What's the deal with Fiats? Seinfeld flips car, but fine now
News is just now surfacing that comedian Jerry Seinfeld flipped his 1967 Fiat BTM on Saturday in New York when the classic car's brakes failed. The funny man surely wasn't laughing when the brake pedal stopped responding, so he swerved to avoid the heavily trafficked Montauk Highway, causing the car to flip and come to stop before the intersection. Police credit Seinfeld with avoiding a very serious accident thanks to his split-second decision, and the ever joking ex-TV star said this about the...

Fiat still interested in Jaguar and Land Rover technology
With the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to India’s Tata Group expected to be announced within days, Italian giant Fiat may finally gain access to premium RWD and AWD technologies it’s always dreamt of. Fiat was one of the first carmakers rumored to be interested in buying Jaguar and Land Rover because of its desire to acquire new technologies for future rear-driving saloons and AWD SUV models. Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne has once again confirmed the carmaker will seek to further its partnership with...

Fiat unveils another special little Panda
You might think that Mercedes and McLaren have been busy churning out new editions of the SLR supercar like madmen you know, aside from winning the world championship, but they're just taking a page out of the Fiat playbook. The Italian automaker has once again unveiled a new version of its diminutive Panda. Called the Glam Edition, the special version starts with the Panda 4x4 and updates it with a new pearl white paint job complimented by aluminum roof rails and a new set of 15" alloys, but the Panda...

Fiat Takes over One More Company
The Italian automobile company, Gruppo Bertone or Carozzeria Bertone specializes on car styling, coach building and manufacturing. Since 1912 it has been improving the images of various Italian cars among which are Lamborghini Miura, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint and the Fiat X1/9. It has also done some designing work for foreign manufacturers like Volvo, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Skoda and Citroen.Since early 2008 Bertone has been under court protection from bankruptcy. Several representatives...

Fiat's Marchionne driven to succeed | detnews.com | The Detroit News
With his slightly rumpled appearance and casual manner, Sergio Marchionne seems more like a jovial professor than a hard-driving businessman. But the chief executive of Fiat SpA is in fact an inexhaustible, demanding and effective corporate boss with a string of turnarounds to his credit. Now, as Fiat prepares to take a stake in Chrysler LLC and seeks to acquire General Motors Corp.'s European and Latin American operations, Marchionne, 56, is embarking on the biggest challenge of his career. While some...

China vs. Italy: Great Wall Sues Fiat
For years Chinese companies did nothing else, but assembled vehicles for foreign automakers. Just recently they have decided to put their own products to the auto market and since then the majority of them were involved in copyright wars. In 2007 Fiat accused Great Wall in stealing the design of Fiat Panda. This time Great Wall Motors is suing the Italian automaker for spying on their business secrets. Great Wall Motors makes SUV’s and two years ago it came up with a subcompact car, Peri. The...