Fiat Auto goes large
Fiat and Alfa Romeo’s UK dealers were due to be briefed at a conference this week on likely changes following the ending of Fiat Auto’s five-year partnership with General Motors.
Fiat Auto UK is beginning a campaign designed to increase the skills of staff employed at Fiat and Alfa Romeo dealerships.
East of England retail group Desira has collected a regional award from Fiat for its aftersales business.
Fiat is to stop making six-cylinder petrol engines for its Alfa Romeo subsidiary, unions at the carmaker have said.
Former Rolls-Royce boss Karl-Heinz Kalbfell has been appointed to run the partnership of Fiat’s newly grouped sports brands, Alfa Romeo and Maserati.
Sergio Marchionne, Fiat Group CEO, is assuming the role of CEO at Fiat Auto, replacing Herbert Demel, who is leaving the company.
Fiat has announced it will be splitting the Maserati sports brand from Ferrari in order to link it more closely to Alfa Romeo.
Fiat Auto UK has launched a new training and development programme for its staff and dealer network.
General Motors has dissolved its partnership with Fiat after paying the group €1.55bn (£830m) to avoid having to buy the loss making company.
Fiat dealers are bracing themselves for a difficult 2005 as the manufacturer implements a radical new business plan.
Fiat and General Motors have still failed to reach agreement over whether GM will buy Fiat's car unit under its 'put' option.
New Fiat Auto UK boss Jose Antonio Garvia will refuse to revert to boosting volume through discounted deals with daily rental operators, despite the manufacturer’s poor sales performance last year.
Fiat Auto SpA and Iran’s PIDF, (Pars Industrial Development Foundation) Company have announced a co-operation agreement to manufacture and distribute Fiat cars in Iran.
Retailers could be missing out on an average of £160 in additional work each time a car goes for an MoT, according to new Fiat research.
Fiat said today that its period of mediation with General Motors will end on February 1 and that the Italian company will have the option to compel GM to buy its auto division from the following day.
Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne has confirmed that Fiat’s 2004 results will be in line with guidance to investors given in July last year.
Fiat Auto UK has announced prices for its Panda 4x4 and Panda 1.3 16v Multijet, which will be joining the UK range early in February.
Fiat Auto’s new Croma will make its first public appearance at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show, (March 3 –13).
José Antonio Garvía has been appointed as the new market general manager of Fiat Auto UK, and takes up his responsibilities from January 31.
