According to Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Fiat's planned alliance with Chrysler is a 'lottery ticket' that could be worth nothing if the North American automaker does not recover

Italian new vehicle registrations tumbled by 32.6 pct last month although Fiat's 50,616 units meant that the domestic carmaker outperformed the overall market's sharp drop to raise its overall share from 31.53 to 32.15 pct year-on-year

Italian industrial group Tazzari has provided further details of its new zero-emission electric city car, the Zero, including rolling out a car configurator on line, which will go on sale later this year with a price tag of under 20,000 euros

Merkur has become the latest tuning concern to offer an interpretation of an upgrade for the popular Fiat 500 and in the case of this German firm its makeover focuses on the area of body styling additions and the suspension

Photo Gallery: Fiat 500 [Merkur-Tuning]

Following a sharp increase in Fiat Group net debt as revealed during the publication of its full year financial report ten days ago it is being reported this weekend that the carmaker is very close to securing a new 3 billion euro credit line

Fiat and the Serbian government have signed an agreement on the resumption of production of the last generation Punto in Kragujevac; the agreement was signed in Turin in the presence of Serbian Economy Minister Mlađan Dinkić

Lancia is the Main Sponsor of the 14th AltaRomAltaModa event in Rome which opens today and runs until February 3rd and which will transform the capital city into an inspiring 'catwalk' of fashion shows, displays and work sessions

The pupils of eight secondary schools in the Chesterfield area of the UK have been busy creating environmentally themed livery designs for the Fiat 500 in a contest organised by Chesterfield-based motor dealer, Autoworld

The new Fiat Scudo has just been launched in South Africa officially by Fiat Professional in the guise of the 8 or 9-seater Combi version completing a comprehensive range of light commercials that stretches from the Strada to the Ducato

Chrysler LLC has reported continued progress in gaining cost concessions from its key constituents as the Company pursues a global strategic alliance with Fiat that will see it getting widespread access to Fiat's platforms and technology

The Fiat 500 has proved to be a big hit across the world since its dramatic debut a year-and-a-half ago and nowhere has received the tiny car more enthusiastically than Japan where a new club has be formed dedicated to the tiny car

Photo Gallery: Bambino (Fiat 500 Club Japan) - meeting, Kobe, Japan

Team Modena will be competing in the 2009 Avon Tyres British GT Championship, entering two Lamborghini Gallardos in association with team48 in the competitive series as part of a long-term link-up between the two squads

Last year's inaugural Palm Springs Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance saw Maserati as the featured marque and there will be more glamorous Italian flavour for the second edition next month with Alfa Romeo set to take centre stage

This year and for the next three years Alfa Romeo will once again be involved as a sponsor in all 14 SBK Superbike World Championship competitions: 10 in Europe, 1 in Australia, 1 in Qatar, 1 in South Africa and 1 in the USA

Chrysler and Fiat will bring seven new vehicles to the US based on four of the Italian car maker's platforms according to Automotive News in a report this week citing sources that have seen the proposed product sharing agreement

Italian cars are represented as the World Car of the Year shortlist is announced: the Fiat 500 is in the final voting of WCOTY, while the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 has made the category dedicated to Performance Cars

At the same time as the Brazilian-built Fiat Palio gets a minor facelift, the entry-level Palio Fire version has received the new 1.0 engine launched in the new Siena model that boasts more power and reduced consumption and emissions

Now into its second year on sale in the UK Fiat’s popular 500 city car continues to scoop top industry media awards and the latest of these honours is the title of City Car of the Year voted for by the readers of BusinessCar magazine

Magneti Marelli and SAIC Motor Corporation have signed up to a new joint venture agreement in China aimed at the production of hydraulic components for the AMT (Automated Manual Transmission) made by Magneti Marelli

Gűnter Verheugen Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry met at Lingotto with Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne to discuss the situation of the automotive industry in the European Union

Fiat Automóveis introduce the Fiat Palio Model Year 2010 receives the new family looks launched that were introduced last year in the Siena and Palio Weekend models which includes new headlights, grille and shock absorbers

Photo Gallery: Fiat Palio MY 2010

Introduced onto the streets of Sydney earlier this month, the Fiat 500 Police car is already busy working to solve crime and stop road accidents before they happen by attracting attention to public education programmes run by the Police