Alfa Romeo’s new MiTo is hardly a performance powerhouse, with the current range-topping model in the lineup boasting a diminutive 1.4L turbo engine until the performance-focused GTA arrives. But for some hot hatch fans, even the GTA’s 240hp (179kW) and hardened suspension won’t be enough.
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Alfa Romeo is a brand remembered fondly in living memory, and in the case of the 8C, desired greatly in the present, in the United States. Fiat’s reputation with Americans is a different story – and that’s why CEO Sergio Marchionne is focusing his efforts on the Alfa Romeo nameplate.
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Italian automaker Fiat announced today that it is giving more than half of its workers extended holidays that will see 14 of its 20 home country factories shut down for two or four-week periods until mid-January. Fiat will temporarily lay off 48,000 of its 80,000 Italian workers in order to cope with a drastic drop off in new car demand across the globe.

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