Fiat BrandFiat will build the 500 for global markets in Poland only, sources sayFeb. 11, 2013 06:01 CET  Fiat will concentrate global production of the next 500 minicar in Poland, ending output of the model for North America at Chrysler's Mexico plant by 2015. The move provides additional work for Fiat's top-performing Tychy factory.... Read More »
2013 GENEVA AUTO SHOW Pininfarina honors former CEO with Geneva conceptFeb. 6, 2013 11:23 CET  Pininfarina has created a concept car named Sergio to pay tribute to the company's longtime CEO Sergio Pininfarina. The car will be unveiled at next month's Geneva auto show.... 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 »
Chrysler's new roadmap 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 4, 2013  Chrysler Group has dropped plans to pack five more small nameplates into its crowded Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Ram showrooms. Instead, it's adding nameplates at its Fiat and upcoming Alfa Romeo dealerships.... Read More »
Fiat, SRT almost fill U.S. dealership networks 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 4, 2013  Chrysler Group's two smallest brands -- Fiat and SRT -- have nearly filled out their dealership rosters in the United States. Ralph Gilles, who heads the automaker's SRT brand, said 430 Chrysler Group dealerships have finished their training to sell the 2013 SRT Viper.... Read More »
Suzuki no Europe profit since 2008, report saysFeb. 3, 2013 06:01 CET  Suzuki has failed to post a profit for its European operations in four years and cannot say when it will cease posting losses, its regional chief told a German business magazine.... Read More »
Fiat renames Maserati plant after company patriarchJan. 31, 2013 11:33 CET  Fiat has renamed its Maserati plant after company patriarch Giovanni “Gianni” Agnelli. The Italian industrialist and controlling Fiat shareholder served as the company's chairman from 1966 to 1996. He passed away a decade ago this month at age 81.... Read More »
Opel says it has 20,000 orders for AdamJan. 30, 2013 11:00 CET  Opel has received more than 20,000 customer orders since October for the new Adam minicar, a crucial product for the money-losing brand. Opel and GM need the Adam to be a success if it is to turn around its European business.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Bergstrom resolves clash with Chrysler over Fiat points in Wis. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 28, 2013 Bergstrom Corp., Wisconsin's largest auto retailer, has settled its dispute with Chrysler Group over allocation of Fiat points in the state after its lawsuit against the automaker failed.... Read More »
Fiat gets union agreement for layoff scheme at Melfi plantJan. 25, 2013 06:01 CET Fiat has received trade unions' go-ahead for a layoff scheme at its Melfi plant in southern Italy that will allow it restructure the plant before producing a new Jeep and a Fiat model there.... Read More »
Fiat exercises options to up stake in Chrysler to 65%Jan. 4, 2013 06:01 CET  Fiat plans to boost its stake in Chrysler Group to 65 percent by exercising its option to purchase an additional 3.3 percent from the UAW's retiree health-care fund.... Read More »
Fiat exercises options to increase stake in Chrysler to 65% 5:27 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 3, 2013  Fiat plans to boost its stake in Chrysler Group to 65 percent by exercising its option to purchase an additional 3.3 percent from the UAW's retiree health-care fund.... Read More »
With Adam, Opel hopes to prove it can build a money-making minicar in GermanyJan. 3, 2013 06:01 CET  Opel/Vauxhall is confident it can produce its new Adam minicar in Germany and still make money. "The way the car has been constructed gives us the possibility to build in Germany and still be profitable," Opel sales and marketing boss Alfred Rieck told Automotive News Europe.... Read More »
Fiat to spend 1 billion euros to make Jeeps in ItalyDec. 20, 2012 13:49 CET  Fiat will invest more than 1 billion euros to build compact SUVs for the Fiat and Jeep brands in Italy. The move is key to Fiat's bid to boost capacity usage and end losses in Europe.... Read More »
FINAL ASSEMBLY Nissan, Fiat play a game of 'I know you are, but what am I?' 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 10, 2012  The gloves are off in a war of words over electric vehicle styling, with Nissan blasting Fiat for its recent dig at the Nissan Leaf's looks.... Read More »
THE GREEN SCENE Green along the edges 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 10, 2012  Several automakers are limiting the launches of EVs or plug-in hybrids, waiting for demand to rise before going national. But boosting demand will require a coordinated effort between the public and private sectors, auto industry executives say.... Read More »
Nissan hits back at Fiat for criticism of Leaf stylingDec. 5, 2012 09:45 CET  Nissan has hit back at Fiat for its recent criticism of the looks of the Japanese automaker's Leaf EV. “Let's face it, Fiat has not shied away from controversial styling themselves,” Nissan head of global marketing communications Simon Sproule said. “Many would describe many of their products as visual pollution."... Read More »
LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE Fiat taps sex, supermodels to sell its cars 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 3, 2012  Most everyone agrees that sex sells. Chrysler Group will soon find out whether sex tinged with bawdy humor sells Fiats Larry P. Vellequette covers Chrysler Group for Automotive News.... Read More »
LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE Tapping supermodels and sex, again, to sell Fiat's expanding line 11:25 am U.S. ET | Nov. 29, 2012  Most everyone agrees that sex sells. Chrysler Group will soon find out whether sex tinged with bawdy humor sells Fiats.... Read More »
2012 LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW Fiat sees potential in U.S. for SUV-styled 500LNov. 29, 2012 10:30 CET  Fiat says the 500L Trekking, an SUV-styled variant of its 500L small minivan, could account for half of overall 500L sales in the U.S. market.... Read More »
2012 LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW Fiat bets on 500e to challenge Nissan's Leaf 9:34 am U.S. ET | Nov. 28, 2012  Chrysler-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is no champion of electric vehicles. But if he must produce one to appease California regulators, he won't mess with an Italian icon. After returning to the U.S. with its 500 subcompact in 2010, Fiat introduced an electric version at the Los Angeles Auto Show today. Chrysler Group will begin selling the battery-powered 500e next year.... Read More »
LUCA CIFERRI The not so prophetic story of the Fiat 500L 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 28, 2012  The Fiat 500L small minivan, which has its North American debut today at the Los Angeles auto show, is built in Serbia in a factory that once produced Yugo cars. Unusually for a car-manufacturing nation, only 1 percent of the production will be sold at home. The rest will go to other parts of Europe and to global markets including the United States.... Read More »
2012 LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW Fiat expands lineup with 500 wagon, convertible, EV 12:50 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 28, 2012  Chrysler Group is showing three new North American versions of the Fiat 500 at the Los Angeles Auto Show today, including a plug-in electric and a four-door wagon.... Read More »
Fiat bets on Italian elegance to challenge Nissan's LeafNov. 28, 2012 06:34 CET  Fiat Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne is no champion of electric vehicles. So even if he must produce one to appease California regulators, he won't mess with an Italian icon.... Read More »
LUCA CIFERRI The not so prophetic story of the Fiat 500L 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 28, 2012  The Fiat 500L small minivan, which has its North American debut today at the Los Angeles auto show, is built in Serbia in a factory that once produced Yugo cars. Unusually for a car-manufacturing nation, only 1 percent of the production will be sold at home. The rest will go to other parts of Europe and to global markets including the United States.... Read More »
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