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The Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corse may be the best way to wring a 500 on a road course, but for those who prefer sliding their cars through wide corners, there’s the new Abarth 500 R3T, designed expressly for rallying.   more

When is a Ferrari not a Ferrari? Apparently, when it’s a Fiat...   more

It seems Fiat may be interested in adding another corporation to its growing automotive empire: Carrozzeria Bertone.   more

The ever-expanding Fiat announced on Monday that it will partake in a 50-50 joint venture in China with the Guangzhou Automobile Group, building cars and engines for the Chinese market.   more

We’ve known Fiat’s 500 would come to North America by the end of next year, but Fiat officials now claim the firm will bring four versions of the car to the U.S.   more

As the deal to sell Chrysler's assets to Fiat draws near, Fiat has amassed a team of executives and engineers at the American automaker's Auburn Hills headquarters to work on bringing future product - including the Fiat...  more

Fiat S.p.A., CEO Sergio Marchionne, seems set on turning his company into a global auto empire and with the recent rejection of his bid for Opel, the Italian company may look to France’s Peugeot as a potential merger partner.   more

Get your deposits ready: The first Fiat model to grace America's roads in two decades will be the chic new 500. Thanks to the new liason with Chrysler , the bubbly compact car should arrive in Chrysler showrooms in as...  more

Here's another proposal to add to the dizzying amount of proposed negotiations, mergers, partnerships and buyouts that have graced headlines in the last few months: GM is said to be seeking a 30-percent stake in Fiat in...  more

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne presented his plan for the merger of Fiat with GM's European Opel, Saab and Vauxhall divisions to German officials yesterday, and is already defending his proposal.   more

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has confirmed rumors that emerged last week that the Italian automaker is interested in partnering with GM's European operations.   more

After a rumor emerged that an Italian union member claimed that the Fiat-Chrysler deal was "90 percent done", both Fiat and the UAW have denied that an agreement has been reached.   more

As if it can't get enough of the drama that ensues when trying to take over one American automaker's operations, Fiat is apparently ready to try taking over two.   more

Despite the extremely sticky partnership proposition it's already struggling through with Chrysler, Fiat is in talks to join up with another ailing American automaker: GM.  more