Fiat News

Admit it. You own a minivan, and more than once feared that your or a loved one's limb would be caught in the sliding door or dropping liftgate as they shut closed. Well, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is making sure such nightmare scenarios stay where they belong: in ...    Read more

Not even a week ago, automakers from all over the globe agreed to a new standard for electric vehicle charging, called the Combined Charging System, or CCS. Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, and Porsche have been lobbying for the use of single-pug system (a.k.a. CCS) ...    Read more

April showers put a damper on General Motors and Ford sales, which saw an eight and five percent drop respectively. Actually, GM says its retail business was essentially flat for its various brands, while fleet sales dropped by 25 percent. Chrysler, though, continued its upward climb, posting another 20-percent increase ...    Read more

The 2013 Dodge Dart is set to enter production later this week in Illinois as Chrysler's first vehicle to sit on Fiat underpinnings. When the Italian automaker acquired its struggling American counterpart back in 2009, Fiat swore it would share its knowledge of small car engineering. Now, it appears the ...    Read more

Chrysler has a tendency to fall below water and pull itself up again right before it drowns in an ever-spectacular fashion. It's happened multiple times throughout the past three decades, with each instance being capped by grandeur and huge fanfare. Here's your dose of it for second decade of the 21st ...    Read more

China's annual international auto show, which rotates each year between Beijing and Shanghai, is a mixed bag of promise and a facade of decades-old technology hiding under fresh sheetmetal. China's auto market is still emerging, and the country doesn't always have the same sets of quality and crash standards of ...    Read more

It's been an agonizingly slow process, but it appears Alfa Romeo is finally laying the groundwork down for its (eventual) return to the United States. The Fiat subsidiary has registered the brand of its 4C sports car, the first Alfa vehicle to go through such a process Stateside in almost ...    Read more

It is, in a way, the end of an era in Russia. No, Putin is still in power. And the reign of the modern plutocrats persists. Instead, we're talking about the final nail in the coffin of a Soviet-era icon, the Lada Riva, aka VAZ 2107, aka that little black ...    Read more

The first images of the Fiat Viaggio, China's version of the Dodge Dart, have been teased almost two weeks ahead of its official debut. This isn't uncommon as many automakers leak images (either willingly or unwillingly) before a major auto show, and China's Dart doesn't appear to be any different ...    Read more

Ever since Fiat decided to return to the United States after an extended hiatus, it's been an up-and-down rollercoaster ride for the cinquento. The Fiat 500 was first shown off at the Chicago Auto Show back in 2010 and ever since then, more models have slowly started trickling in to ...    Read more

March madness definitely swept domestic automakers General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler as Americans entered the dealerships with cash—or at least good credit—in hand and a willingness to buy, well, American. Brands with the newest products such as Chevrolet and GMC got a lot of attention. But revitalized models like the  ...    Read more

The race for subcompact supremacy in the United States is expected to get even tighter when Fiat introduces the 500X into its lineup next year. Developed with Mini's Countryman squarely in its cross-hairs, Fiat is looking to knock its Anglo/Teutonic competitor off of the pedestal is currently sits on stateside. ...    Read more

Fiat says it's poised to have a big year in 2012,  after sales of the Fiat 500 missed the Italian automaker's expectations when the cinquento was reintroduced into the U.S. market last year. The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth is set to hit dealership studio showroom floors next month, ...    Read more

Were you worried about Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne going hungry after not collecting a paycheck from Chrysler in 2011? Well, you can breathe a sigh of relief. It turns out that while Marchionne didn't collect on his 2011 salary ...    Read more

Could a smaller version of Chrysler's 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine be on its way? That seems to be the case. Two sources familiar with plans of a new 3.2-liter version of Chrysler's award-winning Pentastar V-6 engine told Automotive News it's less than a year away from becoming a reality. The ...    Read more

For the second straight year, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has declined his annual salary and bonus as the Detroit-based automaker works to nurse itself back to full-strength once again. Don't worry about Marchionne. He's also in charge of running Fiat S.p.A.—Chrysler's parent company—and as head of the Italian automaker he ...    Read more

Chrysler has big plans for the 2013 Ram 1500. As revealed in papers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the next Ram will get the award-winning Pentastar V-6 as the base engine, along with an eight-speed automatic transmission. The addition of the Pentastar V-6 engine comes as a welcome sign ...    Read more

Chrysler is now selling certified pre-owned cars from their competitors—complete with a full inspection and Chrysler's own warranty. Baffled? We don't know what sort of deal Chrysler's lawyers struck in the 11th hour, but it must have worked. Most car companies have popular certified pre-owned programs for their own brands, ...    Read more

Here in America, we're best-known for three things: apple pie, baseball, and Cadillacs. Out of the three, Cadillac—or at least the size of those from days past—has become a recurring theme for what can be found on the road today. So when a car company begins selling small vehicles in ...    Read more

Just when the inter-webs began to forget, the messiah of douchery, Charlie Sheen, has been given new life. This "banned" Fiat 500 Abarth commercial, which couldn't possibly top the one that actually aired—the now infamous " ...    Read more

The big headline from today's monthly sales news is simple: Chrysler is on a roll. Big time. The company posted its best February sales since 2008, which was shaping up to be a banner year for everyone until the economy did this. Overall, Chrysler Group sales—which includes the Chrysler, ...    Read more

Everyone else at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show may as well just go home, because Ferrari has already stolen the show. The Italian supercar manufacturer today released official photos and specifications on its newest model, the F12 Berlinetta. The latest in a long string of V-12 powered Ferraris that dates ...    Read more

Automotive safety system manufacturer Autoliv has come under scrutiny from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration for faulty side airbag parts. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru all employee airbags parts sourced from Autoliv, and all four automakers recently issued recalls pertaining to problems with the side airbag. In total, 2,750 ...    Read more

Since coming to terms on an agreement five months ago, Chrysler and the United Auto Worker's union have been able to work so well together,  the pentastar's workers are being rewarded for their duties with an early payday. Chrysler is coming off its first net profit ($183 million) in fifteen years ...    Read more

These are the first official images of the all-new Fiat 500L, and as you may have guessed, the L stands for "large." Not much is known yet about the bigger 500L except that it will be officially unveiled on March 6 at the Geneva Motor Show. The 500L will be joining ...    Read more