Parte il primo appuntamento dell'anno del settore auto: Salone di Detroit dal 14 al 27 gennaio 2013Inaugura la nuova stagione delle esposizioni auto, l'INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW di Detroit previsto dal 14 al 27 gennaio. Sono circa cinquanta le novità, la rassegna aprirà sabato 19 fino al 27 tra il fermento di tutto il popolo di media che è accorso pe...
READ MOREThe blue and white shop floors shimmer. Machinery is spotless. Line workers in matching white and gray jackets and pants appear ready to enter operating rooms. It's nearly incomprehensible that this factory in rural southern Italy produces the Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV. There are few sparks and no T-...
READ MOREWhen it comes to Southeast Michigan — location of The Big 3, Woodward Dream Cruise, and scores classic American cars — hosting a successful Italian car meet seems like one of the more unlikely scenarios of the summer. After all, this is the home of Detroit Muscle. Not the hills of Maranello, or the shrunken roads of Turin. There's virtually no busi...
READ MORELa Fiat è vicina al raggiungimento delle 100 mila 500 vendute in Nord America, target che - secondo il responsabile Fiat in Nord America Tim Kuniskis - dovrebbe essere raggiunto entro aprile o maggio, dopo la vendita iniziale di 26.290 vetture nel 2011 e di 55.600 unità l'anno scorso. A circa due anni dal lancio nella regione, ha detto Kuniskis, ''...
READ MOREby Roberto Natalini For the past few years, San Francisco has without a doubt been the West Coast city where one is most likely to spot a new Fiat 500. Between the City's narrow streets and challenging parking situation, the Fiat 500 seems the ideal vehicle, especially for those with a passion for Italian design. Thanks to the par...
READ MOREby Dan Mihalascu Fiat is promoting the North American launch of the 500L five-seat MPV with a funny commercial that shows "how different America might have been if the Italians had invaded instead of the British." The ad is really funny, even more given the historical inaccuracies in the video. It shows some locals being alerted that the...
READ MOREBy Tommaso Ebhardt and David Rocks Remember Fiat? It made its name building millions of modest cars like the tiny 500 and 600 hatchbacks in the 1960s and '70s. Sergio Marchionne wants you to forget that Fiat. With the automaker now the full owner of U.S.-based Chrysler, Marchionne -- the chief executive officer of the group -– is...
READ MOREWith the shell of the new Sirmax building rising as the backdrop, city, state and company officials celebrated construction of the new manufacturing facility. Sirmax is investing $25 million and will employ 50 people with an average salary starting this year. It is the first North American manufacturing plant for the Italian based company, whi...
READ MOREThe popemobile is staying local. One of two Fiat 500L cars used by Pope Francis during his September trip to Philadelphia has been sold at auction for $82,000. Michael and Kate Chapman, owners of Chapman Auto Group, secured the winning bid Friday night at a black-tie event kicking off the weekend's Philadelphia Auto Show. Chapman Aut...
READ MOREBy Stacy Wescoe After getting its start in a showroom at the Palmer Park Mall, Fiat of the Lehigh Valley is finally getting its own home, and one of its fancy relatives is moving in, too. Brown-Daub held a grand opening May 1 on the newly built Brown-Daub Alfa Romeo Fiat on Hecktown Road in Lower Nazareth Township. Laura Leue...
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