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Bosch looks for more business as Chrysler starts to build Fiats 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 of the parts and systems that go into the Italian cars than they ever have had at Chrysler. However, ...

IHS Global Insight report forecasts Dodge Hornet may come by way of Fiat 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

- 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 Hornet way back in 2006, and since then, Chrysler has been searching high and low for a partner to actually assemble the vehicle. First, Chinese automaker ...

European scrapping schemes driving small car sales 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

- 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 a mild 2.4 percent improvement in May over April. Says ...

Enter the rumormill: New diesel engine for the Fiat 500 in the works 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 overlords at Fiat. Anchoring the line will be the diminutive Fiat 500, 2008's ...

Fiat's partnership with Chrysler could bring the Ford Ka to America 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 expected partnership with Chrysler could actually allow ...

Chrysler bankruptcy: what happens with the electric car plans? to A123 Systems? 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 figured out. Still, we were curious about what ...

Fiat likes compressed natural gas, now offering 6 different models 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 percent share of the new Chrysler, with another 15 percent distributed in three 5 percent ...

Fiat working on new hybrid system for small cars to share with Chrysler 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

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