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Volkswagen “seriously interested” in Alfa Romeo

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Seat, Volkswagen | 3 Comments »

Volkswagen's quest to grab the world's biggest car maker title from Toyota has taken a new twist with news it wants to buy Alfa Romeo. It's all a bit like shcoolyard secrets at the moment, though, with executives from Volkswagen ...

Abarth Punto EVO photo gallery

Monday, July 19th, 2010 Posted in Fiat | 2 Comments »

The Abarth Punto EVO has just gone on sale in the UK. It is powered by a 1.4 litre turbo four with "MultiAir technology". The feisty Punto can punt its way to 100km/h in 7.9 seconds. Peak power from the ...

Auto Italia 2010

Sunday, April 18th, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Lamborghini | 2 Comments »

It was a perfect autumn day in Canberra today. Ideal weather for the annual Auto Italia car show, then. Every year Italian car owners and enthusiasts gather in the nation's capital to show off their shining metal and this year ...

“It was good fun and nobody got hurt”

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 Posted in Fiat, Motorsports | 5 Comments »

Kimi Raikonnen's Rally Finland experience came to an abrupt halt when he crashed out on SS19 yesterday. Three YouTube clips of Kimi in action can be seen after the jump, including a brief interview with Kimi, who seemed in good ...

Kimi Raikkonen at the Rally of Finland

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Fiat, Formula 1, Motor Shows | 1 Comment »

Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen is making the most of his summer break by taking part in this weekend's Rally of Finland. Raikkonen finds himself at the wheel of a Fiat Abarth Punto S2000s prepared by four-time World Rally ...

Fiat 500 - World Car Design of the Year 2009

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in Fiat | 2 Comments »

The World Car of the Year Awards were announced last week at the New York International Auto Show. You have already read about the Golf VI claiming the overall WCOTY gong, but there were a few extra chocolates handed out ...

Fiat Abarth 500

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in Fiat | 12 Comments »

The new Fiat Abarth 500 has recently been launched in the UK. The car was loved by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear and the rekindling of the Abarth's scorpion badge is sure to get a few pulses racing. Powered by a ...

Fix It Again Tony

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Fiat | 3 Comments »

All publicity is good publicity, right?! Not so, it seems, as this Fiat customer in the UK shows. The disgruntled owner has taken matters into his own hands using sign writing on his 2007 model Doblò to get the message ...