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Fiat eco:Drive honoured in UK green award ceremony

Matt Brogan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:46:46 +0000

It’s that time of the year when motoring awards come thick and fast and Fiat is the latest to join the party. Yesterday CarAdvice reported that Mazda won an award for its “i-stop” start/stop engine technology, and now Fiat has been honoured for another environmentally friendly innovation: the eco:Drive. Fiat’s eco:Drive is a standard system that uses [...]

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Fiat eco:Drive honoured in UK green award ceremony

Chrysler, Fiat move ahead with product planning

Matt Brogan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:48:30 +0000

The latest product planning from Chrysler-Fiat will see some American favourites dumped and replaced by new lightweight Italians, beginning with the Dodge Viper in mid-2010. Chrysler says it will build just 500 more Vipers, with a replacement “under consideration” for mid-2012 – but unlikely to be anything like the original halo car. The PT Cruiser will join [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Chrysler, Fiat move ahead with product planning

Lancia’s next flagship to be based on Chrysler 300C

Matt Brogan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:40:51 +0000

Fiat aims to integrate the Chrysler brand more closely with the Italian automaker’s upscale Lancia marque with the two brands likely to share products ranging from small hatches to large sedans. The appointment of Lancia CEO Olivier Francois as Chrysler brand boss is a step toward the goal, a Fiat source said. The unnamed source went on [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Lancia’s next flagship to be based on Chrysler 300C

Fiat Abarth 500 R3T Rally Car

Anthony Crawford — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:59:08 +0000

Ever heard of Abarth, the Italian tuner? Italian-Austrian Karl (aka Carlo) Abarth founded the company in 1949 in Turin as Abarth & C.S.p.A., fourteen years prior to Lamborghini staring out. Baby boomer car enthusiasts may be aware of the name, but outside of Italy, there’s always been was a certain mystery surrounding the brand with a [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat Abarth 500 R3T Rally Car

Fiat sets new record low for CO2 emissions

Matt Brogan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:22:26 +0000

Fiat has set a new record for average CO2 emissions on its cars sold in Europe during the first half of 2009. The new figure of just 129.1 grams per kilometre – corroborated by automotive advisory leader JATO – means that Fiat is the only mainstream car brand to achieve the European average goal, of [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat sets new record low for CO2 emissions

Fiat 500 a hot tribute to Ferrari

David Twomey — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:39:30 +0000

The hottest version yet of Fiat’s chic bambino, the Fiat 500, will surface at next week’s Frankfurt Motor Show when Abarth unveil the Fiat 500 Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari, a limited edition that celebrates the history and shared values of Abarth and Ferrari. The new pocket rocket from Fiat and Abarth boasts 134kW and a new [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat 500 a hot tribute to Ferrari

Fiat set to double Indian sourced components in 2010

Matt Brogan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:12:25 +0000

Fiat’s purchasing division has today announced it plans to source US$1 billion of parts from India next year, effectively doubling the amount of components it sources from the sub-continent. The group said 70 per cent of the parts sourced will be used in Fiat India Automobiles, the company’s joint venture with Tata Motors, while the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat set to double Indian sourced components in 2010

Fiat gains world recognition for green credentials

Matt Brogan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:52:01 +0000

Fiat has been recognised as a leader in sustainability with its inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability World and Dow Jones Sustainability STOXX Indexes. The groups scored a result of 90/100 compared with an average of 72/100 for all companies in the sector evaluated by SAM, the investment group which specialises in Sustainability Investing. The DJSI World [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat gains world recognition for green credentials

Fiat Punto Evo to be unveiled at Frankfurt, due here 2010

Matt Brogan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:01:58 +0000

Fiat will debut the next generation of diesel engines at the Frankfurt International Motor Show on September 15 when it launches the new Fiat Punto Evo. The second generation of the Multijet diesel engine not only meets the tough new Euro5 emissions standards, it slashes NOx emissions, traditionally a diesel bugbear, by 30 per cent, as [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat Punto Evo to be unveiled at Frankfurt, due here 2010

Chrysler, Nissan end joint ventures

David Twomey — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:40:36 +0000

The shake-out from Italian carmaker Fiat taking control of US carmaker Chrysler continues with the company announcing today that it has ended its plans to jointly produce vehicles with Japan’s Nissan, including a world car and a version of the Nissan Tiida. Fiat now plans to supply Chrysler with European designed and engineered small cars to [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Chrysler, Nissan end joint ventures

Dodge Viper to get Ferrari power – report

Matt Brogan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:10:23 +0000

The Dodge Viper brand has been the victim of many rumours since Chrysler’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June, but this latest piece of news, from US magazine Car and Driver, is by far the best yet. According to the publication, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is currently working on a plan to use a V10 [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Dodge Viper to get Ferrari power – report

Fiat approved to purchase Bertone

Matt Brogan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:56:06 +0000

After a four-way bidding war Italian manufacturer Fiat has been approved to purchase Bertone’s contract manufacturing business. As part of the purchase agreement, Fiat will invest US$215.9 million into the struggling manufacturer over the next three years. Bertone, a name often associated with some of automotive history’s classics such as the Lamborghini Miura, will not lose the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat approved to purchase Bertone

Chrysler to adopt Fiat’s Multiair technology

Matt Brogan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:55:11 +0000

According to a report in Automotive News, Chrysler is set to benefit almost immediately from its ties with Fiat as the American manufacturer prepares to adopt the Italian company’s fuel saving Multiair technology. Director of Fiat Powertrain Technologies, Lucio Bernard, said Fiat’s Multiair technology could be fitted rather easily to Chrysler’s current engine lineup while explaining [...]

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Chrysler to adopt Fiat’s Multiair technology

Schumacher returns to Formula One

David Twomey — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:59:31 +0000

It has inevitable written all over it and the Ferrari Formula One Team has confirmed that seven-times World Champion, Michael Schumacher, will return to the cockpit of a race car as a temporary replacement for injured driver Felipe Massa. In an official announcement this morning Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro said it intends to put Schumacher, who retired [...]

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Schumacher returns to Formula One

Fiat 500C to receive Abarth make over

Matt Brogan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:49:21 +0000

Fiat is set to take on the likes of Mini’s JCW Cooper Cabriolet when it releases at least two Abarth versions of its upcoming 500C convertible. The hot drop tops are said to be in the final stages of readiness with an expected European showroom debut some time in the first quarter of next year. The canvas [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat 500C to receive Abarth make over

Fiat-Chrysler purchase approved by European Commission

Matt Brogan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:35:14 +0000

Fiat’s acquisition of Chrysler has been given unconditional approval by the European Commission on the grounds that the enlarged carmaker would not hurt global competition. Although the ruling was not unexpected it has helped clear one of the final hurdles facing the Italian company in securing the famous American marque. “The Commission’s examination of the transaction showed [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat-Chrysler purchase approved by European Commission

Fiat 500 and Microsoft Blue&Me

Anthony Crawford — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:00:13 +0000

You’re thinking what on earth do a Fiat 500 and Microsoft have in common? That’s a good question and one, which I didn’t know the answer to until a little yellow Fiat 500 arrived, with what Microsoft claim is the “real” in-car hands free solution. It’s called Blue&Me and is a unique in-car Bluetooth system that uses [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiat 500 and Microsoft Blue&Me

Fiats to be made in China

Matt Brogan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:37:09 +0000

Fiat will begin building cars in China from mid-2011 after signing a 50:50 agreement with Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group. The joint venture allows Guangzhou Auto, a Chinese partner of Honda and Toyota, to build Fiat cars and engines for the local market but could also expand to manufacture up to 300,000 export engines a year. The [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Fiats to be made in China

Judge approves General Motors sale plan

David Twomey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:32:26 +0000

A US judge has approved General Motors’ bankruptcy sale, in a move that will allow the company’s most profitable assets to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under government ownership. Reuters Newsagency says Judge Robert Gerber of the US bankruptcy court in Manhattan said the sale would “prevent the death of the patient on the operating table.” GM, [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Judge approves General Motors sale plan

Opel/Vauxhall future decided soon

David Twomey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:52:18 +0000

While General Motors thrashes out the intricacies of its future in a US bankruptcy court, across in Europe the future of its loss-making Opel/Vauxhall subsidiary also hangs in the balance. It seems increasingly likely that a majority chunk of GM Europe will end up in the hands of Canadian car parts maker Magna International and its [...]

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Opel/Vauxhall future decided soon