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Five Things You May Not Know About Fiat
Cars made by the Fiat Group have been popular in Europe since long before the second World War. The company started in 1899 and was consistently producing well accepted cars by the early 1900’s. The company would grow to produce automobiles all around the world and would eventually be very popular in South America and other Latin American countries. Like most European automobile makers, when World War II did come along they converted to producing military vehicles. A great deal of information is known about the Fiat company, but here are five things you may not know.
- Second to Italy, where the Fiat company is headquartered, the country where the next most Fiat automobiles are sold is Brazil.
- 1908 was the year that the first Fiat automobile was exported from Italy to the United States of America.
- When Fiats were first sold in America they were considered a luxury car. It cost at least five times as much money for a buyer to purchase a Fiat than it did for a buyer to purchase a Ford Model T.
- For many years the Fiat company was also the owner of the Sestriere skiing resort and other facilities located in the village of the same name in the Alps.
- Shortly after World War I, Fiat began producing tractors that became quite popular.
With it’s long history of being one of the more popular car manufacturers in both Italy and the rest of Europe, there appears to be nothing to stop the company from continuing it’s long run of success. Fiat has gone from making popular cars, to making trucks, to making tractors, to making military vehicles, and then back to concentrating on cars again. It has been a long road that Fiat has traveled and they deserve all the success they have achieved.
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Fiat
Giovanni Agnelli was the father of Fiat, having brought it to life in 1899 with a few investors, and led the company until he died in 1945; the other big name in the company was Vittorio Valletta who was basically the manager of all the company, being the man on the ground if you will.
Within a decade Fiat had become the largest automotive manufacturer in all of Italy and has maintained that exact claim ever since, the company turns 110 in two years. By the 20’s Fiats share of the market in Italy was almost 80% if not more, and it seemed nothing could stop the company. However Agnelli quit in 1921 after 1921, when workers held a revolutionary type demonstration by taking over all the plants and waving red communist flags over them - he told the workers they could run the company themselves. Within a year over three thousand of them came to Agnelli and begged him to return, which after much consideration he did so. The workers did not fare well running the company Agnelli founded.
In 1923 the largest car manufacturing plant in Europe was opened for Fiat, and it employed thousands, and also was the first European plant to use assembly lines rather than craftsmanship on each and every car. Unfortunately the company was commandeered by the Italian military in the Second World War to make war machines, and then later after the war they removed Agnelli and his family from Fiat because of the Fascist government control tainting him. Agnelli passed away soon after, and his grandson was not allowed to be a part of the company until some nearly twenty years later in 1966.
His grandson Gianni Agnelli completely reorganized the company and made it decentralized in management rather than centralized as it once was, thus allowing it to respond more effectively. Fiat started acquiring other automotive manufacturers in the 90’s, these included Alfa Romeo, Maserati and a few others.
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New Fiat 500
Since the Italian brand (Fiat) announced the new Fiat 500, everyone is expecting something different, something that matched the youth style, colourful yet sober, a new concept of a car that turned into a myth.
Here are the pictures of the new Fiat 500. The following beautiful photos tell us a bit about the car. Feel free to put them as your wallpaper, print them, send them to your friends, whatever!
Beautiful car this is… 
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Fiat Punto
A supermini car manufactured by an Italian automobile manufacturing company. The exclusive styling and detailing makes car lovers go crazy. Its few of the distinctive features like upright tail lights make it look spectacular. The refurbished interior and the chassis of the cat give the car a marvelous look and it even keeps in consideration the comfort of the drivers and the passengers. The car features 1.3 turbo diesel engine which improve the performance of the vehicle. Dualdrive electric power steering makes it convenient to drive. The car works on an electric motor relatively than the hydraulic pump driven which augments the speed and the performance of the car manifold times. Also the car is so designed that people cannot feel the noise and the vibrations which make the drive pleasurable and tireless. It is a boon for the people who prefer going by road than any other means of transportation. As it is fuel economical, it is widely preferred by people. The car encompasses 16 valve engines with 70 brake horse power which leads to low emission.
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Fiat Bravo
Fiat Bravo is a perfect small family car and is sure to provide comfort. The designing and the detailing of this car is just perfect and is sure to win loads of appreciation. The car features new turbocharged petrol engine as it facilitates low fuel consumption and the performance of the car is unmatchable. The car has distinguished looks which has the power to lure you to buy it. The sleek and the uncomplicated body lines, front grille and curvilinear rear ends make it look elegant but not sturdy or powerful. With the 148bhp petrol version one can attain 62mph in 8.2sec though the top spped of the car is 130mph. Though the car may look compact, but there is plenty of space which makes the drive for the driver and co-drivers pleasurable. The car is unmatched for its performance which makes it the most sought car.
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