Automobile
Did Saab design compromise the Alfa 159?
Autoblog reckon Alfa Romeo are working on a new 159 and it's Saabs fault... Poor sales mean Alfa 159 replacement coming soon with U.S. in sight - Autoblog "The main reason attributed to the 1...
Fiat
Automobile
Fiat 500 Abarth, the peoples supercar!
The Telegraph review is good, I wonder how long before we get these in New Zealand? Fiat 500 Abarth: supercar for the people - Telegraph The Abarth is a lot of stylish fun and, for most folk,...
Auckland
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...
Automobile
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...
Fiat
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...
Cool Hardware
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...
Business
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
Automobile
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...
Automobile
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...