Fiat Cars
Fiat chooses Portfolio to help build used sales volumes
Fiat UK has appointed Portfolio, part of Manheim Retail Services, as a key partner to help market Approved Used Vehicles throughout the Fiat dealer network. Using Portfolio’s latest e-Business Centre Platform – a web-based showroom tool, Fiat dealers can load, manage and market all aspects of their used car, MPV and light commercial vehicle stock online.
Fiat launches eco:Drive in Paris
Fiat has just launched a new device that could change the way motorists drive their cars forever. The Managing Director of Fiat Automobiles, Lorenzo Sistino, presented eco:Drive to the international press last week at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.
Fiat declares best month’s results for four years
Fiat is celebrating its best monthly result in the UK for four years – since September 2004 – after posting 9818 sales to give the Fiat brand a 3.0 per cent UK market share.
Motorists quids in as Fiat launches Panda ECO
A money-saving, planet-friendly version of Fiat’s top-selling Panda has just gone on sale in the UK, making it the third new version of Fiat’s widely-acclaimed city car announced this summer.
Snowbone wins Fiat’s smiles per hour design competition
Product designer Nick Rawcliffe is £50,000 richer after taking top honours in the nationwide Fiat-sponsored Smiles Per Hour Design Competition.
Blue&Me breaks through half-million mark
The 500,000th Fiat Group vehicle fitted with Blue&Me, the ground-breaking hands-free entertainment, information and communications system, has just been sold by the Company.
Fiat’s 3D showroom takes top technology award
The stunning 3D ‘showroom’ featured on Fiat’s UK website has been crowned the Retail and Leisure Sector Technology Project of the Year at the important 2008 CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards.
Fiat believes fleets should use whole life costs
As fleets of all sizes feel the pinch with increasing fuel, VED, insurance and finance costs, and even more emphasis placed on emissions, Fiat believes that now is the time for ALL fleet users to choose cars for their choice list based on a whole life cost basis.
Fiat cement another contract with Cumberland Building Society
Fiat’s industry-leading green credentials have enabled the Cumberland Building Society to appoint the Italian car manufacturer as sole provider of its branch managers’ company cars for a further year.
Budding inventors have designs on £50,000 in Fiat contest
Fiat’s search to find the most promising, fun-loving, inventor in Britain has reached its final stages, with the announcement of a short-list of five competition entrants.
New Haynes Manual for the Fiat Punto
The Fiat Punto is high on style and low on price, so it will come as no surprise that over 6 million derivatives have been sold worldwide since its introduction. The Punto is descended (via the Uno) from the Fiat 127, which was often considered to be the first ‘Supermini’.
Little 500 plays big part in new eco estate agent launch
London Residential, which opened its new Parkway, Camden office earlier this month (August) has bought five Fiat 500 1.2 Lounge cars, to use alongside four electric scooters as transport for its sales negotiators.
Fiat 500 takes another major industry award
The Fiat 500 is again enjoying winning ways after scooping yet another top industry honour. The multi award-winning 500, which was launched by Fiat earlier this year, has just taken the Supermini and City Car category in the evecars.com Car of the Year Awards 2008.
Award-winning Fiat 500s in Nokia fleet deal
Seventy two all-black Fiat 500 superminis have been acquired on contract hire by communications specialist Nokia, in a fleet deal that will see the distinctively liveried Fiats help kick-start a new high profile promotion by the phone manufacturing giant.
500 scoops another major industry honour
Fiat is celebrating again, having scooped yet another highly important industry award for its iconic 500 supermini.