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Review: 2012 Fiat 500 ABARTH

Did you ever have a friend who is a lot of fun in small doses, but after an extended period, their presence starts to wear on you?  That's kind of how I usually feel about small,...

Will Fiat’s World Headquarters Move to Michigan?

"It is always good when a man has two irons in the fire." --Francis and Fletcher, John Beaumont, The Faithful Friends, Act 1. While there's certainly something to be said for...

First Drive: 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth

"What is making that noise??"  I certainly wasn't the only one asking that question the first time I heard a driver behind the wheel of the new Fiat 500 Abarth revving its...

Mazda and Fiat To Co-Develop New Roadsters

When the original Mazda MX-5 Miata made its debut some 23 years ago, a number of British sports cars such as the MG MGB, Austin-Healey Sprite, and Lotus Elan were cited as the...

Yugo’s Former Factory Facilitates Fiat 500L Fabrication

Over the years, we have been one of the few outlets to give Serbian automaker Zastava a fair shake.  This fact did not go unnoticed by the Zastava PR staff, who never saw it in...

Review: 2012 Fiat 500 Sport 5MT

One of the worst-kept secrets in the auto industry is that the Fiat 500 was not going to hit its sales target of 50,000 units for 2011.  Instead, Fiat sold just 19,769 cars in...

Review: 2012 Fiat 500C Lounge

By Chris Haak While Fiat's 500 may be late to the party in some ways (it arrived in the US four full years after its overseas launch and it's also coming in at what may be the...

Fiat Acquires a Majority Stake in Chrysler

By Chris Haak Last week, about two years after exiting bankruptcy protection, Chrysler Group LLC has repaid its outstanding government loans.  Between a $5.9 billion...

Chrysler Reveals Future-Product Details

By Chris Haak None of these announcements are necessarily earth-shattering, but in a meeting with analysts and media yesterday in Detroit, Chrysler executives outlined several...

Chrysler To Refinance Debt, Repay Government Loans

By Chris Haak Probably due to its much larger size, GM's bailout and repayment of some government loans has drawn far more attention than the assistance provided to Chrysler...