Bustypeoversigt:

FIAT, Torino (Italien)

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Koncern: -

Firmaet grundlagt: 1899

Produktion 19??: -

Internetadresse: www.fiatgroup.com

Firmaets postadresse: Fiat S.p.A. (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino), Totrino, Italien 

FIAT Group, or Fiat S.p.A. (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino) is a European automobile manufacturer, financial and industrial group based in Turin, Northern Italy; founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. It was also an aircraft manufacturer in the past. The company name is an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Car Factory of Turin), and it also means "let there be" in Latin, as in the phrase "Fiat lux," or "Let there be light." Fiat cars are constructed all around the world; in Italy, Poland, Brazil and Argentina. Joint Venture productions in France, Turkey, Egypt South Africa, India and China. Agnelli's grandson Gianni Agnelli was Fiat chairman from 1966 until his death on January 24, 2003.

Fiat is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy, with a range of cars including the Fiat Panda, Punto, Stilo, Idea, Croma, Ulysse and Doblò. Car companies are run by Fiat Auto and Ferrari. Today Fiat Auto runs well known firms like Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, and Maserati. Ferrari is owned by the Fiat Group, but is run autonomously. Light automobile sales accounted for 46.8% of total revenues during fiscal 2004 (3.2% of which is from Ferrari).

Commercial vehicles (Iveco and Seddon Atkinson), buses (Iveco and Irisbus) and firefighting vehicles (Camiva, Iveco and Magirus).

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