BMW and Fiat will be teaming up on a new front-wheel-drive, small car platform that will underpin the next MINI and future Fiats and Alfa Romeos. Now comes word from Automotive News that the partnership will also include the two automakers collaborating on Alfa Romeo's return to the States in 2010 and the introduction of a new model, code-named "project 940."

This teaming up caught me off guard! See this link for more info:


http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/08/mini-dealers-to-sell-alfa-romeos-in-the-u-s/

Why not, we will soon have Indian Jaguars.

...and maybe we'll get the new Fiat 500 as well?

AND, I'll bet we're gonna see a whole lot more of the small, fuel-efficient marques and models that one sees in western Europe.

I'm always amazed at the attractive, small cars I see over there that we do not have here.

With the fuel costs skyrocketing here, I think there will be a zillion new car models over here.

Inevitable.