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Fiat
Vehicle Manufacturer
A brand of automobiles founded in 1899. Fiat is actually an acronym meaning "Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino," which translated to English means "Factory of Italian Automobiles - Turin."
Over the decades Fiat built itself into a multi-brand Italian automotive conglomerate including the brands Abarth,
Alfa Romeo,
Ferrari,
Lancia,
Magneti Marelli and
Maserati. In October 2014 Fiat merged with the
Chrysler Group to form
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, expanding its reach to include
Chrysler,
Dodge,
Jeep,
Ram, and the many defunct brands whose rights were owned by Chrysler.
Vehicle names used by Fiat throughout its history include:
131,
500,
500L,
Barchetta, Brava,
Cinquecento,
Grande Punto,
Palio,
Panda,
Punto,
Spider,
Tipo S-74,
Toro, and
X1/9.
Dealerships include:
Classic CDJRF (Arlington, Texas)
History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Fiat Automobiles page on 4 January 2017, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (FIAT, Italian: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, lit. 'Italian Automobiles Factory, Turin'), is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy, a subsidiary of FCA Italy S.p.A. which is part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. was formed in January 2007 when Fiat reorganized its automobile business,[2] and traces its history back to 1899 when the first Fiat automobile was produced.
Multimedia
Date | Media or Collection Name & Details | Files |
29 May 2002 | Three Italian Banks To Rescue Indebted Fiat Sabina Castelfranco for Voice of America News | Article Page - 2:11 |
Photographs
Article Index
Date | Article | Author/Source |
7 March 1909 | Auto News from Various Centres: Fiat Cars in Chicago. | The New York Times |
March-April 1972 | Here and There in Motoring's Past: 1910 - Brighton Beach Motordrome, Fiat vs Simplex | Peter Helck, Antique Automobile |
13 April 2001 | Fiat selects new Call Center Solution for Service Automation | Mobite A/S |
29 May 2002 | Three Italian Banks To Rescue Indebted Fiat | Sabina Castelfranco |
14 February 2005 | Powertrain wird aufgelöst | Wikinews |
15 April 2005 | Fiat in calo, ai minimi storici | Wikinotizie |
9 September 2005 | Accordo produttivo FIAT Ford 2005 | Wikinotizie |
9 September 2005 | Ford, Fiat to produce small cars together | Wikinews |
4 July 2006 | New Zealand diplomats: Fiat using Maori haka in television ad is insensitive | Wikinews |
7 August 2006 | World First For Fiat, A; The Tetrafuel Engine | Steve Cowan |
25 May 2007 | Is Fiat Looking For New Chinese Partners? | Anthony Fontanelle |
4 April 2008 | Fiat Opens Flagship Store In London | Anthony Fontanelle |
27 September 2008 | Vlada Srbije u nedelju zaseda zbog ugovora sa Fijatom | Викивести |
28 September 2008 | Vlada ovlastila Dinkića da potpiše ugovor sa Fijatom | Викивести |
1 May 2009 | Chrysler files for bankruptcy, Fiat Group SpA to run company | Wikinews |
1 June 2009 | Odobrena prodaja većine imovine Krajzlera Fiatu | Викивести |
24 May 2009 | Opel, le tre offerte sono insufficienti. Fiat rilancia | Wikinotizie |
5 January 2010 | Privući 10 investitora poput Fijata | Викивести |
23 February 2010 | Fiat cierra sus plantas en Italia por 2 semanas tras pérdidas millonarias | Wikinoticias |
3 January 2011 | Fiat se podelio na automobilski i deo za privredna vozila | Викивести |
4 January 2011 | Učešće od 51 odsto u Krajzleru moguće ove godine | Викивести |
29 May 2011 | Fiat plans to buy majority stake in Chrysler Fiat announced on Friday that it intends to purchase the six percent of automaker Chrysler that the US government currently owns, which would give the Italian company a 52 percent majority stake in Chrysler. | News Article (text) Publisher: Topics: Fiat, Chrysler |
3 June 2011 | US to Sell Remaining Shares in Chrysler | VOA Breaking News |
8 July 2011 | Fiat Vans - Taking to New technologies like a Horse (Power) to Water | Maline Morgan |
22 February 2012 | Caso Annozero-MiTo: «informazione non veritiera e denigratoria», la RAI dovrà risarcire Fiat Group Automobiles | Wikinotizie |
2 January 2014 | ФИАТ купује и остатак Крајслера | Викивести |
17 July 2014 | Volkswagen To Buy Fiat? | Matt Hubbard, Speedmonkey |
30 July 2015 | Fiat Blew It | Bill Crittenden |
10 September 2015 | DDOR Novi Sad ulaže u budućnost uz podršku pouzdanih poslovnih partnera - ovoga puta Fiata | Викивести |
31 October 2019 | Automobile : PSA et Fiat officialisent leur fusion | Wikinews |