Fiat 500 Beats Depreciation Well in the UK
3 Aug 2012, 08:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While French and Italian cars are not renowned for their excellent residuals, Fiat comes to contradict us with the 500, which, in the UK, has been named among the top 10 depreciation-resistant cars....
Chrysler to Offer Eight-Speed Gearbox in 2012 - Nine-Speed in the Works
1 Aug 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that all automakers have gone gear-crazy! A few years ago, the seven-speed autobox seemed so crazy - now we have a seven-speed manual. Then came BMW with the eight-speed automatic gearbox w...
Fiat to Shut Down Punto Production for 3 Months in 2012
30 Jul 2012, 13:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that despite the fact that the Fiat Punto is Italy’s second-best selling car, the automaker has begun stocking them up outside the Melfi factory. To prevent this from becoming a probl...
Fiat Doing Surprisingly Well in 2012 - May Reach Financial Stability by 2014
27 Jul 2012, 11:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite a less-than-cheerful European performance, Fiat is actually not doing that badly. According to autoedizione.com, thanks to their South American and US efforts, Fiat are actually making money...
VW Wants Marchionne to Resign from ACEA Position Over Pricing Dispute
27 Jul 2012, 09:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tensions are rising on the European car scene, as the industry begins to suffer as a result of bad sales. Now, VW are threatening to leave the European automotive industry group ACEA (European Autom...
Lancia Musa Reaches the End of the Line
24 Jul 2012, 12:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Lancia may be marketing the Musa as a ‘city limo’, it is nothing more than a rebadged Fiat Idea (another car which went out of production in 2011) MPV which, considering the firm&r...
Opel May Conjure Up Range of Adam-Based Cars
24 Jul 2012, 09:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Peeking into the neighbor’s (Mini's) yard , Opel/Vauxhall may be looking to have an entire range of Adam-based alternatives, if the car itself, in its current form proves successful, as w...
Did Fiat Throw a Bunch of 500s in the Sea? Yes.
18 Jul 2012, 10:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fiat’s latest commercial showing, 500s driving themselves into the sea to head for US shores, in a similar manner to the image we have of 19th and 20th century Italian immigrants jumping into ...
Spyshots: 2013 Suzuki SX4
17 Jul 2012, 12:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Suzuki has just started testing on the brand new SX4. This replacement model will arrive with more of CUV body style instead of the jacked up small hatchback. This is a good thing, because the Japan...
New Wave of Italian Immigrants Arrives in the US!
16 Jul 2012, 15:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Americans have taken a liking to Fiat’s baby offering, and while sales of the little Italian aren’t breaking records, it is nevertheless selling at a decent rate, even though it’s ...
UK-Bound Alfa Romeo MiTo Gets TwinAir Engine
16 Jul 2012, 14:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Alfa Romeo MiTo has been around for three years now, and its range of engines has been one of its strong points, along with the styling. It featured Fiat-sourced powerplants no bigger than 1.6-l...
Russia Almost Back to Pre-Crisis Car Sales
12 Jul 2012, 08:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Russian car market was among the hardest hit my the crisis. With credit tightening and buying power diminishing, the Rissan halved their demand for new cars from the levels of 2007 and 2008. ...
Dodge Flip a Reliant Robin in New Dart Ad
10 Jul 2012, 10:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While some car ads are boring, soulless, and rarely get watched untill the end, the ad for the excellent new Dodge Dart is an exception. It basically makes fun (in a genuinely amusing way) of the en...
Chrysler Group Employees Celebrate Third Anniversary With Detroit Orchestra
10 Jul 2012, 10:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / All of Chrysler’s detroit employees (which, apparently, are very healthy and happy) were treated to a special concert courtesy of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). July 6,7 and 8 marked th...
Chrysler Files for Another Patent
10 Jul 2012, 08:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We recently reported that Chrysler would be changing the denomination of their diesel engines, from ‘CRD’ to ‘EcoDiesel’, according to a recent patent filing application they...
Fiat Industrial Receives Loan for ‘Green’ Tech Development
9 Jul 2012, 12:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As the world struggles to recover from the recession (Europe more so than other regions), automakers, even those who want to develop planet-friendly technologies, receive much less backing than they...
Chrysler Adopting ‘EcoDiesel’ Brand Name?
9 Jul 2012, 07:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chrysler will apparently be adopting a new denomination for its diesel-engined offerings, giving up “CRD” in favour of something which is ‘more 2012’ - “EcoDiesel&rdquo...
Marchionne Still Pessimistic About Europe Car Sales
8 Jul 2012, 11:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Vehicles sales in America were already doing well when they unexpectedly picked up in June. However, it’s a completely different story back in Europe, as officials from different countries are...
Fiat 500 - V8 Powered Dragster
7 Jul 2012, 10:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While this car is not particularly new, we felt that it was interesting enough to show again. It is a classic Fiat 500 from the 1960s, the golden age of car design, which has been retrofitted with a...
Marchionne Announces Introduction of Alfa Romeo in China
4 Jul 2012, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Alfa Romeo is a globally renowned brand which has a history closely tied to its motorsport heritage, as well as its stunningly designed cars which have been some of the best examples of automotive d...