was the second largest European automaker by volumes produced and the seventh in the world, while FCA was the world's eighth-largest automaker. During its more than century-long history, it remained the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe and the third in the world after General Motors and Ford for over 20 years, until the car industry crisis in the late 1980s.
reorganized its automobile business, and traces its history back to 1899 when the first Fiat automobile, the Fiat 4 HP, was produced.įiat Automobiles is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy. Fiat Automobiles was formed in January 2007 when Fiat S.p.A.
( UK: / ˈ f iː ə t, - æ t/, US: /- ɑː t/, Italian: originally FIAT, Italian: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, lit.'Italian Automobiles Factory, Turin') is an Italian automobile manufacturer, formerly part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and since 2021 a subsidiary of Stellantis through Italian factory FCA Italy.
