Fiat and Chrysler to join forces. (Flickr user dave 7 (cc: by-sa))
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I hear a lot of pooh-poohing these days about Fiat taking over Chrysler but here's an interesting statistic for you: in spite of an incredibly bad economy and ailing U.S. auto industry one of Fiat's U.S. V8-engined car manufacturers - Maserati - had it's best year ever in its 83-year history with an increase of 17% over 2007. And the U.S. is its biggest market!