said.... Read More »

 

GENEVA AUTO SHOW

Live from Geneva

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 19, 2012
Geneva's auto show is the place for supercar brands, design houses and even mainstream automakers to step out a bit, showing their most stylish stuff. That was certainly the case during this year's press days, with the stands holding everything from a bristling new Ferrari to an origami Toyota hybrid.... Read More »

 

Maserati to double global dealer network

March 11, 2012 10:00 CET
Maserati wants to double its global dealer network by the end of 2013 to capitalize on a model offensive that it expects will spark a tenfold sales increase by the middle of the decade. “We need a broader dealer body of about 500 dealers in place before our new models begin arriving on the market,” Maserati CEO Harald Wester told Automotive News Europe.... Read More »

 

Lamborghini targets China with new SUV

Feb. 23, 2012 11:00 CET
Lamborghini is upending tradition with a new SUV, joining Bentley and Maserati in super-sizing their supercars to make more of a mark in China. The sports-car maker will unveil an SUV study at the Beijing auto show . Bentley will display its own SUV concept at the Geneva auto show. Bentley and Lamborghini are playing catch-up with Maserati and Porsche.... Read More »

 

Saab dealers rush to retool as bankruptcy unfolds

11:15 am U.S. ET | Feb. 13, 2012
The bankruptcy of Saab Automobile has left the automaker's 900 dealers around the world scrambling to reinvent themselves, sometimes in creative ways. In the past two years, about 200 Saab dealers around the world have thrown in the towel and the rest are seeking new partners to survive.... Read More »

 

Porsche joins Rolls-Royce in chasing record sales in 2012

Jan. 11, 2012 08:49 CET
Happy days are here again for Porsche, Lamborghini and other elite auto brands. Porsche has its biggest backlog ever, Lamborghini Aventador buyers may have to wait a year for delivery and China is fueling record Rolls-Royce demand.... Read More »

 

Maserati picks 10-year Fiat Group veteran Pastore to lead Europe

Nov. 24, 2011 12:00 CET
Maserati, which aims to increase sales tenfold in the next five years, has named veteran Fiat Group executive Giulio Pastore as its general manager for operations in central-northern Europe, which includes the UK, Germany and France.... Read More »

 

McLaren swaps racetrack for freeway to chase down Ferrari

1:49 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 18, 2011
McLaren, the U.K. motor-racing team that trails only Ferrari in Formula One victories, is switching its pursuit of the Italian icon from the track to the road.... Read More »

 

Marchionne says Maserati, not Ferrari, will challenge Porsche, Bentley

Oct. 22, 2011 10:02 CET
Ferrari will not compete with brands such as Porsche or Bentley, said Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Ferrari owner Fiat. Instead Fiat's Maserati brand will launch new models that will make it a stronger challenger in the luxury sports car segment, he said.... Read More »