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• Fiat's Iveco Magirus's works council offices raided in bribery probe (Sharewatch)
  FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Offices of the works council at Fiat SpA's German unit Iveco Magirus were raided by public prosecutors for suspected bribery involving a "six- or seven-digit eur figure," Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing the German city of Ulm's prosecutor's office.
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• BorgWarner Powers Fiat 500, Named European Car of the Year 2008 (The Auto Channel)
  AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 27 -- Leading global powertrain supplier BorgWarner powers the European Car of the Year 2008 -- the Fiat 500 -- as well as all seven finalists in the closely fought competition, including the second place Mazda 2 and third place Ford Mondeo.
  www.theautochannel.com/F/news/2007/11/27/071965.html
  
  
• FIAT 500 car of the year 2008 (The Epoch Times)
  The 2008 car of the year as voted by the jury from "Car of the Year" www.caroftheyear.org is the FIAT 500. The 2008 competition was not as closely contes...
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• Mercedes-Benz Breaks Off Small-Car Talks With Fiat (Edmunds.com)
  STUTTGART, Germany — Mercedes-Benz has ended talks with Fiat on the establishment of a joint venture for the production of a new lineup of small cars.
  www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123657?imw=Y
  
  
• Fiat To Invest $3.5 Billion in Brazil and Argentina (Edmunds.com)
  SAO PAOLO, Brazil — Fiat Auto said it plans to invest more than $3.5 billion in South America, most of it to boost annual vehicle production in Brazil to more than a million units by 2010.
  www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123661
  
  
• Fiat-Tata JV will have new Board in a month (The Economic Times)
  Italian auto maker Fiat today said a 10-member new Board will soon take over to steer the unnamed joint venture with Tata Motors in Ranjangaon, Pune.
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• BMW to bring back ‘Isetta’ to compete with Smart and Fiat (AutoSpies.com)
  From the company that resurrected the MINI Cooper into an amazing piece of microcar machinery it is today, comes word of another classic microcar coming back to life. That’s right BMW is reported to be working on a 21st-century Isetta microcar.
  www.autospies.com/news/BMW-to-bring-back-Isetta-to-compete-with-Smart-and-Fiat-23716/
  
  
• Lorenzo's third Yamaha test gets underway in Jerez (motolive via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
  “I feel more comfortable with the bike” : Lorenzo began his third test with Yamaha today, his final test before he becomes an official Fiat Yamaha Team rider in January.
  uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28112007/32/lorenzo-s-third-yamaha-test-gets-underway-jerez.html
  
  
• Mercedes terminates talks with Fiat (AutoSpies.com)
  Officials at Fiat and Daimler have been in negotiations since the middle of the year over a possible deal to co-develop several new models for their respective Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz brands.
  www.autospies.com/news/Mercedes-terminates-talks-with-Fiat-23585/
  
  
• Fiat announces $2.8 bln investment in Brazil (Budapest Business Journal)
  Fiat Group has planned to invest 5 billion reais ($2.8 billion) in Brazil up to 2010, the Italian automaker said.
  www.bbj.hu/main/news_33619_fiat+announces+%25242.8+bln+investment+in+brazil.html