Archive for the ‘Fiat’ Category

Chrysler Group LLC Hosts 400 Dealers at Fiat Experience

Chrysler Group LLC hosted about 400 Chrysler Group dealers to outline the requirements to become a Fiat dealer in the United States. The dealers met with the Chrysler Group team responsible for establishing a Fiat retail network by the end of this year. The company wants Fiat dealerships in about 165...

August 31st, 2010 | Chrysler, Fiat | Read More

Chrysler Group LLC Invites Dealers to Fiat Experience

Chrysler Group LLC has invited about 600 of its dealers to attend the Fiat Experience on Aug. 30 in Detroit as it takes another step closer to reintroducing the Fiat brand – starting with the New Fiat 500 – in the United States later this year. The approximately 600 dealers were informed today...

August 9th, 2010 | Fiat | Read More

Special Limited-edition Fiat 500 Reserved Exclusively for Fiat Fans

Fiat fans attending the annual convention of the Club Fiat-Lancia Unlimited were given a special surprise when the head of Fiat North America arrived at their closing dinner and made them an exclusive offer. These long-time enthusiasts of the Fiat brand and vehicles, some for almost 27 years, were given...

July 11th, 2010 | Fiat | Read More

Chrysler Group LLC Begins the Process of Establishing Fiat Dealer Network

Chrysler Group LLC has begun the dealer selection process for the reintroduction of the Fiat brand in the United States. The Fiat brand in the U.S. will feature the New Fiat 500, which recently celebrated the 53rd anniversary of its introduction in Europe. Dealers will begin selling the iconic Fiat...

July 6th, 2010 | Fiat | Read More

Future of Fiat plant still open despite work-time vote

Fiat on Wednesday kept its options open on the future of a car plant in southern Italy after a third of the workforce voted against conditions tied to a critical investment plan. In a statement, Fiat did not reveal whether it would shut down or invest heavily in the Pomigliano d'Arco plant in the impoverished...

June 23rd, 2010 | Fiat | Read More

Fiat forms joint venture with Russian firm

Italy's Fiat and Russian auto maker Sollers will invest 2.4 billion euros (3.3 billion dollars) in a new joint venture to produce cars in Russia, the Russian government said Wednesday. "With this project a second major player is created on the Russian passenger car market," after Russia's largest carmaker...

February 10th, 2010 | Fiat, Sollers | Read More

Fiat unions chafe at boss’s aggressive decisions

Admiration for Sergio Marchionne, the dynamic boss of Italian automaker Fiat, is giving way to grumbling as unions and the government question some of his more aggressive decisions. The Canadian-Italian credited with rescuing the Italian icon from the brink of bankruptcy in 2005 has come under fire...

February 1st, 2010 | Fiat | Read More

Fiat calls two-week production halt in Italy

Italian automaker Fiat on Tuesday called a two-week production halt in Italy from February 22, temporarily laying off some 30,000 workers because of a fall-off in orders. "We announced today that all factories will stop from February 22 to March 7," a Fiat spokesman told AFP. "The (temporary) layoff...

January 26th, 2010 | Fiat | Read More

Fiat forecasts return to profit in 2010

Italian automaker Fiat on Monday reported a higher-than-expected net loss in 2009 but forecast a return to profit this year as long as European governments continue to offer incentives to buy green. The automaker announced a net loss of 848 million euros (1.2 billion dollars) in 2009 compared with a...

January 25th, 2010 | Fiat | Read More

Fiat says it has recalled 500,000 cars

Italian auto maker Fiat said on Friday it had recalled about 500,000 of its Grande Punto and Grande Punto Abarth models in Europe because of a "possible anomaly" in the steering column. The company said that half the vehicles recalled were in Italy and the rest elsewhere in Europe. It added that owners...

December 4th, 2009 | Fiat | Read More