Fiat, or Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino, looks more like a car manufacturer that doesn’t want many introductions. After all, it is one of the first automakers, with a history dating back to 1899. It’s just the black-and-white era; It’s the “standing still for a full minute while I take this picture. “
As you can imagine, panoramas were not on the table for Fiat’s first car in the early twentieth century, although it only had 4 horsepower.
Well, there is a hint in the call: in English, Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino means “Italian Car Company of Turin”. Unsurprisingly, however, it has expanded beyond Turin’s one or two years of Fiat operation. If you decide to look, you can locate Fiat factories in Poland, Brazil and Argentina, as well as a couple in southern Italy. If you load joint ventures, etc. , the list expands to countries like Turkey, India, China, and Mexico.
In terms of construction numbers, it’s not something FCA or the new Stellantis omniglobalhypermegacorp tend to unveil. Total sales for the conglomerate, of course, but which logo did what?Not so much.
Even so, we discovered existing sales figures ranging from 1. 1 million to 1. 8 million cars with the Fiat badge in line with the year. One’s numbers are within reason. We would also like to congratulate the other people at Fiat Poland, because this is a difficult task.
In a word, a lot. And that only helps keep it for cars with a genuine Fiat badge on the front.
There will be some with worldwide popularity (Panda, 500, Uno and Tipo), as well as offers such as Mobi, Pulse and Cronos in South American markets. There are also joint venture application vehicles, such as the Ducato van, but we bet on the 500. It has the largest global reach. As it should be, to be fair.
It depends on where you live, but the cheapest is usually a Panda, 500 or Mobi.
And the most dear, strange as it may seem, also depends on where you live. A fair bet, where they are presented for sale, would be a high-end edition of the larger 500L or 500X. For someone in the UK, the most beloved Fiat will be the all-electric 500e.
Fiat itself is not known for its fast cars in those days. Some will say, with a few notable exceptions, that Fiat was never known for its fast cars, yet the point of origin remains. Choosing the fastest Fiat would be like opting for the heavier boom. on a pillow
Something with an Abarth badge is a better, if more apparent, selection: the 695 Competizione is a fair bet, if you can, the rebirth of Abarth as a standalone logo (you know. . . ish).
In general, we must say that when he discovered such luck with affordable cars at democratic prices, he had the means to buy famous brands such as Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Ferrari. These are the corporations that made Italy stand out as the space of exclusive luxury and functionality (well, for anyone who wasn’t alive in the early twentieth century), so for Fiat to have saved them is a testament to the way it does business.
And yes, all this “backup”. . . we can perceive if you, or know who loves Lancias, do not agree with this assessment.
As you would expect from a company with more than 120 years of experience in a fast-moving and relentless industry, Fiat, and the other people who have run it over the years, have faced a fair share of the vicissitudes. Benito Mussolini turns out to be a low point in anyone’s history, but for the Agnellis, being expelled from leadership roles for that. . . Well, it adds a wound to the insult, to the torture of a metaphor.
A big component of being unexpected is doing anything suddenly and out of place. So, in reality, the credits for Fiat’s most unexpected moment are anything completely outside Fiat’s doorstep and out of its control: the 1973 oil crisis.
If you don’t know, the important thing is that, for reasons, gas has become incredibly expensive and scarce. You can almost say that the replacement was sudden and irrelevant, if you agree with the anthropomorphized essence.
No wonder they suffered from sales of American steel with giant V8 engines, or when Italian supercar makers hit the wall, but for Fiat, maker of effective small cars, the suffering was contradictory to say the least. . . and surprising to the máximo. si you will be
In terms of trendy concepts, it’s certainly the Centoventi, an electric Panda where you can switch and replace bits like a modular synthesizer, it’s anything we’d have in our entry tomorrow. But the most productive of all time? Eeerrrmm. . .
Our private favorite would be the ’80s Panda 4×4 Strip, which necessarily took the glossy Panda 4×4 and made its structure removable, like the Land Rover series, plus the addition of longitudinally fixed bench seats and a folding windshield.
You may like the original Fiat-Abarth BAT car (don’t judge here) or you may be weakened by the Turbine, but for the absolute prestige of “best”. . . it will have to be the cute Trepiuno concept of 2004. Yes, Really.
Fiat stands out for building cars for the people, so it’s an explanation for why its most productive concept has become the modern Fiat 500, an affordable and affable little car that sold by the millions. A very productive measure of the good fortune of the 500. in design, execution and price is that it is the reasonable rental car for which you would cross your hands to get. Although a Panda would also be great, if you have it.
After the surprise of the 1973 oil crisis, Fiat was in serious need of liquidity. Like almost everyone else, let’s stay on topic for once.
In 1976, Lithrougha, then through Muammar Gaddafi, spent $400 million to buy about 10% of the company. Lithrougha would sell its stake for around $3 billion, just 10 years later.
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