Italy
Entry-level Jeep Renegade should boost brand in subcompact market 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 23, 2015
The Renegade subcompact SUV is Jeep's latest attempt at an entry-level vehicle. With prices starting at $18,990, including shipping, the first Italian-made Jeep should help the brand thrive in the competitive subcompact market....Read More »
Fiat-Chrysler sees 1,500 new jobs at Italian plantJan. 12, 2015 15:19 CET
Fiat-Chrysler expects to add 1,500 new jobs at its Melfi plant in Italy in response to the success of its new Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X models. A temporary layoff scheme will also end, allowing 5,418 employees to return to work....Read More »
Car sales slump in France in December, but rise in Spain and ItalyJan. 4, 2015 10:53 CET
France's floundering economy pushed car sales 7 percent lower in December, while Spanish sales jumped by 21 percent, helped by a subsidy scheme. Sales rose 2 percent in Italy....Read More »
Fiat Chrysler says it has no plan to move Ferrari's tax base from ItalyDec. 11, 2014 16:07 CET
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles denied a report that it is considering moving the tax residence of its Ferrari supercar unit outside Italy. The possibility of the move to save on corporate taxes caused an outcry in its home country....Read More »
Ferrari said to mull moving fiscal residence outside ItalyDec. 10, 2014 13:02 CET
Ferrari is considering moving its fiscal residence outside Italy to save on corporate taxes as the supercar maker prepares for its spinoff from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, sources said....Read More »
Italy car sales increase 9% in OctoberNov. 3, 2014 18:16 CET
New-car sales in Italy rose 9 percent in October. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' share of the market dropped slightly....Read More »
Daimler eyes stake in motorcycle maker MV Agusta, report saysOct. 21, 2014 10:39 CET
Daimler is said to be in talks to take a stake of up to 25 percent in Italian motorcycle maker MV Agusta. Carmakers' interest in motorbike technology is growing as they introduce smaller engines aimed at meeting anti-pollution rules....Read More »
Germany joins France, Italy in reporting car-sales rebound in SeptemberOct. 3, 2014 11:23 CET
Germany joined France and Italy in reporting a rebound in new-car registrations last month after poor results in August. Sales in Germany rose 5 percent in September helping to lift nine-month registrations by 3 percent....Read More »
Italy car sales rise 3% in SeptemberOct. 1, 2014 19:33 CET
New-car registrations in Italy rose 3 percent in September, according to data published by the country's transport ministry. Full-year sales are seen rising to about 1.35 million, up from the 1.3 million units sold last year....Read More »
Fiat jobs matter more than HQ location, Italy prime minister saysSept. 29, 2014 10:26 CET
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Fiat Chrysler's decision to have a home base in London matters less than the jobs and opportunities that the combined company will create in Italy....Read More »
Fiat will suspend Panda production at Italy plant as demand fallsSept. 19, 2014 18:00 CET
Fiat will temporarily suspend production at its Pomigliano plant in southern Italy from Oct. 16-27 amid weak demand. The Fiat Panda minicar is built at the factory....Read More »
German, French and Italian car sales fall in AugustSept. 2, 2014 11:25 CET
New-car sales in Germany, France and Italy all fell slightly in August, a seasonally weak vacation month, while Spain's subsidy-led recovery continued....Read More »
For Alfa dealer, the wait is over 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 1, 2014
From his small dealership between New York City and Connecticut, 78-year-old Alfredo Gulla has waited nearly 20 years for his beloved Alfa Romeo to return....Read More »
LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE
Fiat's cute cartoon characters suggest buying a 500 -- or else 3:38 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 27, 2014
Since Fiat was reintroduced to the United States in 2011, the Italian brand has stretched the advertising envelope. But a new animated spot set to debut on Gas Station TV touting the fuel and ecological advantages of a Fiat 500 minicar may be the brand's most wry offering yet....Read More »
LINDSAY CHAPPELL
Why Americans are rediscovering Italian cars 8:52 am U.S. ET | Aug. 16, 2014
Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Pagani, Zagato -- those luminary Italian brands barely add up to a percent of a percentage point worth of sales in America. But oh, the mystique....Read More »
China's Brilliance mulls Italy car plant, prime minister saysAug. 14, 2014 22:13 CET
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said that Chinese carmaker Brilliance China Automotive had expressed an interest in opening a plant in Italy. Renzi is trying to encourage foreign investment in Italy, which has fallen back into recession....Read More »
Strong UK car sales in July part of improving European trendAug. 6, 2014 12:33 CET
New-car sales in the UK rose by 7 percent in July, as the country's credit-backed growth continued. The increase follows volume growth last month in Germany, Italy and Spain....Read More »
Italian car sales rose 5% in JulyAug. 4, 2014 13:49 CET
New car sales in Italy rose 5 percent in July compared to the same month a year ago to 113,777 vehicles...Read More »
A Renegade prime minister 12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 4, 2014
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, front, checks out rear legroom in the Jeep Renegade with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chairman John Elkann....Read More »
GILLES CASTONGUAY
For some investors, Fiat's meeting to approve Chrysler merger felt like a funeral 12:42 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 1, 2014
Fiat shareholders were in a resigned mood when they met to vote on the carmaker's merger with Chrysler....Read More »
Fiat shareholders approve Chrysler mergerAug. 1, 2014 08:08 CET
Fiat shareholders approved the automaker's merger with Chrysler in a move that seals the end of Fiat as an Italian company. The new company arising from the merger, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will be incorporated under Dutch law, based in the UK and listed on the New York Stock Exchange....Read More »
Fiat investors likely to approve Chrysler mergerJuly 31, 2014 06:01 CET
Fiat shareholders will likely approve the automaker's merger with Chrysler when they meet in Italy for the last time on Friday. Industry watchers expect Fiat to win the two-thirds majority vote needed for a merger....Read More »
Italy mulls incentives to boost 'fragile' car marketJuly 29, 2014 13:32 CET
The Italian government is considering offering tax incentives to encourage new car purchases by both private and public sector owners, Transport Minister Maurizio Lupi said....Read More »
Sogefi reports first-half loss on restructuring costs, Brazil downturnJuly 22, 2014 15:29 CET
Italian supplier Sogefi reported a first-half net loss, hit by restructuring costs, the negative impact of the strong euro on South American currencies and a sharp slowdown in the Brazilian market....Read More »
To sell Fiat luxury shift, Marchionne seeks labor peace in ItalyJune 30, 2014 10:55 CET
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne's visit to Italy last week to solve a labor dispute that threatened Maserati production shows how important the country's plants are becoming to the company's future, a union boss said....Read More »
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