Fiat has reportedly been working on an all-electric Fiat Palio Weekend for 3 years and just now the car is ready for the prime time.

Treehugger says that the car will go into production at Fiat’s Brazillian manufacturing facility and could cost as much as $70,000.

$70,000 for an all-electric vehicle? Wow, I guess it really pays to be the first production all-electric vehicle in South America. No word on if these will be available to consumers or just fleet orders as previously though.

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It seems Volkswagen is actually looking to introduce a new pickup to market entitled the Amarok. While it almost seems like whoever came up with the name picked letters at random out of a hat, this is not the case; VW let us know that Amarok means “wolf” to the Inuit people and translates to “he loves stones” in “the languages spoken in South America”. Either way, VW is obviously trying to market this car as a heavy duty pickup.

Anyways, there are no real specs or even real pictures to go by as of now with the above being just a concept. However, we do know that the Amarok will debut as a double-cab sporting 4WD pickup with a single-cab model hitting market shortly after.

Volkswagen says their Amarok pickup truck will launch in South America early next year, Central America in spring of next year and Russia, Africa, Australia and Europe sometime after.

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Ferrari of Tampa Bay was recently opened which hopes to draw in better business after restructuring in recent months by Ferrari of Central Florida. Ferrari North America, with 36 dealerships in the US, 4 in Canada and 9 in Central and South America, wants to offer to its customers an environment similar to the one they would have by visiting the ever-renovating Ferrari factory in Maranello.

Florida is the third largest market for Ferrari North America, accounting for more than 12% of its sales in 2008.

With the new dealership, better reach and sales for Ferrari which has been aching to build on this strategic direction for months now.

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