By Douglas A. McIntyre
Fiat, the Italian part of the global Fiat-Chrysler alliance, is having more and more trouble selling its small, inexpensive cars in America. Most recent data on “days to turn,” the average number of days dealers have cars in inventory before selling them, continues to rise for Fiat. Its struggles in Europe make Fiat’s success in the United States important.
By Emily Flitter and Karen Freifeld
Federal prosecutors are developing a criminal fraud case hinged on whether General Motors made misleading statements about a deadly ignition switch flaw, and are examining activity dating back a decade, before GM’s 2009 bankruptcy, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation.
By Wendell Roelf
U.S. motor company Ford has suspended production at one of its South African plants and Japanese car-maker Toyota plans to follow suit as a manufacturing workers’ strike hits suppliers of car components.
UTE, which generates, transmits and distributes electricity in Uruguay, took delivery of its new fleet of 30 Kangoo Z.E.s following an order resulting from a tender process launched several months ago.
Volkswagen is endowing its the new version of its Scirocco sports coupé with a range of six new petrol (TSI) and diesel (TDI) engines delivering more power and better fuel economy.
