Fiat

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About Fiat

Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., commonly known as Fiat (UK: FEE-ət, -⁠at, US: -⁠aht; Italian: [ˈfiːat]), is an Italian automobile manufacturer. Fiat Automobiles was formed in January 2007 when Fiat Group reorganized its automobile business, and traces its history back to 1899, when the first Fiat automobile, the Fiat 4 HP, was produced. It became a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) when the Fiat Group merged with the US Chrysler Group in 2014. Subsequently, in 2021 it became a subsidiary of Stellantis, the new holding company born from FCA's merge with the French Peugeot SA. Fiat Automobiles is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy. 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. In 2013, Fiat was the second-largest European automaker by volumes produced and the seventh in the world, while FCA was the world's eighth-largest automaker. In 1970, Fiat Automobiles employed more than 100,000 in Italy when its production reached the highest number, 1.4 million cars, in that country.