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Evans Automotive, Primary Aim and Midwestern Auto Group have once again teamed up to host the 11th Annual Italian Gathering. The Sunday, September 4th event welcomes Italian motor vehicles and motorbikes of all vintages to the Wendy's International Corporate Grounds at One Dave Thomas Blvd., Dublin, OH 43017 from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Automo...

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Say "buongiorno" to the new small Jeep. A few photos of the new Jeep Renegade have leaked out ahead of its official reveal at this week's Geneva Motor Show. It would be the new, smallest Jeep SUV -- a hot segment. It is going to be made in Italy by Chrysler's parent, Fiat, and almost certainly will be a product for the U.S.   From the p...

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Kristy Duncan Johnson, 46, a senior product manager at software company Adobe from Los Gatos, Calif., on her Fiat 500s, as told to A.J. Baime:   Since my grandparents took me to see the Harrah car collection in Reno, Nev., when I was a kid, I have always loved automobiles. Today, my husband, Grady, and I have nearly 50 cars in our backyard....

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Half a century ago, in 1966, Lamborghini introduced a low, sleek, mid-engine supercar called the Miura. Considered groundbreaking when it was introduced because of its transversely-mounted mid-engine layout, the vehicle inspired a slew of orders despite being shown only as a rolling chassis a year earlier at the Turin auto show.   Designed b...

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The Italian carmaker Fiat says its acquisition of the final Chrysler stake is complete, making the U.S. car company a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat.   Fiat SpA said Tuesday that it closed the deal announced Jan. 1 with the cash payment of $1.75 billion to a union-controlled trust fund. That's on top of an initial $1.9-billion payment, whic...

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The 2014 FIAT Gran Finale commercial shows just how prevalent Italy's presence is in America. Cars are driving around the country, showing off different signs of cities named after places in Italy like Naples, Utah. The narrator even says: "America loves Italy. The signs are everywhere." There's a fun, funky song sung by a woman playing the backgro...

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The last time Alfa Romeo sold a mainstream car in the U.S. was 1995. A lot has changed since then in the luxury market, a reality that Alfa will have to reckon with as it plans to more than quadruple global sales to 400,000 by 2018 and ramp up North American sales from (effectively) nothing to 150,000 units per year.   That would put Alfa ro...

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by Chris Woodyard   When it comes to subcompact SUVs, most automakers are looking to their usual slate of performance, comfort and features. And Fiat? For its new 500X, it's going to sell the car's amore.    The new 500X combines the brand's usual flair for gorgeous Italian design with the practicality that goes with one of...

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Gov. Rick Snyder is heading to Italy and Germany next month for a trade mission focused on attracting auto and manufacturing investments.   The Republican governor hopes to "strengthen relationships and attract job-creating business investments in Michigan" on his trip during the first week in April, said spokeswoman Sara Wurfel.   Re...

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The FIAT® brand has partnered with one of Instagram's first and most active creator communities, #JJ, to commission its founder and top photographers to embark on a photo-documented open road adventure in the new Fiat 500L. The road trip began yesterday (September 17) at the FIAT Studio in Chicago and will make stops in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washing...

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