1957 may be most closely identified with the '57 Chevy, but Chrysler marketers are going back to that year to promote the new Fiat 500 in America.

They're treading carefully, having been questioned for emphasizing a repositioning of the Chrysler brand, via the “Imported from Detroit” campaign that kicked off at this year's Super Bowl, over touting their first new model in a long while, the Chrysler 200. While they won’t say it, one reason is that the car is basically a re-skinned Chrysler Sebring and wasn’t all that boast-worthy, compared with much of the competition these days.

For the Fiat brand as it re-enters the United States in a big way, the story is different. By all accounts, the new Fiat 500 is a high-quality sparkplug, popular in Europe, and it should get a strong reception once it’s widely available in the United States at a time of stubbornly high gasoline prices. Nevertheless, Fiat is emphasizing brand over its 500 subcompact so far. The reasons, this time, are different.Continue reading...

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These are some heady times for Fiat. The company just closed its account with the U.S. government this week by purchasing the final remnants of Chrysler. The Fiat 500 recently was named Coolest New Car Under $18,000 by Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com. The 2012 500 coupe is garnering raves from U.S. reviewers who call it things like “spunky” and “beautiful.”

And American consumers are beginning to get their first full taste of the Fiat brand in decades as the new 500 gets rolled out through hand-picked Chrysler dealers who will be selling Fiat models in America as the brand's new marketing campaign takes hold.Continue reading...

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