FIAT. FIAT in ITALY
Fiat Auto S.p.A., Corso Giovanni Agnelli 200, 10125 Torino, Italy, tel. + 39011/686111, fax + 39011/6837591,
http://www.fiat.com
Models produced in Italy:
Punto, Idea, Multipla, Barchetta, Stilo, Stilo Multi Wagon, Stilo Multi Wagon
Uproad, Croma; models produced in Poland: Seicento, Panda, Panda 4x4, Panda SUV; models
produced in Turkey: Palio, Albea, Marea Sedan, Doblo; models produced in
France: Ulysse.
Production volume in Italy in 2003 -– 674,677 vehicles. Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino was
established in July 1899 and produced its first eight vehicles, called 3 1/2 HP. In the next ten years, the
company became the largest Italian car manufacturer. In 1918 it was renamed to
Fiat S. p. A. In 1908 Fiat vehicles were first assembled in Fiat’s
first foreign plant in Austria. Fiat has so far taken over the following
companies: Ceirano & C (in 1899), Alassio (in 1906), Ansaldi (in 1906), S.P.A. (in 1926), NSU manufactory in Heilbronn
(1929), SCAT-Ceirano (in 1929), Ansaldo (in 1930), O.M. (in 1937), Autobianchi (in 1957), Lancia (in 1969), Ferrari (partial
ownership as follows: in 1969 - 50%, in 1988 -87%, in 2001 -90%, in 2002 – 56%), Abarth (in 1971), Alfa Romeo (in 1986 ),
Innocenti (in 1990 - 49% and in 1993 - 100% of shares), Maserati
(in 1990
- 49% and
in 1993
- 100% of
shares), FSM (in 1992). In the years 2000-2005, Fiat owned 5,6% of GM, giving to the latter 20% of its Fiat, Lancia and Alfa
Romeo shares in
exchange.
Fiat passenger vehicles are now being produced
in the following countries: Italy, Poland (1932-39 and since 1967), France (since 1994), Turkey (under the
brand name Tofas since 1971 and Fiat since 1998), Brazil (since 1976), South Africa (1950 until 1982 and since 1990), Egypt
(1999-2004), China (since 2001), India (1951-72 and since 1996), Pakistan (since 2000), and assembled in
Morocco (1962-2003),
Vietnam
(since 1996)
and
North Korea (since 2002 under the name Pyonghwa). Latest premieres: Paris 2002 - Stilo Multi Wagon;
Bologne 2002
- Barchetta
restyling, concept car Simba; Geneva 2003 - Idea, Stilo Abarth, Panda (firstly christened
Gingo), prototype Marrakech; Poznan 2003
- Punto restyling;
Frankfurt/Main 2003 - Panda SUV; October 2003 - Panda Abarth; Bologne 2003 - Stilo restyling and Panda 4x4; Geneva 2004 -
Multipla restyling,
prototype Idea 5terre and concept car Trepiuno; Paris 2004 -Stilo Multi Wagon Uproad,
concept car Idea Style and concept car Panda Alessi; Geneva 2005
- Croma, concept car coupe IED X1/99. The production of
the old Panda I ended in the year 2003.
Plans for the future: 2005 -Panda 3-d, Panda Abarth, Punto
III, Idea 4x4, Doblo restyling, a small SUV (production in Hungary, together with
Suzuki); 2006
- Ulysse restyling, Palio II, Palio Weekend II, Siena
II, Punto III Wagon, Punto III Cabrio; 2007 - Microcar, Croma SUV 4x4, Punto III Coupe,
Stilo II, Stilo minivan; 2008 - Stilo II Multi Wagon, Stilo II sedan, Strada II, Stilo
II Cabrio, Multipla III, Croma restyling, SUV restyling, Punto restyling; 2009 - Ulysse III, Doblo
II, Panda III; 2010 - Idea II, Stilo minivan restyling. Fiat is currently the 11th eleventh
largest passenger car producer in the world, with plants located in 26 countries, and its
volume in 2003 amounted to 2,033,999 passenger and utility cars (the brands: Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia,
Ferrari, Maserati, Tofas, IVECO, IVECO Pegaso, IVECO Orlandi, Astra,
Seddon-Atkinson, Otoyol, Irisbus, Renault, Heuliez, Ikarus, Karosa, Pyeonghwa).
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