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Taehoon Kim, a student on the Transportation Design course at the highly respected and influential Art Centre College of Design in Pasadena, recently presented this stunning interpretation of the new GTV. |
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The new Fiat Ducato light commercial van, launched in early February, is now available with a full range of applications, from flat bed truck to private ambulance. |
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Fiat Multipla has been voted "Best Family Car" by the BBC TopGear TV programme
and TopGear Magazine in the UK. This is the third consecutive year that
the Multipla has won this prestigious award. The 6-seater mini-MPV beat
off stiff competition from the rival Chrysler Voyager, Mercedes-Benz Vaneo
and Honda Stream to scoop the award. |
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The new Fiat Albea, the
saloon version of the Project 178 Fiat World Car and replacement for the
existing Siena model, has been show to the world's press in Poland.
Designed by Giorgietto Giugiaro and to be produced by Fiat Auto's joint venture in Turkey, Tofas ( Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS ), the roomy Albea which aims to provide families in particular with affordable motoring, is available with either 1.2 or 1.6 litre 16v engines and two trim levels, EL and HL. |
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The football World Cup kicks
off in Japan and South Korea at the beginning of next month and Fiat will
join Giovanni Trapattoni's Italian National squad as an official team sponsor.
This is a continuation of Fiat's football sponsorship which started in
2000 and encompasses all national squads, including the men and women's,
juniors and 5-a-side.
Fiat has also recently hired Francesco Totti, one of Italy's highest profile players, to appear in an advert for the Fiat Stilo as part of the current "Forward Thinking" campaign. As well as motorsport and football, Fiat sponsorship is also involved in sports as diverse as skiing, cycling, athletics, sailing, golf, show jumping and fencing. |
| As the Fiat Group attempts
to extract itself from its debt ridden position, Chief Executive Paolo
Cantarella has announced that the company will undertake "significant"
jobs cutting measures. At least 6,000 jobs are expected to go, mostly at
Italian Auto plants within the next six months and Fiat has already begun
discussions with the unions.
Fiat employs 200,000 people world wide, with 100,000 of those in being in Italy. Italy, Fiats largest car market, has seen the new car sector shrink in the last year and the company has just reported losses of £332 million in the first quarter of this year - much worse than analysts had predicted. The result was mainly blamed on poor performance at Fiat Auto, the group's core auto unit, whose first-quarter operating loss widened to £270 million from a loss of £10 milliom in the same period last year. |
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The Ferrari-Maserati arm of Fiat Auto Spa will be listed on the stockmarket by way of an IPO by the end of the year. The Ferrari-Maserati company will consist of all the commercial and motorsport activities of both Ferrari and Maserati. Selling a portion of the Fiat Group's 90% shareholding will help Fiat reduce its huge debts, while also raising funds to assist in particular with the expansion of Maserati. Vice-President, Piero Ferrari, who's family own the remaining 10%, fully supports the move and, in a vote of confidence, plans to sell no shares. |
The Ferrari FX prototype,
star of the Tokyo Museum of Contempory Art's "Artedinamica" Ferrari-Maserati
exhibition, and expected to hit production next year as the F60 with a
limited run now confirmed at 350 units, has been received major media coverage
throughout Japan as well as a diaily stream of visitors much in excess
of any that the museum has seen before.
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see more of the Ferrari FX prototype at the Artedinamica exhibition |
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The Alfa Romeo 147GTA, due for release shortly is caught testing. Exterior differences are subtle, but the larger bumpers with bigger air intakes, plus additional intakes between the headlamp and grille as clearly visible. |
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Impressions of Alfa Romeo 166 facelift model, due for relase in late 2003, based on current Alfa styling cues |
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The Ferrari 360 Modena-rivalling "Baby Lambo" codename L140, powered by a 4+ litre 48 valve V10, producing in excess of 400bhp is progressing towards launch Lamborghini gearing up for US market assault First stage of HQ upgrade complete |
| It is reported that "Powertrain"
the engine and gearbox joint venture between General Motors and Fiat, will
now undertake all engine and chassis manufacturing for Fiat and GM company
Adam Opel AG.
Powertrain has already handled much engine and gearbox manufacturing for GM, Opel and Fiat in Europe and South American for the last year already, and GM sources expect this widened move will result in cost savings of more than USD $2 billion from 2003. |
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Alongside the
usual advertising channels of press, internet, motorsport, etc, Maserati
has ventured down a new route and recently commenced a billboard advertising
campaign.
. Featuring large posters in strategic locations, the campaign started in New York late last year and has recently entered its first European stage. |
| The "Artedinamica, Ferrari
& Maserati" exhibition at the prestigious Tokyo Museum of Contempory
Art has made a highly successful debut, attracting over 10,000 visitors
in its first week, a record for a Japanese cultural venue.
The exhibition is headlined by the public debut of the Ferrari FX, prototype for the forthcoming F40/F50 replacement. It is the first time that a new automotive model has made its debut at a museum exhibition, away from the traditional auto show venue. Models and drawings of the new Maserati Quattroporte, due next year, also make their first public appearance. As well as these two star exhibits visitors have seen significant cars in the two marques' histories. Along with the Ferrari 166MM, the 250TR, GT and GTO and Michael Schumacher's 2001 F1 Championship winning car, Maserati's on display include the 250F and the immortal Stirling Moss-driven "Eldorado". The exhibition was opened by the Italian Ambassador to Japan along with the EU's Under Secretary for Culture, the museum's Curator, and representing the Ferrari Maserati Group, Vice President Piero Ferrari. The 3,000m² display will until July 14th and is expected to be one of the must see events in Japan for visitors to next months world cup. |
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