Fiat & Chrysler: A Match or a Mistake?
The future for Chrysler LLC remains unknown after a hearing to sell its assets to a group headed by Fiat SpA ended late Wednesday evening without resolution. During testimony in a packed Manhattan...
View ArticlePresident Has Had Bad Luck With Cars
President Barack Obama will tell you that he hasn’t had the best luck with cars in the past. In fact, he claims, he’s had some real clunkers along the way to the White House. “The car I learned to...
View ArticleA Brand New Day for Chrylser
Chrysler Group LLC employees officially met the new boss earlier this week–and he’s not anything like the old boss – which is probably a very good thing, indeed. Chrysler is now run by Fiat, and the...
View ArticleFiat May Have Technology to Save Chrysler
Rinaldo Rinolfi may just have something up his sleeve to make Fiat SpA’s partnership with Chrysler Group LLC work. The 62-year-old engineer, who designed the Fiat diesel engine in the 1990s that...
View ArticleNew Cars On the Horizon for 2010
By Greg Gaillard If 2009 was a year of uncertainty, manufacturers’ products certainly didn’t show it. Buyers were able to choose from two new class-leading hybrids, a couple of new pony cars and...
View ArticleRebadged Dodge Journey Lives On as 2012 Fiat Freemont for the European Market
The partnership between Chrysler Group and Fiat will unveil the new 2012 seven-seat crossover Fiat Freemont at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The Fiat Freemont features the body of a Dodge Journey but...
View Article2012 Fiat 500 Hatchback Review – Italian movie star on four wheels
By David Colman Likes: Sublime retro design Fuel economy Wow factor Dislikes: Poor side vision due to fat B-pillar Sunroof shade insufficiently opaque Unnerving dance over grooved concrete Do you...
View Article2012 Fiat 500 Abarth
By Danny Chang 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth BASE PRICE $21,500 (est) PRICE AS TESTED $23,000 (est) VEHICLE LAYOUT Front engine, FWD, 4-pass, 2-door hatchback ENGINE 1.4L/160-hp/170-lb-ft turbo SOHC 16-valve...
View Article2012 Fiat 500 Abarth Review
By David Colman Hypes: Turbo Transforms the 500 Gripes: Invisible Tachometer, Poor Side Vision It’s been a long time since the name “Abarth” meant anything to motorists in North America. Back in the...
View ArticleReview: 2014 Fiat 500L
By David Colman Hypes: Incredible Greenhouse, Two-Level Rear Trunk Platform Gripes: Pulsation in Steering, Uncomfortable Rear Seats The L version of the Fiat 500 is a completely new offering for 2014....
View Article2016 Fiat 500 Abarth Review
By David Colman Hypes: Street Legal Go-Kart Gripes: Poor Rating in IIHS Small Overlap Crash Test For the sheer joy of driving, Fiat’s 500 Abarth is unmatched. With a price under $30,000, it’s...
View Article2017 Fiat 500C Abarth Cabrio Review
Hypes: Only the Italians Could Attach a Spoiler to a Convertible Top Gripes: Awkward Seating Position You cannot buy any car for $24,000 that will provide more driving entertainment than the Abarth...
View Article2017 Fiat 124 Spider Abarth Review
Hypes: Just The HP Injection the Miata Needed Gripes: Give it a Glovebox As the Mazda MX-5 Miata nears its 30th birthday, certain eternal verities about the diminutive roadster from Japan are unlikely...
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