Fiat

Fiat has been on life support for a number of years, at least in North America where sales are marginal. A mere 46 units were sold in all of Canada last year, 54 the year before and 79 two years ago. Today, only 38 Stellantis dealers still carry the Fiat …

Fiat's return to North America about a decade ago didn't turn out to be the be the success story everyone was hoping for. The little 500 rode a wave of popularity when it arrived here, but the honeymoon quickly ended. The brand added a larger version, the 500L , and …

Fiat’s sales numbers in Canada and in the U.S. speak for themselves. Consumers went all crazy with the cheeky 500 hatchback when it launched here in 2011, but since then, traffic in Fiat dealerships—er, Fiat Studios—hasn’t been fantastic. In fact, sales in Canada have nosedived by 57% in 2016 compared …

Things are not going well for Stellantis, particularly in North America where declining sales, rising inventory and weak profit margins are starting to become a serious problem, not to mention the many recent changes in senior management. The world's fourth-largest automaker announced worse-than-expected results for the first half of 2024, …

Stellantis has just announced a recall on more than 340,000 vehicles in North America, including 8,387 in Canada, due to a problem with the driver’s front airbag. In some cases, the connector for the driver's seat belt buckle sensor could fail and cause the airbag to deploy with too much …

Future vehicles from Chrysler , Jeep , Dodge , Ram and other Stellantis-owned brands will do away with something that’s been associated with class and luxury for decades, especially on American models—chrome. The automaker indeed plans to stop using the shiny material on all new vehicles moving forward due to …

With sales of the all-electric Fiat 500e slowing down considerably, Stellantis this week confirmed that a hybrid variant will also be built at its Mirafiori plant in Italy. Production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2026. As Reuters reports, the announcement came after CEO Carlos Tavares met …

Following its official introduction last December, the new 2024 Fiat 500e becomes the cheapest electric vehicle in Canada and many city-dwellers are sure to fall in love with it. Or so we think. Maybe to prove a point, the company chose Valentine’s Day to open its online reservation system at …

Stellantis was the last major automaker not to have announced plans to integrate Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector design in its future electric vehicles. Now it’s a done deal. Select EV models launching in North America for the 2026 model year will be the first, but others will …

Car manufacturer Stellantis said Thursday it will test a system to swap batteries in a fleet of electric cars in Madrid next year. The test using technology from California startup Ample will allow users of a car sharing fleet of Fiat 500e subcompacts in the Spanish capital to switch out …