Lancia may return to New Zealand?
Lancia may return to Australia - theage.com.au Quirky Italian car maker Lancia is considering a return to Australia after an absence of more than 20 years. Since Ateco represent Fiat Auto in Aus...
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Fiat [Tata] Nano?
The Nano is great but I think this would be a big mistake for Fiat. To me Fiat = great little cars so to slap a badge on the Nano is akin to saying “We can’t do what we do best” Tata Nano may...
Montezemolo's Ferrari
The Telegraph have a great profile of Ferrari ( Fiat) Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo as momentum builds for the launch of the “affordable” Ferrari Califorinia. Apart from some dubious styling, t...
Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in for 2008 - Fiat 500
While there are many more powerful, expensive, bigger and (to be honest) better value cars out there it’s the new Fiat 500 which takes the “ Lucire Car to be seen in ” prize this year. I saw a preview...
Top Gear - The Boadicea’ed Fiat Coupe
Crosspost, see Jeremy and the Boadicea’ed Fiat Coupe
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Top Gear - Jeremy and the Boadicea’ed Fiat Coupe
I watched the latest Top Gear , don’t ask HowTube, even though it’s months/years away from screening in New Zealand (as I write we’re just getting the 2007 series). I must admit that Jeremy’s treat...
Italdesign @ 33
Automotive.com have a great article celebrating Italdesign’s 33 rd Anniversary. They feature a range of concept and production cars, both exotic and everyday. Italdesign excelled at both, two of which...
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Sergio Marchionne, Fiat, on the Global Finance Crisis
Sergio Marchionne’s views are well worth reading. Truthdig - Reports - Fiat Chief on the Global Finance Crisis
Ford Ferrari, what would it have been like?
MotorTrend pose this question and speculate on how it would have changed history. I doubt Ferrari would be the jewel it is with the US Accountants in charge. While Ford manufacturing muscle helped...
The Bravo HGT time warp - from the Web wayback machine
I found this, admittedly PR, description from the Fiat NZ website in 2000 thanks to the Wayback Machine Web Archive. http://web.archive.org/web/20001204161700/http://www.fiat.co.nz/ FIAT BRAV...
Fiat Design, Thanks to Pulse...
While I have many CAD/BIM/Design RSS feeds in my reader it’s always good to find new ones. In this case I found Car Body Design.com via Franco’s “ Novedge Pulse ” aggregator. It has some brilliant...
The HGT vs Ferrari F1...
Fiat Bravo vs. Ferrari 550 Maranello vs. Ferrari F1 (96)