1979 FIAT Strada: Handbuilt by Robots
on Nov 20, 2009 in FIAT 1979 Strada The FIAT Strada (Ritmo in Europe) was introduced in the US in the Fall of 1978 as a competitor to the highly-successful VW Golf/Rabbit... a front-wheel drive hatchback with Italian flair. The car was by any account an innovative styling exercise by C...

FIAT Developing New Dodge Viper
on Nov 14, 2009 in FIAT Dodge Maserati Viper Surprising many who expected FIAT to steer Chrysler towards only practical cars, it was announced that Dodge engineers will work with FIAT to develop a new version of its iconic Viper sports car... and that the new edition of the ten-cylinder beast w...

FIAT-Chrysler's Impressive Plans
on Nov 6, 2009 in plan FIAT product Marchionne Chrysler FIAT-Chrysler to overhaul vehicles under new 5-year plan...forecasts break-even results in 2010Chrysler plans to overhaul its vehicles with technology from its new Italian partner, FIAT SpA, and contrary to what they skeptics have portrayed, FIAT is...

FIAT-Chrysler Ready to Unveil New US Product Plan
on Oct 30, 2009 in 300 FIAT USA 500 Chrysler After a year of ceaseless drama and a union with Italy's FIAT Group, the new Chrysler will unveil a five-year plan next week that's been leaking from sources inside the company.Next week, in a six-hour press conference to be held on November 4, the m...

Chrysler, Lancia to Share Products?
on Oct 16, 2009 in FIAT USA Delta Lancia Chrysler It is now rumored that Italy's Lancia brand -an upscale car that is luxury/sport, as opposed to Alfa Romeo's sport/luxury-  might be sharing models/platforms with a Chrysler brand that parent company FIAT clearly has big plans for. Lancia has h...

FIAT's New Chrysler Brand: Premium Luxury
on Oct 8, 2009 in FIAT luxury Imperial premium Chrysler Might this mean the return of the Imperial? Perhaps styled by FIAT's newest aquisition... Carrosserie Bertone?It may surprise some to hear that FIAT has ambitious plans for Chrysler. "FIAT plans to market Chrysler as a serious luxury brand in the U.S...

FIAT to Build All-New Vehicle in Serbia
on Oct 3, 2009 in vehicle FIAT Serbia new model FIAT SpA will soon unveil a new car model as final preparations for its production begin in Serbia. The former brand known as Yugo was built on licensed -yet ancient- FIAT technology, often 20 yrs old -like other communist countries like the USSR )La...

FIAT Plan for Chrysler Brand: Premium Luxury
on Oct 1, 2009Might this mean the return of the Imperial? Now that Fiat has taken over Chrysler, it has ambitious plans for it. Chrysler brand CEO Peter Fong says that he sees the brand being “a notch above Lincoln, a notch above Cadillac.” Though it looks li...

Chrysler Already Rehiring Laid-Off Workers
on Sep 24, 2009 in rehiring FIAT 2011 workers sedan new model Chrysler As reported in the Detroit Free Press, FIAT's new Chrysler division -a company that shed 35,000 jobs over the past two years and and just went through bankruptcy- is already preparing to rehire an unspecified number of salaried workers and ask curren...

Chrysler May Use FIAT Ducato to Replace Dodge Sprinter
on Sep 20, 2009 in FIAT Dodge Ducato Sprinter IVECO Chrysler Chrysler may use a commercial van from FIAT to replace the Dodge Sprinter, which former parent Daimler AG will no longer provide.Chrysler and Fiat may sell the Fiat Ducato or the Daily from the Turin, Italy-based automaker’s Iveco unit in North Ame...