Fiat Group will be honoured at the 101st anniversary gala dinner of the Italian-American Chamber of Commerce, Midwest with the Business Excellence Award; Sergio Marchionne will be on hand to accept the award on Saturday

Fiat Group Automobiles Parts & Services is this month set to take part in the Automechanika 2008 international show one of the biggest in the world dedicated to products, equipment and services in the Automotive Aftermarket

Fiat Group significantly outperformed the rapidly falling European new car market over the summer months, stemming much of the sharp losses that have been felt by most of its major rivals, and allowing it to increase its market share

Magneti Marelli and Unitech Machines Limited have signed an agreement for the creation of a joint venture aimed at the production of motor vehicle electronic systems in India which will become operational in the first quarter of 2009

With sales of 7,206 units so far this year Iveco remains the truck brand with the fastest growing expansion on the Brazilian market, it adds up to a year-on-year sales increase of 131 pct and four times what the overall market achieved

Fiat Automóveis further consolidated its leadership in the Brazilian car market in August and now has total sales of 460,432 units during the first eight months of the year, which represents a cushion of 57,000 units over its closest rival

Serbian media reports suggest the signing of a strategic contract between Zastava and Fiat has been postponed; an MoU with the Serbian government was inked in May although the final contract has been delayed several times

The Agnelli family, under the Chairmanship of John Elkann, announced yesterday that they will merge into one entity the two financial holding companies, IFIL and IFI, through which they control their 30.49 pct stake in Fiat Group

Serbian media reports suggest Fiat is considering switching the focus of its new Serbian factory away from exports to Europe and instead take advantage of trade agreements and use production output to fuel its Russia market plans

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has confirmed that the carmaker is talking to potential new partners in China as it attempts to kick start its presence in the world's second-largest car market and find firms that can help it make an impact

Fiat Automóveis is substituting petroleum-based components in the manufacturing of all of its car seats; all vehicles made by Fiat Group in Brazil are already leaving the site with 5 pct use of BioFoam, a vegetable based polymer

Italian new car sales plunged by more than a quarter during August and there wasn't much good news for Fiat either, although it was able to soften the blow slightly and raise its market share from 31.71 pct to 33.19 pct

The new Tata Indica Vista which has been launched this week symbolises the growing partnership between Fiat and Tata Motors as it incorporates Fiat Group technology and is equipped with the 1.3 Multijet 16v turbodiesel engine

Fiat is to spend US$263 million building a new commercial engine factory in Chongqing City, China, where Iveco already has a facility, which will likely make it the largest commercial vehicle and component production centre outside Italy

As Fiat gets set to restart its China sales network media reports claim talks about locally manufacturing the Linea and Bravo are also going on quietly with the potential Chinese partner this time being Guangzhou Auto Group

Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd is evaluating the possibility of setting a full-fledged R&D centre with around 150 staff at its Ranjangaon plant along with its JV partner Tata Motors aiming to become a hub for Fiat's expansion into Asia

Serbian Economy Minister Mlađan Dinkić has told the media that production of the new low-cost Fiat model at the Zastava factory in Kragujevac will begin late next year and he suggests that the Zastava name could be use for the new brand

The Italian new car market suffered more falls last month, losing 10.88 pct year-on-year; however Fiat Group, with 5 models amongst the top-8 best sellers, was able to ride out much of the downturn once again and raise its market share

Media reports this week claim that struggling American carmaker Chrysler LLC is in wide ranging talks with both Tata Motors and Fiat Group which raise for the first time the areas of distribution and retailing with the latter

Harald J. Wester has been appointed CEO of Maserati, in replacement of Roberto Ronchi who is leaving the Group; Mr. Wester will maintain his current positions as Chief Technical Officer of Fiat Group and Fiat Group Automobiles

Magna Car Top Systems has won the contract to supply folding soft tops for the forthcoming Fiat 500 convertible, with the units set to be assembled at the supplier park which serves Fiat Auto Poland's factory at Tychy which builds the 500

Fiat Group Automobiles Financial Services and Jaguar Land Rover announced today that they have signed an agreement for a cooperation in auto financing in Europe after a selection process that involved 10 firms bidding to replace Ford

A proposal by the Indian joint venture between Tata Motors and Fiat to include Suzuki in the new facility which is manufacturing the Fiat Powertrain 1.3 Multijet 16v engine in India was rejected by Japan's largest maker of small cars

Tata Motors has proposed a marketing alliance with Fiat for selling the Rs100,000 (US$2,500) Nano which goes on sale in September in overseas markets where the Italian carmaker has a strong presence according to chairman Ratan Tata

Fiat Group reported second quarter trading results today which see it posting the highest sales and trading profit in its history, with revenues up 12 pct to 17 billion euros, along with the fourteenth consecutive quarterly improvement

BT has signed a contract with Fiat Group Automobiles Germany AG to equip their new German flagship headquarters building on Hanauer Landstrasse in Frankfurt/Main with state-of-the-art telecommunications and networking technology