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Fiat's eco:Drive wins award for defining new car-driver relationship
Click above for a high-res gallery of Jodie Kidd with the Fiat eco:Drive Ever hear of an advertising award given to a piece of software that helps drivers save gas at the pumps? That's what Fiat's eco:Drive recently did, and the organizers of the Cannes Cyber Lions, a major event in the advertising industry, didn't praise the software's ability to analyze driver habits wins but instead the way it established a new kind of relationship between consumer and car. The prize was one of the three Grand Prix awarded during the Cannes Cyber Lions. ... Read more →
REPORT: U.S. to get four versions of Fiat 500 by 2011, no word on hybrid Frank Filipponio
2010 Fiat 500C - Click above for high-res gallery Fiat is confirming that the U.S. will be getting four versions of the Fiat 500 by 2011. The tiny 500 is the only Fiat model that has been ...
PETA Alert: Fiat underscores eco-friendliness using unique advertising campaign Jeremy Korzeniewski
European Fiat advertising campaign - Click above for high-res image gallery We've some pretty cool advertising in our time, but the new European marketing campaign from Fiat is surely one of the ...
Bosch looks for more business as Chrysler starts to build Fiats Sam Abuelsamid
Bosch has long been a major supplier of many different automotive components to Fiat, and the company is hoping to leverage that association with the new Chrysler. Bosch provides a higher proportion ...
IHS Global Insight report forecasts Dodge Hornet may come by way of Fiat Jeremy Korzeniewski
Dodge Hornet concept - Click above for high-res image gallery So far, the path of the Dodge Hornet from concept to production has been a long and winding road leading to nowhere. We first saw the ...
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European scrapping schemes driving small car sales 14 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2009 Ford Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery According to a new study by Jato Dynamics, the European automotive market may be rebounding ever so slightly from its alarming lows of early 2009. Though new car purchases are down by just over 13 percent year-on-year, there was actually ...
Enter the rumormill: New diesel engine for the Fiat 500 in the works 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
The Fiat 500 is currently offered in Europe with two gasoline engines and just one diesel. Since the concept of "small sport diesel" exists in the European market, it doesn't come as a real surprise that Fiat seems to be working on a sportier version of the 1.3 Multijet diesel engine that's used in ...
Spotted in the wild: Fiat 500 on the street in Michigan 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
click above for a high res gallery of the Fiat 500 on the street in Birmingham By now, we all know that if Chrysler is to have a future as an automaker, it is going to need some modern small cars. The plan is to fill that void with products that have their origins at Chrysler's new Italian ...
Fiat's partnership with Chrysler could bring the Ford Ka to America 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
2009 Ford Ka - Click above for a high-res gallery To quote the famous Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, "Oh what a tangled web we weave..." In this particular case, the web in question is a global vehicle market with automakers and product lines so intertwined with one another that Fiat's ...
Chrysler bankruptcy: what happens with the electric car plans? to A123 Systems? 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Dodge Circuit EV - Click above for a high-res gallery Pegging down future automobile product plans is hard enough in a normal economy. With the current state of affairs, it's like grabbing a snowflake with a heated fork. It's damn hard and you have to start over as soon as you think you got it ...
Fiat likes compressed natural gas, now offering 6 different models 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Will compressed natural gas soon be a widely used automotive fuel in the U.S.? Probably not, but it could become more common if Fiat's European moves are any indication. CNG is a popular alternative in some parts of Europe and several automakers, including Fiat, offer factory-equipped cars that run ...
Fiat to get stake in Chrysler; work to begin on new fuel-efficient platform 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Chrysler's ENVI line of concepts - Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Circuit EV Wondering what Chrysler's newly-announced bankruptcy means for its current green initiatives? So are we. According to the latest information we could get our grubby mitts on, Fiat is slated to get a 20 ...
Fiat working on new hybrid system for small cars to share with Chrysler 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Italian magazine Quattroroute is reporting that Fiat is hard at work on a new hybrid system for smaller cars and it is prepared to share the system with Chrysler. The system could appear in the tiny 500 and the upcoming Topolino paired up with Fiat's new 900cc two cylinder turbocharged engine. The ...
Swedes to build electric Fiat 500s 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Swedish company AutoAdapt has rolled out its first battery-powered Fiat 500 at its factory near Gothenberg this week. Autoadapt is working with Alelion Batteries and Fiat to do series production of several Fiat models with electric drive. The company plans to build about 100 of the tiny 500s this ...
Barbie's Fiat 500 comes to London, crystals and pink lipstick at the ready 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Barbie 500 Think the standard Fiat 500 is just a little too manly? Fiat feels your pain, and would hereby like to offer the 500 Barbie, a one-of-a-kind small car created for the Barbie doll's 50th anniversary. This is a partnership five decades in ...
Fiat eco:drive wins digital technology prize in UK 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Fiat has earned some recognition for its new eco:Drive system that debuted last fall at the Paris Motor Show. During the recent MediaGuardian Innovation Awards in London, eco:Drive won the top prize for digital technology. The eco:Drive system allows the driver to plug a USB flash drive into the ...
Fiat prices the 500 C from £11,300 in the UK 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on image for a couple of images of the Fiat 500C Fiat just announced prices for the 500 C, the convertible version of the Fiat 500, for when it goes on sale in the summer. The cheapest you can get one for will be £11,300. What's interesting is that Britons will have the three ...
Europe's 15 lightest cars 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
One of the keys to saving fuel is being light. However, the latest technologies in safety and the array of power accessories we all have in our cars all add weight to our cars, hurting fuel economy while they make driving more comfortable and save lives. Of course, technology has helped us recover ...
Could Jeep introduce new model based on Fiat Panda Cross? 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
When Chrysler and Fiat announced that they were planning to join forces to better attack the worldwide auto market, the first question on all of our minds was which vehicles from Fiat the American side would import to the States? Much of the attention was focused on the little Fiat 500, and ...
Nanjing Iveco shows off EV light bus 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Do you need a small bus to carry around 12 people and you'd rather it was all-electric? Naijing Iveco has one for you. The manufacturer starts with a previous-generation European-version of an Iveco Daily (the manufacturer is related to Fiat) and installs an electric powertrain. According to Gasgoo, ...
BMW and Fiat working together for new Isetta and Topolino revivals? 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
We've been hearing rumblings that BMW and Fiat were working together on the development of new small vehicle platforms for a while now. With the German automaker working on an Isetta revival and the Italian firm moving forward with a new Topolino, it makes sense that the two companies would join ...
Top model spends time with Fiat's eco:Drive 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of Jodie Kidd with the Fiat eco:Drive She's tall, a supermodel, and apparently now likes small, fuel-efficient cars. Jodie Kidd, previously known for her participation with the Maserati racing team and being caught in a cocaine sting, was the first person in ...
Tuscany Health orders up 100 electric cars 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Tuscany Health is putting its money where its heart is and has ordered up 100 battery-operated vehicles with an eye to eventually replacing most of the 3,000 units in its traditionally-fueled fleet. Thought to be the largest order of its kind (so far) by a health care company in Europe, its ...
Geneva 2009: Fiat unveils new Multiair engine line 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Fiat's not planning to give up its title as the lowest CO2-producing line in Europe any time soon. While diesel engines remain the best choice when carbon emissions are the main concern, the Italian automaker has invested plenty of research and development into its Multiair technology for gasoline ...
Fiat keeps the low-CO2 crown for second year in a row 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Last year, Jato Consulting found that Fiat lineup of cars was the lowest CO2-producing line in Europe. Fiat bosses must be smiling, because the same has been found for this model year. Fiat's cars produce an average of 137.3 g/km. This places Fiat ahead of all these guys Peugeot (138.1 g/km) ...
Geneva 2009: Rinspeed's Abarth-based E2 concept 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Rinspeed E2 Usually one concept is enough to put Rinspeed on the map here at its home-turf Geneva Motor Show, but this year the quirky Swiss coachbuilder doubled down with a modified Fiat 500 that hugs the road and the planet at the same time. Joining the ...
Which cars in Europe have Stop & Start technology? These do 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Stop & Start technology, also known as mild hybrization, is a relatively simple technology that can easily reduce fuel consumption in vehicles. Regular readers already know how it works. Basically, in most instances, the engine shuts down instead of idling, for instance at traffic lights, and ...
Geneva Preview: Rinspeed E2 features fuel-saving switch 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Rinspeed E2 Wouldn't it be great if modern cars had a button that magically adds 100 horsepower for those instances when a little extra oomph is required? That's exactly what Rinspeed has added to the little Fiat 500 Abarth for its new E2 concept, though ...
Chrysler restructuring plan places heavy emphasis on hopeful Fiat models 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of slides outlining Chrysler's planned alliance with Fiat While Chrysler didn't exactly say that there was no chance it could survive without realizing the proposed alliance with Italian automaker Fiat, the long, drawn-out 177-page document that it filed last night with ...
Chrysler studying Fiat's 6-speed gearbox 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
One of the first consequences of the Chrysler-Fiat alliance could be the arrival of Fiat's new six-speed transmission in Chrysler models. Chrysler lost its dual-clutch partner Getrag, which was developing a next-gen dual clutch transmission, so Fiat's unit, still under development, is likely to ...
Americans eager for Fiat and Alfa could get two Euro models soon 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Here's one more rumor from the Chrysler-Fiat merger: if you lust for a Fiat 500 or the soon-to-be released Alfa Romeo 149 (codenamed 940) you might be in luck. Automotive News quotes an anonymous source from the Italian manufacturer who said that the new group could start importing hundreds of ...
Fiat 500 Convertible revealed! 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
After a brief tease, the convertible version of the retro-cute Fiat 500 has been revealed before its official upcoming Geneva Motor Show debut. Taking a cue from the Cinquecento of yore, the canvas top slides back to open up a view of the sky yet leaves the outer portion of the roof intact, ...
No surprise: Nissan-built small Chrysler model in trouble 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Dodge Hornet concept Color us unsurprised at the revelation that the long awaited tie up between Chrysler and Nissan has hit a rocky patch. Recall that the two automakers struck a deal last April that would have Dodge supply the next generation of ...
Fiat to unveil 500 cabrio, shows foggy teaser 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
As hinted back in 2007, a convertible version of the iconic Fiat 500 is coming. This mean Fiat will have something topless in its lineup, and that hasn't been the case since the early '90s when the (really ugly) version of the Fiat Punto was still around. The 500 convertible will be a CC, meaning ...
Fiat and Alfa Romeo to introduce new engine line in Geneva 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The biggest news of the year so far has been the proposed strategic global alliance between Chrysler and Fiat, two automakers that have drastically differing lines spread across drastically different markets. Certainly, that deal with the American automaker isn't all that Fiat has going on, and the ...
Fiat 500's start&stop technology will be greener than expected 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The Fiat 500 Start&Stop (click to enlarge) When Fiat announced in December that it would start using Bosch's Start&Stop technology in the new 500, they said the micro hybrid system would reduce fuel consumption between five and eight percent. Now that it is actually here and used in the ...
