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New Fiat Doblo may be first Chrysler BEV

Earlier this week, Fiat unveiled a new version of its Doblo light commercial van and there has been speculation that it could come to North America as a new member of the Ram brand to challenge the Ford Transit Connect. The parallels to the Ford actually run deeper however. The Transit Connect will be Ford's first new plug-in vehicle next year and the Doblo could well hold the same position for Chrysler. During Chrysler's recent marathon business plan meeting, SVP Paolo Ferraro showed a slide that made one of the few mentions of ... Read more →

Chrysler to outfit Fiat 500-approved dealers with specific showroom "salons" Jeremy Korzeniewski

Listening to Chrysler's long and rambling 2010-2014 Business Plan, it was clear that the company and its dealerships are very much looking forward to finally getting the fuel efficient Fiat 500 in ...

REPORT: Fiat and Chrysler working together on electric car Domenick Yoney

While visiting Fiat's gearbox plant in Verrone, Italy the other day, Chrysler board member Alfredo Altavilla let slip that the Italian giant and its newly-acquired Detroit automaker are working ...

Fiat announces new dual fuel natural gas Qubo Natural Power MPV Sam Abuelsamid

Fiat is launching a new dual-fueled version of its Qubo van in Europe that can run on gasoline or compressed natural gas. The Qubo Natural Power is propelled by a 70 hp, 1.4-liter engine that ...

Magnetti Marelli signs deal for development and production of batteries Sam Abuelsamid

Magneti Marelli has just signed a deal with Italian battery maker FAAM SpA to cooperate on development and production of lithium ion batteries. Marelli is a parts-making subsidiary of Fiat and the ...

Frankfurt Preview: Fiat Punto Evo 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The already-efficient Fiat Punto will get a stylistic and efficiency upgrade at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. On the outside, the Punto Evo is a bit longer than the Grande Punto, which it replaces, and has different bumpers and lights. Inside, the Punto Evo now represents "the most ...

REPORT: Chrysler could ditch Cummins for Fiat diesel power 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

For years, diesel-powered Dodge Ram pickup trucks have featured powerful inline six-cylinder engines from Cummins. By all accounts, the partnership has been successful and the Cummins diesel engines are highly regarded in the industry. Therefore, it wasn't exactly shocking to hear that the ...

REPORT: Fiat's fuel-saving Multi-air tech could come to Chrysler 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat's advanced Multiair technology could be an easy port to Chrysler's powertrains as the companies move ahead together. "It is low-invasive hardware" said Lucio Bernard of Fiat Powertrain Technologies, the division of the Italian automotive conglomerate tasked with developing the parts that make ...

Fiat 500 to be the choice car for British driving schools 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

When it comes time to get a drivers' license, Europeans usually go to driving schools to get ready to pass the government's exams. Since the driving tests usually include parallel parking, it shouldn't come as a surprise that many driving schools offer small cars for new drivers to learn with. ...

Fiat's electric Fiat Palio Weekend in production in Brazil; estimated cost $70,000 (U.S.) 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat has been working on an electric version of its Fiat Palio Weekend in Brazil for about three years. Back in 2007, Fiat was testing 30 Palio Electricos (converted versions of the standard Palio) that were nearly full-feature vehicles: they could go 85 miles or so on a charge and could reach 65 ...

Fiat launches pricy new special-edition 500 Abarth Competizione 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Cars may be getting smaller, but that doesn't mean they're necessarily getting cheaper. As if to prove that point, Fiat has thumbed its nose at the Tata Nano with a special 500 that packs a big price tag in a small package. Commemorating the first anniversary of Abarth's return to the Dutch ...

Fiat Eco:Drive coming to Qubo in the UK 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat's USB- and website-based eco:Drive driver education system (hey, it's award-winning, too) is coming to the Qubo mini-MPV in the UK. Eco:Drive tracks driver actions, routes taken and other information and then suggests ways to drive better (read: more efficiently) in the future. Read more ...

Future Jeep? Fiat launches Panda 4X4 Adventure 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Could this or something like it be the next Trail Rated Jeep here in the United States? Possibly, if current speculation that Fiat will bring its long-running Panda line to the U.S. in 2011 to fill the hole left by the expected cancellation of the mostly unloved Jeep Compass and Patriot twins. ...

Elle Macpherson gets topless at Fiat 500C launch 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat held a glitzy launch for the convertible version of their super hot supermini at the Whisky Mist in London the other night and swimsuit supermodel Elle Macpherson was the first in the UK to go topless, getting her very own 500C. We're told the Australian-born model and actress received the ...

Fiat's eco:Drive wins award for defining new car-driver relationship 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ever hear of an advertising award given to a piece of software that helps drivers save gas at the pumps? That's what Fiat's eco:Drive recently did, and the organizers of the Cannes Cyber Lions, a major event in the advertising industry, didn't praise the software's ability to analyze driver ...

REPORT: U.S. to get four versions of Fiat 500 by 2011, no word on hybrid 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat is confirming that the U.S. will be getting four versions of the Fiat 500 by 2011. The tiny 500 is the only Fiat model that has been officially greenlighted for American consumption under the Fiat banner. Other models will likely show up as Chryslers or Alfa Romeos. The 500 will make up ...

PETA Alert: Fiat underscores eco-friendliness using unique advertising campaign 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've some pretty cool advertising in our time, but the new European marketing campaign from Fiat is surely one of the more memorable efforts from an automaker in recent years. In an effort to underscore the safety of its diminutive 500, both to its occupants and the animals we share our planet ...

Bosch looks for more business as Chrysler starts to build Fiats 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Bosch has long been a major supplier of many different automotive components to Fiat, and the company is hoping to leverage that association with the new Chrysler. Bosch provides a higher proportion of the parts and systems that go into the Italian cars than they ever have had at Chrysler. However, ...

IHS Global Insight report forecasts Dodge Hornet may come by way of Fiat 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

- So far, the path of the Dodge Hornet from concept to production has been a long and winding road leading to nowhere. We first saw the Hornet way back in 2006, and since then, Chrysler has been searching high and low for a partner to actually assemble the vehicle. First, Chinese automaker ...

European scrapping schemes driving small car sales 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

- According to a new study by Jato Dynamics, the European automotive market may be rebounding ever so slightly from its alarming lows of early 2009. Though new car purchases are down by just over 13 percent year-on-year, there was actually a mild 2.4 percent improvement in May over April. Says ...

Enter the rumormill: New diesel engine for the Fiat 500 in the works 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Fiat 500 is currently offered in Europe with two gasoline engines and just one diesel. Since the concept of "small sport diesel" exists in the European market, it doesn't come as a real surprise that Fiat seems to be working on a sportier version of the 1.3 Multijet diesel engine that's used in ...

Spotted in the wild: Fiat 500 on the street in Michigan 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

By now, we all know that if Chrysler is to have a future as an automaker, it is going to need some modern small cars. The plan is to fill that void with products that have their origins at Chrysler's new Italian overlords at Fiat. Anchoring the line will be the diminutive Fiat 500, 2008's ...

Fiat's partnership with Chrysler could bring the Ford Ka to America 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

To quote the famous Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, "Oh what a tangled web we weave..." In this particular case, the web in question is a global vehicle market with automakers and product lines so intertwined with one another that Fiat's expected partnership with Chrysler could actually allow ...

Chrysler bankruptcy: what happens with the electric car plans? to A123 Systems? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Pegging down future automobile product plans is hard enough in a normal economy. With the current state of affairs, it's like grabbing a snowflake with a heated fork. It's damn hard and you have to start over as soon as you think you got it figured out. Still, we were curious about what ...

Fiat likes compressed natural gas, now offering 6 different models 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Will compressed natural gas soon be a widely used automotive fuel in the U.S.? Probably not, but it could become more common if Fiat's European moves are any indication. CNG is a popular alternative in some parts of Europe and several automakers, including Fiat, offer factory-equipped cars that run ...

Fiat to get stake in Chrysler; work to begin on new fuel-efficient platform 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Wondering what Chrysler's newly-announced bankruptcy means for its current green initiatives? So are we. According to the latest information we could get our grubby mitts on, Fiat is slated to get a 20 percent share of the new Chrysler, with another 15 percent distributed in three 5 percent ...

Fiat working on new hybrid system for small cars to share with Chrysler 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Italian magazine Quattroroute is reporting that Fiat is hard at work on a new hybrid system for smaller cars and it is prepared to share the system with Chrysler. The system could appear in the tiny 500 and the upcoming Topolino paired up with Fiat's new 900cc two cylinder turbocharged engine. The ...

Swedes to build electric Fiat 500s 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Swedish company AutoAdapt has rolled out its first battery-powered Fiat 500 at its factory near Gothenberg this week. Autoadapt is working with Alelion Batteries and Fiat to do series production of several Fiat models with electric drive. The company plans to build about 100 of the tiny 500s this ...

Barbie's Fiat 500 comes to London, crystals and pink lipstick at the ready 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Think the standard Fiat 500 is just a little too manly? Fiat feels your pain, and would hereby like to offer the 500 Barbie, a one-of-a-kind small car created for the Barbie doll's 50th anniversary. This is a partnership five decades in the making, since the redesigned model was itself released ...

Fiat eco:drive wins digital technology prize in UK 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat has earned some recognition for its new eco:Drive system that debuted last fall at the Paris Motor Show. During the recent MediaGuardian Innovation Awards in London, eco:Drive won the top prize for digital technology. The eco:Drive system allows the driver to plug a USB flash drive into the ...

Fiat prices the 500 C from 11,300 in the UK 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image for a couple of images of the Fiat 500C Fiat just announced prices for the 500 C, the convertible version of the Fiat 500, for when it goes on sale in the summer. The cheapest you can get one for will be £11,300. What's interesting is that Britons will have the three ...

Europe's 15 lightest cars 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the keys to saving fuel is being light. However, the latest technologies in safety and the array of power accessories we all have in our cars all add weight to our cars, hurting fuel economy while they make driving more comfortable and save lives. Of course, technology has helped us recover ...

Could Jeep introduce new model based on Fiat Panda Cross? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Chrysler and Fiat announced that they were planning to join forces to better attack the worldwide auto market, the first question on all of our minds was which vehicles from Fiat the American side would import to the States? Much of the attention was focused on the little Fiat 500, and ...

Nanjing Iveco shows off EV light bus 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Do you need a small bus to carry around 12 people and you'd rather it was all-electric? Naijing Iveco has one for you. The manufacturer starts with a previous-generation European-version of an Iveco Daily (the manufacturer is related to Fiat) and installs an electric powertrain. According to Gasgoo, ...

BMW and Fiat working together for new Isetta and Topolino revivals? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've been hearing rumblings that BMW and Fiat were working together on the development of new small vehicle platforms for a while now. With the German automaker working on an Isetta revival and the Italian firm moving forward with a new Topolino, it makes sense that the two companies would join ...

Top model spends time with Fiat's eco:Drive 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

She's tall, a supermodel, and apparently now likes small, fuel-efficient cars. Jodie Kidd, previously known for her participation with the Maserati racing team and being caught in a cocaine sting, was the first person in the UK to try out Fiat's eco:Drive in a new Fiat 500. The eco:Drive system ...

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