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Italian car giant Fiat on Friday said it could not improve its offer to buy Opel against a rival bid and would not attend key talks on the takeover.

European new cars sales fell 27% in January to the lowest level for 20 years, trade data showed on Friday.

There are four new engines for the Grande Puntos, which have undergone minor tweaks to the exterior and interior.

The top 14 car-makers in the European market still had to cut emissions by 17% to reach the EU’s 2012 target of 130 grams a kilometre.

The latest Fiat shares little with its predecessor of 50 years ago except, to some extent, its styling. It’s also nowhere near as cutesy-wutesy.

Fiat said on Monday it will keep running an ad featuring actor Richard Gere and a reference to Tibet that has angered some in China.

Fears are growing over a potential cash crisis at the United States’s top carmakers after Ford warned its losses are running into billions.