FIAT News

Thought they where my bad. Hopefully they won't take their engines their ****e if there anything to go by my mam's mini awful sounding thing.

Originally Posted by Damien_C

ISn't Chrylser part of GM??

Owned by Mercedes.

This would have nothing to do with the fact the Mercedes bought a wheel barrow full of 2.3 Multijet engines a while ago...

Not anymore (though Daimler retains a stake), majority owned by a private equity fund now.

Moody's has now upgraded Fiat's credit rating to "investment grade" (specifically Baa3), so now all three major rating agencies deem Fiat's credit to be strong. Positive news for Fiat's borrowing strategy

Not that I understand it but it has to be a good thing

Basically the company is seen as having stronger finances and if they need to borrow money to expand their business, they can do so at a cheaper rate than they could have earlier

Fiat to axe 30 car dealers

Not before time!

Fiat's sales of the 500 have now reached the 205,000 mark

More on Fiat's Franchise plans:

Fiat plans growth with own dealers and sponsored sites - News - Auto Industry

Originally Posted by Padders

More on Fiat's Franchise plans:

Fiat plans growth with own dealers and sponsored sites - News - Auto Industry

"Fiat plans to create a network of eight wholly-owned dealerships in major metropolitan cities across the UK "

They need to be doing that with Alfa.

Hopefully they'll carry both brands (and Lancia).

Originally Posted by BigFoot

Fiat's sales of the 500 have now reached the 205,000 mark

Including Mrs Jimbo's bright yellow Sport I collected yesterday

Fiat expanding in Russia: Fiat and Russia's Sollers sign joint venture agreements - International Herald Tribune

Oh Errr....

Fiat plans temporary plant shutdowns on weak demand | Industries | Autos & Transport | Reuters

The whole car market is collapsing

Peugeot Citroën warns of car sales slide in Europe - Times Online

Same with every one

I think Fiat is doing the right thing by shutting down plants a little bit. In the past, they might have just plugged on till it was too late.

Fiat and Tata announceed that they are hoping to deepen their partnership which may eventually lead to platform sharing.

Fiat taking on the Mighty Cheating Chinese and (so far) winning: The Clone Wars: Chinese copy banned from Europe - Autoblog

Ferrari 500?

Looks cool to me

See here jimbo: http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/other...iat-500-a.html (Ferrari's new loan car: Special Edition Fiat 500)

I'm faaaaar too busy to search the forum to see if my ramblings I mean quality posts have been posted before!





























Honest

The 500's annual production has been boosted to 200,000 units a year!