FIAT News
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The Gumball 3000 rally is gearing up for another year of mayhem, with participants scheduled to take off from Miami on June 4 and travel across the U.S. and Europe before ending in Ibiza one week later. Now, for the first time in the event’s history (the first was in 1999), the Gumball 3000 has an official car: the Abarth 695 Biposto. ALSO SEE: 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat: Live Photos And Video The honor means that in each city the rally visits, Abarth, and its Fiat 500-based 695 Biposto, will be carting around guests and offering up test drives to potential customers. Recently...
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2015 Fiat 500 Gets Tech Updates, Automatic Option For Sporty ModelsThe 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...
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Marchionne: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Will Be Headquartered In LondonFiat 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 ShotsFiat 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: VideoThe 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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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. MUST WATCH: McLaren 12C And Lamborghini Aventador Flame Battle: Video Headlining the new tech is a 7-inch high-resolution TFT display in the driver’s instrument pod, which can display a multitude of relevant data, including a backup camera display on Rear Park Assist-equipped vehicles as well as...
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Race Car Tech For Abarth 695 Biposto Launched In GenevaPlenty 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...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Arrives In (Select) U.S. Dealers In JuneThe 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 AutomobilesFollowing 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 SharesChrysler is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat.
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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. According to Automotive News (subscription required), the recently fully merged automakers are putting forth this new three-year business plan and it features Marchionne as the person to see it through. The 61-year-old executive has been in charge of Fiat since being elected CEO in 2004. In 2009, he...
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Fiat To Buy Remaining Chrysler Shares In $4.35 Billion DealFiat 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...
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2014 Fiat 500 ‘1957 Edition’ To Debut At L.A. Auto ShowFiat 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 LineupChrysler 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 GMFiat 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 CarNot 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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Abarth's European chief says a performance version of the 500L is a definite possibility.
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Alfa Romeo 4C Not Available In U.S. Until Q2 2014?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 500Fiat 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 CattivaThe 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 ControlFiat 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 OnOne 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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