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Maurice Tuff, chief executive officer of Newfoundland's tiny Lemur Vehicle Monitors , a maker of wireless communications devices for cars, is thrilled that Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC are coming together to form the world's seventh-largest automotive group.

From the cover for "Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler, and The Power of a Dynasty" by Jennifer Clark; John Wiley & Sons, 360 pages, $29.95. The engine of author Jennifer Clark's narrative is the saga of the Agnelli family and how their tenacity and long-term investment vision have kept the Fiat brand on the road since it was founded by Giovanni Agnelli ... (more)

Fiat will start building a battery-electric version of its 500 compact this year, marking the Italian automaker's entrance into the EV production market.

Chrysler is being lavishly praised for its string of Super Bowl ads starring Eminem and Clint Eastwood.

ThinkingA about the state of leadership in the country right now IA recalled this thought from Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and the Chrysler Group,A from a recent Time Magazine profile: ".Leadership is not a quantitative thingpeople either smell it in you or they don'tPeople need to trust you that you're going to pull them out and they will ... (more)

The FIA is pleased to announce that Damien Clermont will join the FIA as Chief Administrative Officer on February 13th, 2012.

Chrysler Chief Marketing Officer Olivier Francois firmly denied that 'Halftime in America' Super Bowl ad was designed to send any kind of a political message nor was it intended as a statement of support for President Barack Obama's re-election. 'There were absolutely no political intentions,' Francois said in Chicago today.

Chrysler Group LLC is in talks with banks about forming a joint-venture partnership similar to the arrangement its majority owner Fiat SpA has with Credit Agricole SA, according to two people familiar with the matter.

U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo recently congratulated Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and all the employees at the Belvidere assembly plant on the production launch of the new 2013 Dodge Dart that will create thousand of jobs in northern Illinois.

Despite Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne emphasizing "zero political content" from Chrysler's Super Bowl XLVI ad , the two-minute spot featuring actor Clint Eastwood has become a political flashpoint, The Detroit News reports .

Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer of both automakers, is counting on Chrysler to propel growth at Fiat, whose volume brands lost about 500 million euros in Europe last year as the region's debt crisis causes consumers to hold back on purchases.

During typically animated Super Bowl parties Sunday, chatter came to an abrupt halt when that famous voice -- in his trademark raspy whisper -- knifed through the air in its quiet, compelling way.

Chrysler workers have a variety of reasons to be pleased about the maker's improving fortunes.

Italy is importing more gas from Algeria to offset lower supplies from Russia, the group's Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said on Sunday, adding he saw no shortage problems for the next few days.

Chrysler Group LLC will continue pursuing loans from the U.S. Energy Department while the failure of companies that have borrowed from government programs may prolong the process, the chief executive officer said.

Three years ago, the American auto industry was not just in trouble, it was imperiled, with Chrysler facing the real possibility of running out of money unless it was rescued.

The Fiat-Chrysler Group is currently delaying the production of a new Jeep compact SUV, targeted at Italy, for developing a replacement for the Sedici model.

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne on Wednesday revealed a long-kept company secret: how much Fiat's automotive unit lost in Europe in a particular year, which was 500 million euros in 2011.

Chrysler Group Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne hit the nail on the head with a half-joking answer to a question he got precisely a year ago: how could Chrysler possibly hit its ambitious goals for 2011? "There's an incredibly stupid and crass answer to that question, and that is to sell more cars," Marchionne said.

Fiat Powertrain engineer Constantinos Vafidis knows all about Ford's PowerShift woes in the USA.