Fiat will announce the return of its Abarth inhouse tuning and racing division at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show. Fiat will revive the Abarth name for use on a new factory tuned car and a racing version that will be entered in the 2007 Italian Rally Championship and Intercontinental Rally Challenge. But this is just […]

Malcolm Bricklin has dropped his plan to bring Chery-produced cars to North America. Bricklin and his Visionary Vehicles company had planned to import up to 250,000 cars to North America. Bricklin originally was planning a U.S. launch of Chery Automobiles in January 2007, but had since pushed the launch back several times to late 2008 […]

Following Volkswagen and PSA Peugeot-Citroen announcing new CEOs, Fiat has announced that CEo Sergio Marchionne is stepping down as the head of the company’s auto unit in 2007. Marchionne will remain as head of the overall Fiat group, which includes Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Iveco trucks.
Fiat hasn’t announced who’ll take over as CEO, […]

Italy’s Fiat said today that its automotive division, Fiat Auto, had signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile, to have the Chinese company supply 1.6L and 1.8L gasoline engines for car made in China and outside the country. The two companies expect an annual supply exceeding 100,000 engines. Fiat said it expects […]

After magazine scans were leaked to the web last week, Fiat revealed its new Bravo compact five-door hatch. While the car will not be officially unveiled until the Rome Motor Show in January, we now have a video of Fiat’s new Bravo. The short video clip provides a good look at the Bravo from just […]

While the new Bravo will not be shown to the press at the Rome Motor Show until January, Fiat has official unveiled the new Bravo and has released preliminary details about the new vehicle.such as the dimensions and engine options.
Developed by the Fiat Style Centre, the design of the model is unmistakably ‘Italian’, and is […]

Fiat will debut a new logo on the front of the new Bravo, before applying the new logo to all Fiat models.
The new Fiat logo is derived from the famous shield that adorned the front of Fiat cars from 1931 to 1968, featuring vertically elongated letters of the word FIAT standing out against a ruby […]

Last week, Fiat said that it has exercised an option to buy back nearly 29 percent of Ferrari. Fiat sold the stake to Italian banks in 2002 when it was facing a cash crisis. Now that its financial situation is better shape, the automaker bought back the stake as part its strategy to focus on […]

Fiat is interested in principle in forging a partnership with DaimlerChrysler to build new subcompact cars, one of which would likely be the Dodge Hornet concept, but only on certain conditions, CEO Sergio Marchionne said on Tuesday.
DCX is said to be looking for a production partner to develop and manufacture the Hornet subcompact for the […]