There is no doubt about it, Ferrari are doing better than their parent company Fiat in China, but with Fiat on the verge of bringing Fiat China back to life its expected that Fiat will burst back into the Chinese market in typical Italian style.

At a recent press conference, Fiat announced that it would put all of its Fiat offerings into production…

Alfa Romeo are the petrol heads car of choice in recent years after the demise of MG, recent models such as the Alfa Romeo 159 Wagon have our panties in a twist, so you can imagine the excitement on the possibility of Alfa Romeo entering the Chinese market anytime soon.

Fiat-Guangzhou are reportedly looking for official approval to begin import sales…

Fiat may have been given a bloody nose by the Chinese car market once before, but this is not putting them off from having another stab at the Chinese market place, this time with a new joint venture partner.

Fiat and Guangzhou Autos have been getting quite cozy with each other over the past 18 months with various technology trades happening, which…

In what must be the best piece of news so far this month (It’s only the 7th, so there’s time yet), today Auto.Sohu is reporting that Fiat are expected to produce a new Fiat Uno in China by the end of next year.

Although the original article lacks details about who would build such a car in partnership with Fiat, (possibly Guangzhou Auto) they did…

Fiats top man in China was quoted in a newspaper interview with Guangzhou Daily that Fiat maybe close to entering a JV partnership with Guangzhou Auto as mentioned before on CCT, which would see the relaunch of Fiat in China…

Fiat has reportedly put forward its plans for two joint venture agreements to the Chinese central government for approval. The plans…

The Fiat Bravo has been on the market for a very short time in China, just over several months in fact, and in that time sales have been anything but good. Fiat initially planned to launch the Bravo, Punto, and Linea over the course of 2008, and 2009, so far China has received the Bravo, a car that was well received by the media and dealers, especially…

Guangzhou Auto appears to be building quite the impressive portfolio of platforms on which to build its own brand of cars, according to Chinese bloggers, Guangzhou recently acquired the current Toyota Camry platform, and has now also acquired the Alfa Romeo 166 platform. The Alfa 166 was a 4 door executive car that was equipped with 2.0l to 3.2l V6…

When Nanjing Fiat first went into operation together in 1999, their cars were selling quite well. Although the models they offered were not terribly exciting, they did offer value for money with a reasonable options package. The models, Fiat Palio, Fiat Palio Weekend (Wagon version), and the Fiat Siena (sedan) were new and exciting when first launched,…

From Reuters:

NEW DELHI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Italian automaker Fiat (FIA.MI: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday it is struggling to meet its China sales target and is in talks with potential new partners as it tries to offset sluggish European sales.

Fiat’s problems in China come as…

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Fiat have announced their new prices for their imported models that they will officially launch tonight at 7:30pm, the pricing of the models that they have is reasonable for imported models:

• Fiat Bravo: 200,380rmb for standard, sports model is 210,900rmb
• Fiat Linea: 170,100rmb for basic, Luxury 180,600rmb
• Fiat Grande…
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Fiats latest advert appears to have angered the Chinese people, due to Richard Gere driving to Lhasa. The below news article, from the Financial Times, gives us more details:

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We really do wish Fiat all the best in China, they brought some awful ‘developing market‘ cars to China, which were quite dull compared to what we know Fiat can produce for Euro markets. Fiat now plans to Read More →

Fiat is possibly most famous for turning itself around, from being an ailing sick motoring company with a poor reputation for quality, into one of the best selling brands in Europe in less than ten years.  If Fiat is so good at revitilizing itself, we would like to see how they are going to get out of this latest hole. After breaking up their Read More →

The new Chery Fiat tie up is getting under its own steam right now, and plans for the Fiat Linea have been leaked to the internet.

The…

Fiat has finally gotten the message, perhaps they read China Car Times (we have been speculating), or rather they realized that their…

Nanjing recieved a double blow yesterday, they were taken over by rivals SAIC, and today Fiat formally announced plans to pull out of the ailing Fiat-Nanjing joint venture which has been loosing money for several years.

Rumor has it that Fiat was unhappy…

Fiat has put down 500 million RMB in China to set up a financing unit. The financing unit will be used to help distributors and dealers set up sales networks around the country. Fiat has been keen to escape from the Nanjing Fiat joint venture, and it may be that they are planning to set up an independent sales network in China which could see their…