FIAT News
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Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has provided the first real insight into his plans for the automaker's 13 brands.
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Fiat discontinuing 124 Spider for 2021, leaving just the 500X
Fiat will drop the 124 Spider and 500L for 2021, leaving an uncertain future with just the 500X crossover.
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The only 2 surviving Fiat 600 Multipla Mirafioris stop by Jay Leno's Garage
Just five examples of the 1958 Fiat 600 Multipla Mirafiori were built, and the same owner has the last two surviving examples.
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Fiat redesigns iconic 500 minicar as an EV
Fiat's 500 has been reborn as an EV but it's not clear yet if we'll see it in the United States.
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2021 Fiat 500e spy shots
Fiat is working on a new 500e based on a dedicated EV platform.
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Official: Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Group agree to 50/50 merger
The merged company will be the fourth biggest automaker in the world.
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Fiat's tiny 500 Abarth has been fitted with a massive rear wing capable of generating 92 pounds of downforce at 124 mph.
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The Fiat 500 is dead in the US
The flagging small car won't be imported into the U.S. although inventory should carry dealers through next year.
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Italian rallying royalty rolls into Jay Leno's Garage
A 1978 Fiat 131 Abarth and a 1986 Lancia Delta S4 visit Jay Leno's Garage.
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Fiat 124 Spider successor unlikely
The Miata-based roadster probably won't make it back for a second generation, according to FCA executives—but it's been a gas.
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FCA’s next-gen Uconnect system will be powered by Android, offer cloud services
FCA's next-generation Uconnect system arriving in the second half of 2019 will be powered by Android and future-proofed for upcoming technologies such as 5G and smart cities.
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Peer inside FCA's new Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Lancia heritage museum
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has a new home for its vintage Italian makes. The Heritage Hub, located within the historic Mirafiori plant in Italy has opened its doors. Inside, FCA houses the best from Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Abarth and Lancia. Total, there are 250 cars on display that FCA calls "historic...
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To get its fleet-wide average carbon emissions down to a permissible level in Europe, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will pay Tesla hundreds of millions of dollars to count its EVs.
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Could PSA Group be a potential partner for FCA?
There's growing speculation that France's PSA Group is, at the very least, open to the idea of a merger or acquisition of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The heads of both automakers reportedly told journalists separately at this month's Geneva International Motor Show that the possibility of an...
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Fiat Concept Centoventi imagines snap-together customization
Fiat turns 120 years old this year, and to celebrate, the brand introduced the Concept Centoventi at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show. The concept stakes possible new ground for the brand's future. The car is minimalistic. It would be up to owners to make a production version of the Concept...
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Vintage Fiat 500 inducted into Museum of Modern Art in New York
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York has a new exhibition piece: a 1965 Fiat 500. Fiat highlighted the car's induction in a Monday announcement, and the mini car is on display as part of a new exhibit called "The Value of Good Design." The chosen pieces aim to tell the story of industrial...
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Icon adds electric powertrain to 1966 Fiat 500 Giardiniera Derelict
Icon is fresh off of the reveal of its Tesla-powered 1949 Mercury coupe at the 2018 SEMA show, but it has another electric powertrain swap to show off. The company has installed an electric powertrain in this 1966 Derelict Fiat 500 Giardiniera. Icon founder Jonathan Ward published a YouTube video...
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2019 Fiat 124 Spider benefits from new options including Monza exhaust for Abarth
Fiat will look to spice things up for its 124 Spider with a handful of new options being introduced for 2019. Key among them is a Record Monza exhaust upgrade for the 124 Spider Abarth that gives the car a more aggressive growl. It offers some solace to fans still sour from the Abarth model only...
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Sergio Marchionne's resignation from the top post at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on July 21 due to health reasons and his subsequent death four days later came as a shock to many, including close employees at the automaker he ran. This is despite Marchionne having had received treatment from University Hospital Zurich for more than a year, which the Swiss hospital confirmed on Thursday. Italy's Lettera43 reported Tuesday that Marchionne underwent surgery at University Hospital Zurich for an invasive shoulder sarcoma and had suffered a cerebral embolism during the procedure, which plunged him...
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Sergio Marchionne dies following complications with surgery
Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO and Ferrari Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne has succumbed to the complications that arose following recent shoulder surgery at a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. He was 66. His passing was confirmed Wednesday by John Elkann, grandson of Gianni Agnelli and...
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Marchionne steps down as CEO of FCA, Jeep boss Manley to replace him
Sergio Marchionne, longtime CEO and chief for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, stepped down Saturday due to serious complications after surgery, the company announced. Mike Manley, head of Jeep and Ram brands, replaced him. John Elkann, grandson of Gianni Agnelli and chairman of the company that controls...
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Hyundai fun day: rumors swirl of hostile FCA takeover bid
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has courted potential partners for a merger before, but a new report suggests that a new suitor may be waiting to buy the automaker now. Asia Times reported last week, citing unnamed sources, that Hyundai is waiting until later this year to buy FCA...
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Fiat plans new 500e and 500 Giardiniera wagon
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles delivered a lot of news at its investor presentation detailing its latest five-year plan on Friday, and the plans include a new 500e electric car and a 500 wagon variant. Come 2020, Fiat will launch a new 500e alongside what the brand plans to name the Fiat 500...
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FCA looks to retool Italian plans for upscale models
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne is set to unveil a company wide-strategy on June 1, his last such strategy announcement before his retirement next year. According to a report the strategy will outline a major restructuring of FCA's Italian plants to focus on upscale cars. Citing...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran