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0Official: Fiat builds 1 millionth 500, still a ways to go before passing original 1366902900
Canadians have a soft spot for diminutive hatchbacks, note our love affair with the Volkswagen Golf, Mini Cooper and Fiat 500. There are now 1.1 million examples of the new Fiat 500 cruising the roads of 83 countries, one million of them made at the Fiat's Tychy plant in Poland, the rest in the Fiat plant in Toluca, Mexico. It's taken 69 months since the ...
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Official: Canadian exec named President and CEO of Ram by Chrysler Group 1366560000
Chrysler is busy shuffling executives around in the wake of Ram head Fred Diaz's departure. The automaker has named Canadian exec Reid Bigland (pictured, right) as Diaz's successor in the role of president and CEO of Ram, though Bigland will continue his duties as the head of US sales and the president and CEO of Chrysler Canada. Bigland first came to ...
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First Drive: 2013 Fiat 500e 1366041600
Cinquecento's Electrifying One-Price Strategy Is A Gas North America's electric vehicle segment is getting crowded, but sales remain tiny compared to the overall market. Listening to EV pitchmen, a key phrase heard over and over is "no compromises." This particular EV, the seller says, offers all* the things you want in a car, without the gasoline and ...
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Rumormill: Fiat 500 Abarth to get automatic transmission option 1365714900
You can boo and hiss all you want, but the truth is that manual transmissions aren't for everybody. When Fiat launched the hot little 500 Abarth last year, it did so with a five-speed manual as the only transmission available, but according to Ward's Auto, that might change. "We're not opposed to doing it. We just didn't think there would be consumer ...
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Video: Fiat 500 with Lamborghini V12 engine swap is total ridiculousness 1365439500
We've come across some crazy automotive creations, but none quite as insane as this custom built widebody, V12 powered, Fiat 500?! That's right folks, this classic little Fiat before you is the successful recipient 6.2-litre V12 engine transplant from a first generation Lamborghini Murcielago, cranking out a whopping 572 horsepower in a tiny lightweight ...
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First Drive: 2014 Fiat 500L [w/video] 1365177600
Practicality From The Italian Ministry of Cute As seen in the correct Italian/European light, Fiat is rightly dubbed a small car kingdom. This is not the marque's whole story, though, and it's certainly not a way Fiat appreciates being pigeonholed. But even the brand itself sort of has to admit that, in the end, without clever and right-priced smaller ...
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Report: Fiat boss Elkann being mentored by... Bill Ford? 1364738400
Fiat Chairman John Elkann has been turning to an unusual source for advice on the car business. While speaking during an interview with The Detroit News, Elkann said he often asks Bill Ford Jr. for advice on how to proceed with the turnaround at Chrysler. "It's great to have the opportunity to share this with someone like Bill, who has experienced many ...
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Rumormill: Audi rumoured to buy Alfa Romeo, officials deny it 1364511600
For more than two years, Volkswagen has been making public statements about its willingness to buy Alfa Romeo and quadruple the Italian brand's sales, and for just as long, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has replied with some version of "Mr. Piëch, drop it." According to a report in Ward's Auto, all that jousting might be over: it claims that sources ...
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Report: 2014 Jeep Cherokee faces on-sale delay 1364390940
A report in The Wall Street Journal looks at some of the obstacles to the 2014 Jeep Cherokee that go beyond its moot yet "very contemporary" looks, almost all of them based on Fiat's financial position. Starting with that sheetmetal, in defense of it SRT president Ralph Gilles and Jeep design head Mark Allen said they wanted to "make sure the design still ...
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Geneva: The Fiat 500 GQ Edition is not all that it appears to be 1362602700
With Fiat's business model effectively previewed by rival Mini's moves toward success throughout the years, it's certainly no surprise to see the Italianate 500 start to cough up some limited edition models. The 500C has already, and famously teamed with Gucci (via a small J.Lo kerfuffle) and now Fiat has brought a 500 GQ Edition to Geneva, presumably for ...