Fiat's Luca de Meo Moves to Volkswagen
14 May 2009, 14:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen has just announced that Luca de Meo, who has been working for Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Abarth, will join the German manufacturer and will become responsible for marketing at the VW Passenger ...
Fiat 500 Mini SUV on the Table
14 May 2009, 11:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Don't ask us what are they thinking, but the Italian automaker Fiat is apparently working on a mini SUV model based on the already-popular and over-discussed 500. Details are obviously in the v...
Piech: Fiat-Chrysler-GME, Three Sick People in One Bed
13 May 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Leaving aside the civil war he has to face at home against Wolfgang Porsche, Ferdinand Piech took a moment to look at what may become Volkswagen Group's most fierce competition: the possible Fi...
Marchionne Denies Suzuki's Involvement in Fiat-Opel Alliance
12 May 2009, 14:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A new day, a new rumor regarding Fiat's alliance with Opel. This time we're talking about Suzuki, the Japanese manufacturer which, according to some Italian newspapers, might also join the...
Ghosn Sticks with Nissan
12 May 2009, 14:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After Nissan posted a $1.4 billion net loss for 2008, the company's CEO Carlos Ghosn stepped in and said he would not resign before the Japanese manufacturer gets back on track and returns to p...
GAZ Confirms It Wants to Buy Opel
12 May 2009, 14:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After weeks of denial, the Russian automaker GAZ finally confirmed all those reports claiming it plans to buy the German ailing unit Opel. Basically, the Russian company admitted it wants to join fo...
Opel Buyer to Be Announced by the End of May
12 May 2009, 09:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Opel odyssey is slowly but surely coming to an end. And this end might take place as soon as the end of May, according to Fritz Henderson, the newly-appointed General Motors CEO. During a new co...
PSA Not Afraid of Possible Fiat-Opel Alliance
11 May 2009, 10:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A potential merger between Fiat and Opel doesn't scare the PSA Peugeot Citroen group that might become the main rival in Europe, a PSA board director said. According to a report by La Repubblic...
Fascist Leaders' Car Goes on Auction
8 May 2009, 15:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Heil, Fiat! A 1939 Fiat Torpedo, used by the King of Italy to chauffeur Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and General Franco around Rome during their State visits will go under hammer next week. The...
2011 Jeep Phoenix, the Fiat Panda for the US
8 May 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the Fiat-Chrysler alliance already a done deal, the questions on everybody's mind is what Fiats will take to the US and, for that matter, how a Chrysler vehicle based on Italian technology...
Fiat Disconcert by Magna's Offer to Opel
8 May 2009, 13:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you had followed the story, you'd know by now that the offer made by Magna to take over German manufacturer Opel is considered better than Fiat's by the Supervisory Board of the company...
Magna Better Than Fiat in Opel Takeover Battle
8 May 2009, 10:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already told out that Opel's fate is currently in the hands of two large companies, Magna International and Fiat. Magna has the money to purchase GM's German unit and even help it get o...
GM Wants 30 Percent Share in Fiat
7 May 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Twisted are the ways of the financial crisis...The automotive industry is currently going through what may very well be the most exciting times, in terms of new and fascinating developments at least...
The Fiat-Chrysler-GME Merger
7 May 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fiat's CEO, Sergio Marchionne, has confirmed that he will become the future CEO of the American manufacturer Chrysler, following its emergence from under Chapter 11 protection. Marchionne told ...
Chrysler Unlikely to Repay Government Loans
6 May 2009, 12:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / An interesting story, related to the same over-discussed bankruptcy filing of Chrysler, saw daylight today, this time pointing to a subject we all think about, but only a few had the guts to tackle ...
Saab Would Welcome Fiat
6 May 2009, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There's something rotten in the kingdom of Saab...If you are following the story, then you know that the Swedish manufacturer, "thanks" to its leadership, has become a kind of Comical...
Fiat 500, Alfa Romeo MiTo, Milano 940 Go to the US
6 May 2009, 11:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you a long time ago, Fiat plans to use the Chrysler alliance to launch some new products in the United States that could expand the company's coverage in this unexplored region....
Fiat/Opel to Can 18,000 Jobs, Close Ten Plants
6 May 2009, 07:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fact that the Italian manufacturer wants Opel is no longer a secret for some time now. The debate on the subject has now moved to the more human side of the possible merger, as German unions and...
Court Approves Chrysler Bidding Procedures
6 May 2009, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite the opposition of some of Chrysler's lenders, the Manhattan bankruptcy court approved the company's bidding procedures. This will allow the American manufacturer to step up the sal...
Volkswagen Tries to Temper Fiat
5 May 2009, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The tsunami Fiat has stirred with its aggressive moves in the automotive market has managed to raise voices from all over the industry. Following state officials or union leaders, Volkswagen's ...