Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.
Corso Giovanni Agnelli 200, I-10125, Turin, Italy
One of the oldest automobile brands in Europe is considered to be the Italian Fiat, founded in 1899 by a group of investors bought out the engineer Giovanni Batista Cheyrano car factory in Turin. Manage formed company became Giovanni Agnelli. Since then, the Agnelli family is one of the major shareholders of the Group. The word «Fiat» stands for Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino. Among the most famous car Fiat - Fiat-500 model, Fiat-600 "native" Fiat-124, whose adapted version of the 124R was produced in the Soviet Union as the VAZ-2101 "Lada". Now the concern Fiat Automobiles SpA includes brands Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Ferrari and Maserati, and since 2007 all of these branches, including the separation of commercial vehicles Fiat Professional (formerly Fiat Commercial Automobiles), have an independent status within the group. In 2009, the concern Fiat Group became owner of Chrysler LLC, has undergone bankruptcy proceedings: Under the deal the Italians have got 20% of the reborn Chrysler, and Fiat will pay for the shares not in cash, and technology and distribution network in Europe. All forward-looking model of Fiat and Chrysler is now being developed on a common platform: in a small (segments A and B) and average (segment C) Class it will be the Italian technology, and large models and SUVs will be created on the American platforms JS / JC (segment D Plus, front or all-wheel drive) and LX (segment F, and rear-wheel drive). In 2008, Fiat acquired a controlling stake in the Serbian company Zastava 800 million euros. Now the plant is collected model Punto. The main production facilities of Fiat in Europe, located in Poland (plant in Tichy) and Italy (three plants). The largest external market for Fiat cars is Brazil. Since the beginning of 2012 terminated the cooperation between Fiat and a Russian company Sollers.
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