The Ferrari SUV is inevitable

Times change and only those who anticipate it and adapt are set to become key players in the future. This is very evident in the car industry, which despite keeping its original basis intact for more than a century, it is now facing big challenges. New mobility concepts, more energy sources and even the ownership […]

Brazil: Alfa Romeo beats Ferrari

Even if both brands are rare to see in the Brazilian roads, people over there are some how aware of the sporty and Italian fascination of Alfa Romeo and Ferrari. Yes, there are some official dealers of Ferrari, and soon Alfa Romeo will be officially introduced using Chrysler dealerships. But it is always good to […]

Ferrari Sales 2012 Full Year Analysis

Even if it barely sold 8.000 units in 2012, Ferrari keeps being the most profitable brand of Fiat group. The goal for 2013 is to decrease the number of registrations but increase profits, with better and more expensive cars. It won’t be hard to achieve it considering the latest models and the big awareness the […]

Fiat and Ferrari, a weird relationship

There are several types of marriages and partnerships. In automotive world it’s common to hear about merges, acquisitions and divorces among car makers that look to survive. There are strong ties such as Peugeot and Citroen, VW and Audi, Fiat and Alfa Romeo/Lancia, Chevrolet and Cadillac, Hyundai and Kia, and so on. There are other […]

Looking at the other China

One country, two societies. China is world’s most populated country and soon will be the largest economy. Its accelerated economic growth has made of it a big market where everybody wants to be. Automotive world is part of this boom doing both, creating better economic conditions to Chinese, and getting big profits from the business […]

Marchionne’s two paths

Finally Fiat-Chrysler has revealed its results for the third quarter and the plan for coming years. Fiat is indeed in a complicated situation in terms of its European sales figures and profits. Nevertheless the group revealed that during the third quarter of this year its EBIT, Earning Before Interest and Taxes advanced 12% to 951 […]

Fiat Group in Sao Paulo Motor Show 2012

No new cars in Sao Paulo. That’s the main news coming from that important event. As it was already analyzed, Fiat decided not to introduce any new model as they have already launched the new generations Palio, Siena in the last year. However it continues to be the leader of the market and it is […]

The Italian crisis and the extinction of Ferraris

The tittle may be shocking, but it explains what is going on in the troubled Italy with expensive cars. According to Bloomberg news the situation with luxury cars is becoming dramatic in Italy because of the financial crisis and governments measures. It is not only a matter of new car sales figures, which are down […]

What comes for Ferrari

Yes, Ferrari is also part of the whole group although its management and business are independent from Fiat Group. This has allowed Ferrari guys to keep some distance from troubles around its partners and develop unique models that in most of case don’t share anything with the small Fiats. Nevertheless is important to mention that […]

New engines for the bottom and top of the line

Good news arrive from Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) regarding two extremes of the model range of Fiat Group: the small and efficient Fiat engines and the powerful Ferrari ones. In the first case, FPT has announced than soon small Fiats (Panda, 500 and Punto) will be also offered with TwinAir Natural Power engine that allows the […]