Fiat

Fiat which stands for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino and is an Italian car manufacturer. Fiat Automobiles was the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe and third biggest the world for almost 20 years. It is now second in Europe and seventh in the world. Fiat Automobiles has received many international awards for its vehicles, including nine European Car of the Year awards.

Car Makes

Fiat History

Fiat was founded in 1899 by Giovanni Agnelli, with the first Fiat plant opening in 1900 making in name for themselves producing more than 1 thousand cars per year by 1906. By 1910 Fiat was the largest automobile company in Italy and started expanding to other countries like US. Throughout both the wars they started manufacturing aircraft, engines etc.

By 1970 Fiat employed more than 100’000 employees in Italy and made their highest production number being 1.4 million cars in a year.