FIAT News
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The Fiat 500 lineup is set to receive a handful of updates for the 2015 model year that should keep the cars competitive against the all-new MINI that’s just gone on sale and a new generation of the Smart Fortwo that’s just around the corner. The headline update is a new seven-inch display screen located behind the steering wheel that allows drivers to easily monitor vehicle-specific info. DON'T MISS: Pristine 122-Mile 1990 BMW Z1 Up For Auction While on the home screen, an image of the vehicle is surrounded by information, including distance traveled, gas mileage and range. A...
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Marchionne: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Will Be Headquartered In London
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has confirmed that the headquarters for the recently formed company will be based in London, England. The move means that many major decisions concerning Fiat and Chrysler, as well as their respective brands, will be made away from their traditional...
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2016 Fiat 500X Spy Shots
Fiat will be launching an all-wheel-drive version of its acclaimed 500 hatch in an effort to capture a piece of the burgeoning subcompact crossover market. Today, we have more spy shots of a prototype for the new crossover, which is expected to be called the 500X and go on sale early next year. We...
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Fiat Plans New Specialty Car For U.S. By Late 2015: Mazda MX-5-Based Roadster?
With Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Dodge, and Chrysler all laying their cards on the table through 2018, the Fiat brand didn’t want to be left out. For the U.S., however, there’s precious little news to come from the brand for the next four years. In fact, there are just two new models due in...
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Godzilla Revealed In New Fiat 500L Ad: Video
The producers of the new Godzilla movie which airs across the country on May 16 have resisted completely revealing the star of the show in official trailers, but you can see him in all his glory in a new television spot for the Fiat 500L. DON'T MISS: Watch The IIHS Crash Test The 2015 Subaru WRX...
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2015 Fiat 500 Abarth Gets Tech Updates, Still A Cool Little Hot Hatch
It’s been a little over two years since we ripped around Spring Mountain in the Fiat 500 Abarth, but it still holds a special place in the hot-hatch-loving cockles of our hearts. For the 2015 model year, the bite-sized Scorpion gets a handful of tech updates, which can only make it better...
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Plenty of car companies tell us their new products are "race cars for the road", but rarely does the term have any credence. Anyone who has ever set foot in a race car, let alone driven one, will tell you how dissimilar they are to the average road car. Some get close though, such as Abarth's new 695 Biposto, unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. Positioned on Abarth's stand next to an original Abarth 695 Assetto Corse, the modern car dwarfed the older one, but both are clearly cut from the same cloth. As with all good hardcore hot hatchbacks, it has a healthy power output. 190 horses may not be...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Arrives In (Select) U.S. Dealers In June
The Alfa Romeo 4C will be sold at Maserati dealerships, and a few Fiat stores.
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Fiat Launches Abarth Track Experience In U.S.
Back in the day, buying a fast car meant just that: You walked into a dealer, put your money down and drove out with something quick. Nowadays, the fashion is to offer drivers of performance cars special driver training packages to enhance their skills in a safe environment, and the latest to do so...
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Combined Fiat And Chrysler Corporation To Be Known As Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Following its acquisition of all remaining shares in Chrysler from the United Auto Workers VEBA Trust earlier in the month, Italian automaker Fiat has rebranded itself Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in recognition of its fully-integrated status. FCA will be registered in the U.K., for what the...
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Fiat Finalizes Its Purchase Of Remaining Chrysler Shares
Chrysler is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat.
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Marchionne To Helm Fiat-Chrysler For At Least Three More Years: Report
The main man in charge of the good ship Fiat-Chrysler is Sergio Marchionne. Word on the street is that Marchionne is prepared to hang on to his captain's hat for at least three more years. This word comes from Fiat Group chairman John Elkann, speaking about the automaker's new business plan...
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Fiat is ringing in the new year by agreeing to buy the remaining 41.46 percent stake in Chrysler that it doesn't own from the United Auto Workers VEBA Trust, in a deal valued at approximately $4.35 billion. So far only a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed and the deal is still subject to due diligence and independent review. However, Fiat expects the process to be completed on or before January 20, 2014. DON'T MISS: Motor Authority's Top 13 Of 2013: Photos, Videos & More As part of the deal, VEBA will receive $3.65 billion up front, $1.75 billion of which will come from Fiat and...
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2014 Fiat 500 ‘1957 Edition’ To Debut At L.A. Auto Show
Fiat is celebrating its original 1957 ‘Nuova’ Cinquecento with a special edition 500 that goes on sale in 2014.
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Chrysler Reveals 2013 SEMA Lineup
Chrysler will bring 20 modified vehicles to the 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas.
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Fiat Buys Remaining Half Of Diesel Supplier VM Motori From GM
Fiat is now the sole owner of diesel engine supplier VM Motori after it acquired a remaining 50 percent stake in the fellow Italian firm from General Motors. VM Motori supplies diesel engines for vehicles like the Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel, Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and previously some Cadillac models...
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No Plan For Standalone Abarth Sports Car
Not long ago, there were reports that Fiat performance brand Abarth was working on launching some sporty models of its own, based on either Fiat 500 underpinnings or those of the much more extreme KTM X-Bow. Such a move would not be without precedent, since during its heyday Abarth was releasing...
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Fiat 500L Abarth? Why Bother?
Abarth's European chief says a performance version of the 500L is a definite possibility.
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Fiat is pushing back the launch of the 4C until the second quarter of 2014.
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Fiat Celebrates Abarth 595’s 50th Anniversary With Special 500
Fiat is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of the original Abarth 595 at the 1963 Turin Motor Show by launching a tribute edition based on its latest 500 hatch. The modern version will don the famous red and white livery of the original but will make its debut at the 2013 Frankfurt...
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Meet The 2013 Fiat 500 Cattiva
The Fiat 500 Cattiva can be ordered either in 500 Sport or 500 Turbo trim.
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Fiat Ups Chrysler Stake To 68.49 Percent, Edges Closer To Full Control
Fiat has exercised an option to buy an additional 3.3 percent of Chrysler, bringing it closer to full control of the American automaker. As part of the 2009 deal that originally gave Fiat 20 percent of Chrysler and the promise for more if certain targets were met, Fiat also gained the option to buy...
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Fiat Still Wants You To Get Your Gucci On
One of the fanciest trim lines in the industry is back for another model year. The Gucci-edition Fiat 500 is coming back for another round of ultra-compact fanciness. While not quite filled with the finest Corinthian leather, the 2013 Fiat 500 and 500C are both outfitted with Gucci embroidery...
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Fiat Teams Up With SMEG For 500 Refrigerator
Italian stye is oft imitated but hard to actually get right. The Italians have knack for producing all sorts of goods that simply look fantastic, and this extends from their suits to their cars on to their... appliances? Yes, now that Fiat has teamed up with SMEG to create the SMEG 500...
Jeff Glucker