In 2016, FIAT dropped the top, hit the road for the headquarters and led the city car segment in dependability. 124 Spider returns This year marked the return of the iconic 124 Spider to the United States after a nearly 30-year absence. The all-new version of the Italian roadster features design elements from the enormously
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FIAT Hits the Road With the Bondurants
Before driving enthusiasts and FIAT customers hit the track in the new Fiat 124 Spider Abarth at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, members of the Bondurant family pushed the envelope in the new roadster. Jason Bondurant, who is the vice president of school, was one of the members of the performance driving
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FCA Employees React to Driving New Fiat 124 Spider
Employees at the Auburn Hills headquarters of FCA US recently had the opportunity to experience the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. These employees were part of the multi-continent effort to design, engineer and build the new rear-wheel-drive roadster with a classic name. Nearly 50 years after the original 124 Spider was introduced in Italy, the new
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Say ‘Ciao’ to Monterey Car Week
The FCA Digital Media team will be dispatched across the country this weekend to cover a pair of major classic car events. We will be at the Woodward Dream Cruise in suburban Detroit, but we are also traveling to the West Coast to attend events at Monterey Car Week in California. This way, car aficionados can
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The Motor City ‘Freaks Out’ for Fiat
A steady stream of classic, and new, Fiats streamed into the parking lot of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum Friday for the Fiat Club America’s welcome reception for their annual convention, the Fiat FreakOut. While there was a number of historical displays to see on the inside of the museum, more than 100 classic Fiats
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1 million miles to the new Fiat 124 Spider
Sometimes the road to a new car model is through the airport. That is the case for program manager Leia Horton, responsible for the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. The 20-year employee has crisscrossed the globe for the past few years to bring a modern-day version of the classic convertible roadster to market. During that time,
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Fiat 124 Spiders sitting on the dock by the bay – but not for long!
The recent arrival of the large Aphrodite Leader vehicle carrier at the Port of Baltimore ended nearly three decades of waiting, and dreaming, for fans of FIAT and sports cars. Inside of the belly of the mighty ocean-going ship were brand new Fiat 124 Spiders, carefully secured to the floor of the ship and wrapped
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