Cars That Should Never Have Been Made Longer

This picture of the upcoming Fiat 500XL mini-minivan floated around the Internet in the past week and just about everyone's first reaction was about how ugly this car is. It may be a small people mover, but there's no getting away from the ungainly profile.

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Fiat Wants A Huge Turbo Diesel V8 For Volkswagen Fighting Purposes

For years now we've been seeing carmakers trend towards smaller engines. V8s are getting dropped for V6s, and V6s are getting dropped for turbo fours. While that's good for emissions and fuel economy — and in many cases, performance hasn't suffered either — big engines are undeniably great in their own way.

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Fiat Might Buy All Of Chrysler And Take It Public

Fiat currently owns a 58.5 percent stake in Chrysler, but they're apparently cooking up a scheme that they hope will net them some quick cash: buy up the remainder of the company and then launch a share offering in the U.S. Mopar guys may have to get ready to become Fiat guys.

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My Dinner With Some More Fiat Engineers

While I was testing the Fiat 500e, I found myself once again fortunate enough to be able to share a meal with some of Chrysler/Fiat's engineers and designers. As always, I took advantage of the opportunity to propose some ideas for cars that fit into my own perverse agenda, and I got some quality feedback.

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Fiat 500e Electric: The Jalopnik Review

It's no secret that I'm very fond of the Fiat 500 line of cars — the Abarth version is one of my current favorites. So I was very curious to see how the electromorgrificationizating of the 500 would turn out, and the result, the 500e, is quite impressive.

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Fiat's Fastback From The Seventies Is Awesome

Powered by a 1.1- or a mighty 1.3-liter engine, the Fiat 128 Sport Coupe was anything but powerful. Still, with a curb weight of 1797 lbs and the compact dimensions thanks to a shortened 128 sedan's (you know, like the Zastava!) platform, this turns out to be a very desirable classic.

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