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Main > Car Makers News > Other > What Jerry Seinfeld was really driving when he "flipped" it What the heck is a Fiat BTM? That was the question on everybody's lips – ours included – when the news broke of comedian Jerry Seinfeld flipping a 1967 Fiat last week. The car was reported as a Fiat BTM, but nobody had any idea what a Fiat BTM is. Which makes sense, because such a car never existed. A note from Jean Jennings, editor of Automobile magazine, clears up the confusion. The car in question was actually an original 1967 Fiat 500 – the inspiration on which outgoing Alfa Romeo... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:01:23 Article Views Rating: 91 Main > Car Makers News > Other > What Jerry Seinfeld was really driving when he "flipped" it What the heck is a Fiat BTM? That was the question on everybody's lips – ours included – when the news broke of comedian Jerry Seinfeld flipping a 1967 Fiat last week. The car was reported as a Fiat BTM, but nobody had any idea what a Fiat BTM is. Which makes sense, because such a car never existed. A note from Jean Jennings, editor of Automobile magazine, clears up the confusion. The car in question was actually an original 1967 Fiat 500 – the inspiration on which outgoing Alfa Romeo... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:00:54 Article Views Rating: 83 Main > Car Makers News > Fiat > I'm looking at you, Clubman: Fiat preparing 500 wagon Click above to view Castagna's Fiat 500 wagon in hi-res Unrelenting. That's the only way we could describe the Fiat group's assault on the MINI with more models than a Victoria's Secret photoshoot. While its sister brands Alfa Romeo and Lancia prepare their new retro-hatches to out-flank their Anglo-Saxon opponent, the Fiat division itself is branching out the 500 like a willow. Following the original hatch came the Abarth sport model, which will be followed by the cabrio, and then, as sources indicate... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-03 04:43:36 Article Views Rating: 220 Main > Car Makers News > Ferrari > Spy Shots: baby Ferrari at it again At last month's Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo surprised the industry by revealing that his company would be coming to the Paris Motor Show in October with a new model. Widely anticipated to be the oft-refuted new "entry-level" Ferrari, dubbed tentatively as the Dino or 430 GT California, the test mule has been spotted repeatedly making its way around any of the three circuits that the company owns in Italy. These new spy shots reveal a nose as long as the 599 GTB Fiorano's or... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-03 04:43:36 Article Views Rating: 199 Main > Car Makers News > Other > DARPA driverless vehicles to race at Grand Prix of Long Beach Click above for high-res gallery of the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge It was the GM-powered Carnegie Mellon team that took first prize at the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge last year. Now the team will be sending its entrant, nicknamed "Boss," to the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the weekend of April 19 - 20. There, in front of cheering race fans, the autonomous vehicle will strut its stuff on the track and at speed against competitors "Junior" from Standford, and "Ben" from the University of... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-03 04:43:36 Article Views Rating: 92 Main > Car Makers News > Alfa Romeo > Alfa Romeo design chief resigns Along with Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati, Alfa Romeos personify the image of Italian motoring with their sporty overtones and curvaceous lines, however some of the brand’s most admired models were in fact created by an American designer. Now, less than a year out from Alfa Romeo’s official return to the U.S., American Frank Stephenson, has quit his role as chief designer. Cars developed under his guidance include the first Alfa Romeo in years to be headed for the U.S., the new 8C Competizione... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 05:23:19 Article Views Rating: 3172 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Alfa may buy closed factory from Big 3 for U.S. production The Italians are coming, the Italians are coming! And when they get here in the guise of Alfa Romeo, they will be looking for a factory where the 8C and other cars wearing the cross and serpent can be built. Alfa is looking at two options regarding a U.S.-based factory: buy one of GM, Ford, or Chrysler's closed factories, or expand a Case New Holland factory.Case New Holland, which is actually owned by Alfa, makes agricultural machinery and construction equipment. It already has 11 plants in the U.S.... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:29 Article Views Rating: 125 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Chery in Australia After 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show the biggest Australian auto distributor, Ateco Automotive is going to sell Chinese cars in the country. Right now they plan to take only three different models: two cars and an SUV. According to the experts one of the cars is not manufactured yet and will be a brand new model in 2009, the other two vehicles are already popular in China. The SUV is going to be Tiggo 3, which is produced in China with different gasoline engines, while in Europe it has a Fiat... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:28 Article Views Rating: 192 Main > Car Makers News > Lancia > Lancia to target MINI with all-new 2009 Ypsilon We're a peace-lovin' bunch here at Autoblog, but truth be told, we love it when the British and the Italians fight. Conflict between these two automaking nations has produced such rivalries as Ferrari vs. McLaren, Aston Martin vs. Maserati and Alfa Romeo vs. Jaguar. Lately the duel has been downsized considerably, but got ever more ferocious when the Fiat Group decided that it wouldn't let the MINI have the retro-hatch niche all to itself anymore. And so we got the Fiat 500, followed by the... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:28 Article Views Rating: 313 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Everything you ever wanted to know about the Monaco GP If you're an F1 buff looking to spend a whole lot of time not doing whatever work you're supposed to be doing, head over to the Monaco Grand Prix Library. The site is the Internet version of the book, The Monaco Grand Prix Library by Belgian author Roy Hulsbergen. Endorsed by the Automobile Club of Monaco, it details everything -- drivers, results, cars, fastest laps, retirements -- and includes photos and commentary from every Monaco GP run since 1929. There's even video, such as the clip from the 1934... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:45 Article Views Rating: 102 |
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