http://www.allpar.com/news Regularly updated news concerning Chrysler LLC and its vehicles Wed, 23 May 2012 11:15:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/fiat-and-mazda-to-develop-new-car http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/fiat-and-mazda-to-develop-new-car#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 09:24:46 +0000 Bill Cawthon http://www.allpar.com/news/?p=16480 Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. and Mazda Motor Corporation have agreed to jointly develop a new sports car to be based on the next-generation of the Mazda MX-5 Miata. The two companies today announced the signing a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding cover... Read more..]]> http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/fiat-and-mazda-to-develop-new-car/feed 0 http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/abarth-shows-new-maserati-edition http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/abarth-shows-new-maserati-edition#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 11:24:43 +0000 Bill Cawthon http://www.allpar.com/news/?p=16369 Imagine a Fiat 500 with a top speed in excess of 140, a 0-60 time under seven seconds, a competition gearbox with paddle shifters, Brembo brakes and Koni shocks all round and more goodies than a car that size should have; there's even a set of Tramontano bags... Read more..]]> http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/abarth-shows-new-maserati-edition/feed 0 http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/al-volante-fiat-buying-remainder-of-vm http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/al-volante-fiat-buying-remainder-of-vm#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 19:09:31 +0000 David Zatz http://www.allpar.com/news/?p=16343 According to AlVolante, Fiat is buying GM's share of VM Motori, the advanced diesel engine maker which is Chrysler's main diesel supplier in Europe. Fiat already owns half of the company, which has changed hands numerous times in recent years.  VM's new RA630 V6 engine is designed to meet both American and European emissions requirements, and is to be used in the American version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee as well as, it appears, unnamed other Jeeps or Rams. An ol... Read more..]]> http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/05/al-volante-fiat-buying-remainder-of-vm/feed 0 http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/04/fiat-500-b-spec-leads-in-world-challenge-touring-car-b-standings http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/04/fiat-500-b-spec-leads-in-world-challenge-touring-car-b-standings#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:59:18 +0000 Bill Cawthon http://www.allpar.com/news/?p=16139 Jonathan Start, of Caledonia, Mich., drove his Fiat 500 to two Touring Car-B race wins on Saturday, April 28 at the 2.2-mile Miller Motorsports Park West Course configuration, winning two out of three of the new series' races. Saturday’s event featured two 30-minute races separated by just ten minutes. Start completed the inaugural race weekend with a fourth-place finish in the third race yesterday, just missing the podium after a race-long duel at the front of the pack. Read more..]]> http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/04/fiat-500-b-spec-leads-in-world-challenge-touring-car-b-standings/feed 0 http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/04/fiat-will-bring-chrysler-stake-to-61-8-percent http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/04/fiat-will-bring-chrysler-stake-to-61-8-percent#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:36:13 +0000 Bill Cawthon http://www.allpar.com/news/?p=16107 Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Oro reports that Fiat will exercise an option to purchase an additional 3.32 percent of Chrysler from the United Auto Workers Retiree Healthcare Trust (VEBA) on July first. The additional share would bring Fiat's stake in the Auburn Hills automaker to 61.8 percent. "There is a probability of more than 50% that Fiat will exercise the option," CEO Sergio Marchionne told financial analysts, noting that "the operation will bring value to shareholders." The purchase would cost less than € 200 million ($264.4 million).... Read more..]]> http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2012/04/fiat-will-bring-chrysler-stake-to-61-8-percent/feed 0