Fiat will manufacture its new 900cc SGE gasoline engine in Poland and to build the powerplant, Fiat Powertrain Technologies will expand its plant in Bielsko-Biala; the 2-cylinder unit will range from a 62 bhp version to a 110 bhp turbo option

Fiat is strengthening its relationship with the contract hire industry, both in the UK and across Europe, with three fleet account managers being appointed in Turin to develop relationships with pan-European contract hire companies

Cummins and the Fiat Group subsidiaries CNH Global and Iveco have agreed to unwind their existing joint ventures in the area of diesel engines, with Cummins now disposing of its one-third interest in EEA (European Engine Alliance)

Fiat is gearing up to leverage production of the Zastava factory in Serbia which is set to welcome production of the Topolino as well as a new low cost car, easing the demand on the Tychy plant in Poland which is working at full capacity

Turkey’s largest local automotive manufacturer, Tofaş a Fiat joint venture, is aiming to become Fiat’s most important global research and development centre by 2010 thanks to new government incentives to encourage the R&D sector

Fiat Group recorded 112,038 new vehicle registrations across Europe last month, which was down 6.3 pct year-on-year, however the carmaker outperformed the overall market (-7.9 pct) and raised its market share from 7.7 to 7.9 pct

Tofaş, the Fiat Group's 50-50 joint venture car manufacturing company in Turkey, which has already brought to production successfully the Fiat Doblò and Fiorino vehicles, is planning to pitch for future Alfa Romeo development contracts

After last month recording its highest vehicle sales since starting operations in Brazil in 1976, Fiat Automóveis has increased further its leadership of the Brazilian new vehicle market with 335,886 units now sold during the first six months

Fiat Group is planning to temporarily lay off workers at four of its six Italian assembly plants - Mirafiori, Melfi, Pomigliano d'Arco and Termini Imerese - in the autumn as the slowdown in new car buying across Europe continues to impact

BMW Group and Fiat Group Automobiles have officially announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on components and architectures under consideration for Mini and Alfa Romeo vehicles

Fiat is set to announce that it is to form an alliance with BMW to develop a new small car platform that will underpin the next-generation Grande Punto and Mini while new petrol and diesel engines are also being discussed

After a delay since an agreement was signed with the Pars Industrial Development Foundation three years ago, production of the Siena will get underway in Iran this autumn, the first of five Fiat models set to go into production in the country

Rising raw material costs across the globe has forced Fiat Group to increase its pricing with Fiat Group Automobiles' products (Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Fiat Professional) up on average 1.5 pct, Iveco up 2.5 pct and CNH Global up 5 pct

Fiat Group suffered a sharp 16.48 pct drop in its Italian sales right across the brands last month although it managed to outperform its domestic market which plunged by 19.5 pct to raise its total market share from 31.56 to 32.75 pct

Fiat Auto Argentina is investing an additional US$300 million for the production of the 1.9-litre 16v engine at its factory in Córdoba which is now at the centre of ambitious plans to raise annual production in the country to 600,000 units by 2010

During May Fiat Auto Poland sold 2,850 new passenger cars allowing it to secure a market leading share of 10.9 pct led by demand for the Grande Punto and Panda while for the year-to-date its sales stand at 13,341 cars, giving it a 9.5 pct share

Magneti Marelli and Endurance Technologies Pvt. Ltd. have today signed a new 50-50 split joint venture agreement aimed at the production of shock absorbers for motor vehicles at two facilities, one in India and one in Thailand, from 2009

Fiat Group rode out much of the 7.8 pct drop in new car sales across Europe during May ending the month down 4.5 pct year-on-year after accumulating 113,866 registrations and in the process raising its market share to 8.5 pct

With sales in Brazil of 57,876 cars and light commercial vehicles last month Fiat Automóveis has now sold 274,144 units in the country during the first five months of this year, which represents a market leading share of 25 percent

Fiat Group plans to boost the sales of its Fiat, Fiat Professional, Alfa Romeo and Lancia brands in Germany during 2008 following a return to profitability last year of its operations on that market after incurring several years of losses

With production continuing to rise to satisfy demand for the 500, Fiat Auto Poland, the country's biggest car manufacturer, has built 192,067 cars during the first five months of the year, to put production up by more than a third year-on-year

Fiat Group and Russian carmaker Sollers JSC (formerly Severstal Auto) have signed a new joint venture deal worth 194 million euros that will see the Fiat Linea being built in Russia as well as a new engine manufacturing programme

First it was Alfa Romeo and now Fiat Group is actively pursuing ambitious plans to manufacture the Fiat 500 model in North America and is seeking an industrial partner for the project, CEO Sergio Marchionne revealed yesterday

"Very proud of the choices and the deep-seated changes that have been made" says Luca di Montezemolo on the Fiat Group relaunch, "We now have better cars, better people and a better mentality; we put the client at the centre of our focus"

With 204,607 vehicles registered in May, the Italian market lost 17.56 pct; however Fiat Group was able to ride out much of the slump to end the month down 12.58 per cent, and in the process raise its share from 30.87 to 32.73 pct