Fiat will add second shift at Maserati factory, report saysApril 19, 2013 09:03 CET  Fiat will add a second shift at the Turin factory where it builds Maserati cars, a source said. Fiat is investing 1.2 billion euros in the luxury marque as it seeks to boost global sales from 6,000 last year to 50,000.... Read More »
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE E-MAGAZINE How Alfa Romeo plans to triple sales in 3 yearsApril 9, 2013 06:01 CET  Skeptics think Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's aim to triple Alfa Romeo's global sales to more than 300,000 units by 2016 is too ambitious. But Alfa's European boss, Louis-Carl Vignon, is convinced Alfa has enough fresh products to meet -- and possibly exceed -- Marchionne's target.... Read More »
SALES Fiat turns to Germany as Italy sales seen as worst since 1966April 5, 2013 06:01 CET  Fiat, faced with Italy sales that could fall to their lowest level for 47 years, is seeking to boost sales in Germany by offering steeper discounts than any other automaker there. Plummeting deliveries, hit by political turmoil, are upending Italy's auto industry and will hit Fiat, which makes 56 percent of its sales in the country, especially hard. As a result, hundreds of Italian dealerships are closing and factories are running at half capacity.... Read More »
Winterkorn open to further VW acquisitionsMarch 15, 2013 06:01 CET  VW Group remains open to making further acquisitions, though the German group has its work cut out integrating its 12 brands, CEO Martin Winterkorn said. "We are currently well positioned with 12 brands, but there are always opportunities that one cannot pass up," Winterkorn said.... Read More »
Marchionne bets billions on Alfa, Maserati 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 11, 2013  Sergio Marchionne is betting billions that Alfa Romeo and Maserati will help drive Fiat's money-losing European operations back into the black by 2015-16.... Read More »
DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC LaFerrari and Golf were Geneva Web winners 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 11, 2013  Ferrari's new supercar and Volkswagen's award-winning top seller were the big Web winners from this year's Geneva auto show, according to a study. The VW Golf was the media champion of the show because of the debut of the GTI version of the compact as well as the car's victory in the 2013 European Car of the Year contest.... Read More »
GENEVA AUTO SHOW Gems from Geneva 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 11, 2013 The annual Swiss auto extravaganza never disappoints when it comes to the super-fast, the super-luxurious and the well-intentioned wacky.... Read More »
Marchionne's big gambleMarch 7, 2013 06:01 CET  Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is betting billions of euros that Alfa Romeo and Maserati will help drive the automaker's money-losing European operations back into the black by 2015-2016. He's also counting on the underperforming sporty brands to help ignite a production boom that will turn the company's under-used European plants into export champions.... Read More »
2013 GENEVA AUTO SHOW Alfa says 4C is the 'ideal' car for U.S. relaunchMarch 5, 2013 12:55 CET  Alfa Romeo CEO Harald Wester said the 4C small sports coupe is the ideal model for Alfa's relaunch in North America.... Read More »
Alfa Romeo reboot marks tough road for Fiat recoveryMarch 4, 2013 11:34 CET  Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has set himself a tough task to take the sporty Alfa Romeo brand global with more expensive models and triple its sales volume by 2016 -- after years of losses. To make things more challenging, the new Alfas will be built in Italy, where labor and material costs are far higher than in the United States, Asia or Eastern Europe.... Read More »
DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC Alfa 4C, Act II 5:34 am U.S. ET | March 1, 2013  Getting a close look at the Alfa Romeo 4C when it debuts in Geneva will be a challenge if there is a repeat of what happened two years ago at the same show.... Read More »
ANE monthly e-magazine goes live MondayMarch 1, 2013 06:01 CET  The new issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly e-magazine goes live on Monday, March 4. Our cover story examines Sergio Marchionne's multi-billion-euro bet that he can turn Alfa Romeo and Maserati into global sales powerhouses.... Read More »
2013 GENEVA MOTOR SHOW Alfa Romeo teases 4C interior before Geneva 3:58 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 25, 2013  Alfa Romeo today revealed the interior of the new 4C sports car, before its official Geneva motor show debut. The small sports car is expected to weigh in at less than 2,200 pounds, and deliver 240 hp from a turbocharged, direct-injected four-cylinder engine.... Read More »
GENEVA AUTO SHOW PREVIEW Luxury to the max 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 25, 2013  European automakers are reeling from a slump in sales, but the focus at the Geneva auto show next week will be on the kinds of cars that have largely escaped the region's downturn -- super-expensive ones.... Read More »
FINAL ASSEMBLY How the 2015 Alfa Giulia might look 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 25, 2013  Alfa Romeo last year asked students at the European Design Institute (IED) in Turin, Italy, to conceive a mid-sized Alfa sedan that would appeal to customers in North America and Asia.... Read More »
2013 GENEVA AUTO SHOW Alfa Gloria hints at forthcoming GiuliaFeb. 18, 2013 11:00 CET  A styling model that hints at the Alfa Romeo Giulia will debut at the Geneva auto show next month. The mid-sized Gloria concept resulted from a collaboration between the Alfa Styling Center and the European Design Institute in Turin.... Read More »
Top Fiat stores to get Alfa first 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013  Fiat dealerships meeting sales and customer service goals will be first to get the Alfa Romeo 4C, a Chrysler Group executive says.... Read More »
Alfa Romeo 4C details, pictures released ahead of Geneva debutFeb. 12, 2013 09:01 CET  Fiat released pictures and some technical details of the Alfa Romeo 4C small sports car ahead of the model's debut at next month's Geneva auto show. The rear-drive, two-seat coupe, a car Alfa enthusiasts have dreamed of for almost two decades, retains the styling of the concept car that won acclaim at the Geneva show two years ago.... Read More »
2013 GENEVA MOTOR SHOW Alfa to limit initial sales of 4C sports car for U.S. market 3:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 12, 2013  Fiat released images and some technical details of the Alfa Romeo 4C small sports car ahead of the model's debut at next month's Geneva auto show. The rear-drive, two-seat coupe, a car Alfa enthusiasts have dreamed of for almost two decades, retains the styling of the concept car that won acclaim at the Geneva show two years ago.... Read More »
Fiat dealers can postpone expansions as Alfa Romeo returns to U.S. 10:33 am U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  Changes in the product cadence for Alfa Romeo’s return to the United States means Fiat dealers may be able to postpone required expansions of their stores for up to two years until more vehicles arrive in 2015, Chrysler Group’s top dealer executive said.... Read More »
Fiat dealers welcome a surge of promised products 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 4, 2013  Fiat dealers in the United States, struggling to turn a profit selling versions of just one nameplate, got great news last week. The dealers will have at least 10 Fiat and Alfa Romeo nameplates in 2016, nearly all from Fiat factories in Europe, according to sources and a revised product plan released by Chrysler Group last week.... Read More »
Fiat set to build Maserati, Alfa Romeo SUVs in TurinFeb. 4, 2013 10:46 CET  Fiat will build Maserati's new Levante SUV at its flagship Mirafiori plant in Turin, union sources said. The automaker may also build an SUV for Alfa Romeo in the same factory, the sources said.... Read More »
Ferrari to help Alfa Romeo on engines, Marchionne saysJan. 30, 2013 20:31 CET  Fiat will announce within a month a technical cooperation between its Ferrari and Maserati subsidiaries on engine work aimed at rebuilding the Alfa Romeo brand, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said Wednesday.... Read More »
Fiat, Alfa to get U.S. boost from new Chrysler product planJan. 30, 2013 13:46 CET The Fiat and Alfa Romeo brands will get a big boost in the United States from Chrysler Group's new long-range product plan revealed today. The revised strategy shows the addition of seven new unannounced vehicles for the Fiat brand in 2015 and 2016, as well as a single Alfa Romeo, believed to be the 4C sports coupe, arriving this year. There are five additional unidentified new Alfa's planned to arrive in 2015 and 2016, the plan indicates.... Read More »
Marchionne said to plan first Alfa Romeo SUV as Fiat losses mountJan. 29, 2013 06:19 CET  Fiat is said to plan the introduction of the first Alfa Romeo SUV in an effort to help transform the brand into a global luxury marque to challenge Audi and meet a target of tripling sales by 2016 to 300,000.... Read More »
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