FiatChrysler Australia says it’s determined to turn the Fiat and Alfa brands from niche to serious volume players in the Australian market. The local subsidiary of the Italian-US alliance has introducing sharp driveaway pricing ...
Tags: Fiatchrysler, Niche Sales
A two-cylinder version of the Alfa Romeo MiTo hatchback will come to Australia in January 2014 to bring the cost of entry to the Italian brand below $25,000. The Alfa Romeo MiTo ‘Twinair’ will join as part of the face lifted ...
Tags: Alfa Romeo, Italian Brand
An upcoming baby Jeep looks to have ruled out a 4WD version of the Fiat Panda just released in Australia. The Fiat Panda 4×4 had been a strong consideration on Fiat Australia’s Italian shopping list as part of its local ...
Tags: Fiat Panda, Baby Jeep
General Motors will consider developing new Opel products on its own in a bid to stem European losses that have totalled more than $19.6 billion over the past 13 years. The company says it doesn’t need the help of France’s ...
Tags: Opels, GM Scaling
The Alfa Giulia, the long-delayed replacement for the 159 (above), may not be sold in Australia when it’s eventually released. The Italian brand’s rival for the likes of the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class had been due ...
Tags: Alfa Romeo, Mercedes-Benz
They may not be the cars teenagers have pinned to their bedroom walls, but the Fiat 500, Mitsubishi Mirage, Nissan Micra and Volkswagen Up! are among the cheapest ways first-time drivers can get into a new car. Particularly when parents ...
Tags: City Car, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen
A first look at the next-generation 2015 Mazda MX-5, and its reborn Alfa Romeo Spider twin, comes courtesy of this testing mule with the new car cloaked by an outgoing MX-5 body. The most noticeable change to the regular MX-5 body is ...
Tags: Mazda MX-5, Alfa Romeo
The Fiat Panda has taken more than three decades to get to Australia, but now it’s here it’s time to quickly get used to the word ‘squircle’. You don’t need a PhD in mathematical shapes to appreciate this is ...
Tags: Fiat Panda
The Fiat Panda city car has debuted in Australia – 33 years after it made its first appearance in Europe. Fiat Australia will be hoping it’s a case of better late than never, with the Panda arriving to further bolster the ...
Tags: Fiat Panda, Fiat
Luxury Italian sports car maker Maserati said it has already booked around 22,500 new car orders so far this year, with demand led by the new $250,000 Quattroporte sedan and boosted by its newest model, the Ghibli. The Quattroporte has ...
Tags: Maserati, Luxury Italian Marque
Months of vigorous lobbying from German ministers have resulted in the scrapping of an agreement to cap average new car emissions in the European Union at 95 grams per kilometre by 2020, down from around 130/g/km today. Reuters reports ...
Tags: Scrap Car Emissions, EU Support
The Peugeot 108 sub-light car is looking a strong bet to take on sub-$15,000 rivals in Australia sometime after it goes on sale in 2014. Peugeot Australia says it will prepare a business case study for the entry-level Peugeot once it is ...
Tags: Peugeot 108, City Cars
A mule of the all-new ‘baby Jeep’ has been spied undergoing high-altitude testing ahead of its international unveiling and launch in 2014. Hiding under a roughly cut collection of Fiat 500L body panels is the sub-compact ...
Tags: Baby Jeep, Auto Parts
The European boss of Abarth says the Italian tuning division is looking to expand its range and has hinted the Fiat 500L could be the next model to benefit from a high-performance overhaul. Abarth general manager Marco Magnanini told MSN ...
A car anticipated to be the all-new third-generation Renault Twingo has been caught road testing by CarAdvice’s spy photographers. Still heavily camouflaged, the new Renault prototype is expected to be the third-generation Twingo ...