Only four years ago Fiat, Italy's biggest industrial group, had the look of a company that had given up the will to live.

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Maybe four more decades of fiat money would see the value of the dollar decline by another factor of forty-eight.

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In March Fiat will sponsor Fader Fort, an annual four-day festival for up-and-coming musicians, in Austin, Tex.

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In fact, the transaction with Fiat falls under an agreement concluded between Suzuki and Fiat in 2005 to jointly develop the SX4 four wheel drive vehicle.

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Chrysler and Fiat are now collaborating on a fifth model, a four-door crossover that will be slightly larger than the 500 but based on the same architecture.

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The cheapest models of four of the five top-selling cars, made by General Motors, Volkswagen and Fiat, received a one-star rating, out of five stars, while other top sellers also scored poorly.

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