For the 2013 model year, a new Dodge Avenger, Jeep Comapss and Liberty, and a Chrysler 200 all have new versions being released. It has recently been released that they will all be sharing the underpinning of the 2013 Dodge Dart Compact U.S. Wide platform. The CUSW platform is actually a bigger version of the [...]
A compact wagon has been absent from the Fiat, Alfa and Lancia brands since the 2008 retirement of the Fiat Stilo Multi Wagon. Now, Alfa Romeo is bringing the wagon back to its European Giulietta line for 2013. In Italy, Germany, and other key European markets, wagons account for as much as three quarters of compact [...]
Back in 2008, Ferrari teamed up with the Fiat brand to offer its 500 subcompact courtesy car for its customers. Two other Fiat brands have now teamed tup two offer similar service – Maserati and Alfa Romeo. Maserati has chosen Alfa Romeo’s Giulietta as a courtesy car for its clients in Europe. Known as the [...]
Alfa Romeo will be unveiling some updates for their Guiletta hatch and MiTo city car along with the new 4C sports concept at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show next month. Beginning with the Guiletta, Alfa Romeo will be debuting a new double-clutch TCT transmission for the 1.4L turbocharged MultiAir gasoline and 2.0L turbocharged diesel engines [...]
German tuner Novitec has given a Alfa Romeo’s Giulietta hatchback some fresh styling and upgraded performance. Exterior mods are quiet but aesthetically pleasing, with a ground effects kit, quad exhaust, sports suspension kit, and a nice set of wheels sized form 18- to 20-inches, that come in either black or gray color. Performance upgrades are [...]
Looking for more Fiat and Chrysler architecture sharing? According to a new report Fiat has plans to launch a new compact sedan in China and Russia based on the next-generation Dodge Caliber that will launch in North America next January. The sedan is scheduled to go into production in China in the second half of [...]
The World Car Awards and the New York International Auto Show have announced the top three finalists for the World Performance Car, World Green Car, World Design and World Car of the Year categories. While winners in all four categories will be named at a press conference at the New York International Auto Show on Thursday, [...]
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta won’t make it to the United States until 2012 so until than we’ll have to stare at images of the current model, which is on sale in Italy. At the 2010 Bologna Motor Show, Marangoni Tyre debuted a customized version of the Giulietta, which comes with a Segway i2 in the [...]
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta 5-door hatchback was launched last summer and to build some new buzz around the vehicle, Fiat SpA put up a big mosaic billboard in Chelsea created from thousands of photos from owners past and present, historic stills from film, TV and motorsport successes. The billboard follows the tagline ‘We Are Giulietta.’ [...]
Fiat and Chrysler LLC’s CEO, Sergio Marchionne, says that the Italian automaker is scheduled to increase its stake in the American automaker to 35 percent in 2011. That will be up from the current 20 percent. The steps required to increase Fiat’s stake in Chrysler were established when the two companies became partners in 2009. [...]
