FIAT is a government owned machinery manufacturer (Fabrica Italiana Automobili Turino) of cars, heavy equipment and aircraft.The only other Italians left are Lancia, Lamborghini and Ferrari. In the 60's/70's Chrysler was in a partnership with French Renault/Simca (Omni/Horizon).
*Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV* (*FCA*,*Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino*) is the parent company of the Italian automotive group based in Turin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin>. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors, including Giovanni Agnelli<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Agnelli>. During its more than century-long history, Fiat has also manufactured railway engines <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive> and carriages, military vehicles <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_vehicle>, farm tractors<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor>, and aircraft <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft>. In 2013, Fiat is the second largest European automaker by production, and the seventh in the world <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry> ahead of Honda<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda> , PSA Peugeot Citroën<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_Peugeot_Citro%C3%ABn> , Suzuki <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki>, Renault<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault> andDaimler AG <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_AG>. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> wrote: > Curt wrote: > > This isn't new is it? Didn't Fiat buy Chrysler in like 2008? > > That's what I was going to say. > The news from a week ago was that Fiat was going to purchase the > remaining shares of the company. > Fiat is not from France, it is from Italy, isn't it? > mao > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD '01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
