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Awesome Fiat 500 Deals From Online Car Brokers
When people want a new car, whether it’s a Fiat, Vauxhall or other premium model, they’ll usually do everything in their power to get the best price they possibly can. A lot of people looking for fantastic
Fiat Punto panel wagon
Fiat unveiled its new commercial vehicle, called Punto Van. It is a Punto hatchback, stripped down and fitted with body panels where the windows usually go. Capable of carrying 35 cubic feet and 1,150 pounds of cargo, the Punto Van is powered by a 1.3-liter MultiJet II diesel in three states of tune (75, 85 [...]
Fiat’s Serbian plant will build the new 500L
Fiat inaugurated its new €1 billion car production facility in Kragujevac, Serbia. More than 150 guests attended the ceremony. Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne highlighted the modernization program, which he said has created “a dynamic environment that is attractive to foreign investors. It is a great privilege for Fiat to be able to participate in [...]
2012 Fiat 500 Commercial “Baby”
The Fiat brand is slowly abandoning the new commercial for the 500 named “Baby”. The new 30-second ad shows two young men in the front seats and a baby boy in the back pulling by a 1967 Imperial, at which point the toddler joins his fingers in the traditional Italian way and says something to [...]
2013 Fiat 500L
Fiat revealed its all-new 500L sub-compact model. The “L” in the name stands for “Large”, with the 500L being the latest addition to the 500 range after the three-door hatch, the Cabrio and the Abarth models. The five-door 500L is based on the platform of the B-segment Punto measuring 4,140mm long, 1,780mm wide and 1,660mm [...]
Fiat-Chrysler “Willing” to Form an Alliance with Opel
In 2000, General Motors and Fiat formed an alliance in which the GM gained 20 percent of the Fiat’s shares in exchange for 5.1 percent of its own stock. The two companies jointly developed the Gamma platform for B-segment cars that underpinned the 2005 Fiat Punto and the 2007 Opel Corsa.
Sergio Marchionne [...]
Fiat 500 Amongst Worst Product Flops of 2011
A report on the seven worst product flops in the U.S. from 24/7 Wall Street two vehicle introductions, the Chevrolet Volt and the Fiat 500.
The Fiat expected to sell some 50,000 cars during its first year in the States, but he sold fewer than 12,000 from January through July, and that the company ousted its [...]
Fiat 500 get three-star NHTSA safety rating
The Fiat 500 collected just three stars safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The side-impact test was particularly cruel to the Italian compact, with NHTSA awarding the vehicle two stars in that category – a somewhat surprising result considering that Fiat went to the trouble of redesigning the 500 for U.S. crash [...]
Fiat 500 Abarth now in the U.S.
Fiat 500 Abarth today arrive in North American showrooms. Today Chrysler Group finally unveiled the American version of the Fiat 500 Abarth. The Fiat 500 Abarth which arriving in Chrysler dealerships will pack an all-new 1.4-liter MultiAir turbocharged four, kept in check by upgraded brakes, handled by a sportier suspension, controlled by a higher level [...]
Fiat Group Loses Big in Europe
The Fiat Group CEO, Sergio Marchionne, admits that his company is facing huge troubles in Europe as in the first nine months of 2011, the company’s sales decreased by 12% compared to the same period last year, with its share in the European market dropping from 8.2% to 7.3%.
Even in its home market of Italy [...]