Fiat is reportedly in advanced talks with several major international commercial vehicle manufacturers to sell its 15 percent holding in India's bus and truck maker Ashok Leyland Ltd, which is part of the Hinduja Group

During yesterday's conference call to announce the Fiat Group's first quarter financial results, CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed that the Alfa Romeo brand is gearing up for an imminent return to the USA

The Fiat Group closed the first quarter of 2006 with significant trading performance improvements across all the sectors, especially so in the Auto Division: Fiat Group Q1 Financial Report

The Italian market surrendered its positive run last month with new registrations falling 6.3 pct year-on-year, however Fiat Auto continued its recent run of increasing sales, taking its market share to 31 pct

Fiat's automotive division is expected by analysts to post its second quarterly profit in a row next week, thanks to strong sales of new models like the Grande Punto in its home market, reports Reuters

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has suggest that Fiat Auto could beat its stated targets this year with operating profits and market share projections likely to be revised upwards during the second half of the year

The Angelli family's primary investment vehicle IFIL Group will propose Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata as an independent Fiat Group board member when the full board meets on 3rd May

Fiat Auto's relentless European market recovery continued again last month with sales up by 20.2 pct year-on-year, cementing its position as the fastest-growing carmaker in 2006

Fiat is to supply the Beijing Public Transport Company with 1000 natural gas engines to fit to the city’s bus fleet in a bid to dramatically reduce air and noise pollution in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games

In its first full month of UK sales the Fiat Grande Punto has already proved to be a big hit in the UK, so much so that Fiat Auto is currently the fastest growing volume brand in the UK

Lancia will sell more cars this year than in 2005, believes CEO Oliver Francois, being helped to achieve this target by a pan-European reorganization and squeezing more demand out of the existing model line-up

HP and Fiat have signed a 5-year agreement to supply support services to some 16,000 workstations for the Fiat Group, reports Ovum

During March Fiat Auto continued their excellent recent sales run in Italy outperforming the market once again, their brands grabbing a combined 30.60 pct share of their domestic market

Nuance Communication's speech technology will be used in Blue&Me, the voice-activated in-vehicle communications and entertainment system jointly developed by Fiat Auto and Microsoft

This year Fiat's operations in Poland are all working flat out to get ready for assembly of the new Fiat 500 model to commence in 2007, as well as increasing engine and component production

Three major financial institutions, Sanpaolo, Mediobanca and BNP Paribas, have all reportedly submitted firm bids to become Fiat's partner in Fidis Retail Italia Spa, the customer finance unit

A meeting of the Fiat Group board has resolved increase the number of directors to fifteen, and in a move designed to better protect stockholders, the majority will be independent