“Hopefully it will become the center for production of light commercial vehicles in North America for us,” Marchionne said.

The front-wheel-drive commercial van, which will be based on the full-size Ducato, will be launched in 2013, Marchionne said. Fiat shares the platform with France’s PSA Peugeot Citron.

No comment was made as to whether this platform could support a pickup truck variant, but we hear the vehicles come off the line as chassis cab models and are then fitted with a shell as orders dictate. If the Saltillo plant works the same way, it would be quite easy produce a smallish, work-duty, unibody-platformed pickup truck.

Dale Crawford honestly didn't know about a parking ticket he was given nearly 60 years ago until he found it in a box of mementos just recently.

Crawford, 79, paid the $1 parking ticket to the city of Houston this week.

Why did it take so long? The ticket was issued the day Crawford was inducted into the Army during the Korean War. He only discovered the ticket after going through an old box of keepsakes his mother kept. The ticket was issued because his father was late to pick up the car after Crawford had shipped out.

The veteran was still determined to pay the $1 ticket. “I am gonna pay the mayor cold hard cash,” Crawford said.

Man Pays Parking Ticket 58 Years Later (KYTX)

Most automakers with subcompact offerings strive to make their entry-level cars look and feel more upscale — think Ford Fiesta, Chevrolet Sonic and Hyundai Accent. Nissan, however, has stuck to its guns of offering just the bare essentials with its redesigned 2012 Versa, according to Cars.com editor Kelsey Mays.

2012 Nissan Versa Review