The New Fiat Punto Van has gone on sale in the UK, boasting an additional 60kg payload capacity over its predecessor.
Fiat Auto (UK) has appointed two new directors to its aftersales and parts operations. Ken Miller has assumed the role of aftersales director and John Malamatenios has taken the position of parts and accessories director.
Ancaster has been confirmed as the fourth dealer group to take a slice of Fiat Auto UK's M25 territory, joining Glyn Hopkin, TFL Group and Desira Motor Company.
The first few days of December brought the cuts to list prices which the industry had been waiting for. A flurry of announcements from VW, Peugeot and Fiat – all of which had held out against the tide of change – brought some order to the market.
##Citroen badge--left## Volkswagen, Citroen and Fiat have reduced the on-the-road prices of their cars by as much as 13%, effective from today.<p>
Fiat hopes to increase its share of the UK light commercial vehicle market from 3.5% to 5% with the arrival of the new Punto van and all-new Doblo.
General Motors and Fiat this week confirmed plans to conduct preliminary due diligence at cash-strapped Daewoo Motors.
Juan Jose Diaz-Ruiz, credited with much of Toyota's recent success in Europe, has joined Fiat Auto as marketing and sales executive vice president.
Pendragon is to lose its monopoly of M25 Fiat dealerships with Nissan specialist Glyn Hopkin first to move on the vacant dealership territories.
Manufacturers are warming to the internet as a way of helping dealers locate and retail used cars despite some reservations over new car stock locators.
Horners of Burnley is bypassing Fiat to source and supply parts direct to customers after launching a mail order scheme.
Fiat Auto will launch an online buying service in the UK next month with cars sold through its dealer network.
Two new versions of the Fiat Punto range in the UK are predicted to sell more than 33,000 units a year.
Fiat has called off its proposed mini-SUV project with Mitsubishi.
GM and Fiat were forced into this week's get together by competitive pressures, with each realising its vulnerabilities.
London analysts are sceptical about this week's £1.5bn cross-shareholding alliance between General Motors and Fiat Auto, believing the two will be forced into a full merger, or that the Italian group could pull out of the car market.
GM subsidiary Vauxhall revealed a simplified sales and marketing structure on the eve of the announcement of the Fiat deal.
