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Tofaş (acronym for ''Türk Otomobil Fabrikası Anonim Şirketi''; ''Turkish Automobile Factory Joint-Stock Company'' pronounced ) is a Turkish
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manufacturer which was established in 1968 by Vehbi Koç, who was the founder of Koç Holding, based in Bursa, where the manufacturing plant of the company is located. It is jointly owned by Stellantis and Koç Holding (37.8% of the company's shares belong to Stellantis (through Fiat Group Automobiles); 37.8% to Koç Holding; and 24.3% freefloat). Tofaş manufactures both passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. It is one of the biggest automakers in the sector with its 7,000 employees and 450,000 vehicles annual production capacity. Tofaş manufactures for the Fiat, Citroën,
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, Opel, Vauxhall and
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brands in Bursa, which has achieved for it the “Gold Level” within the scope of the WCM-World Class Manufacturing Program that is implemented in the 175 plants within the framework of Stellantis. Tofaş plays a leading role in Turkish automotive sector; it conducts sales and after sales operations for the Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Jeep, Ferrari, and Maserati brands in Turkey. Tofaş exported 160,000 units to 80 countries in 2013. It also recorded 7 billion TL net sales income and 434 million TL net profit. Fulfilling 22% of the total production in Turkey with its 240,000 units in the previous year, Tofaş achieved 1.6 billion euro export income by increasing its export volume by 4%.


History

*1968 — Tofaş was founded. *1969 — the foundation of the company’s production plant was laid in Bursa. *1971 — the first Tofaş model was a Fiat 124, produced under license from Fiat and locally named Murat 124 (with a later version named as Serçe). The first motorsport team was established. *1973 — the OPAR, which was based on automotive spare parts, was founded. *1974 — Tofaş Sport Club was established. *1975 — exports began to Egypt. *1976 — Murat 131 model was produced. *1981 — production began of
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and Doğan models. *1990 — Tempra model was produced. *1994 — Uno model was produced. *1994 — Tofaş R&D was established. *1995 — exporting of Tempra model was started. *1995 — Koç Finans, which provides consumer financing, was established. *1997 — Tofaş and OPAR were united. *1999 —
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models were produced. *2000 — Doblò model started production. *2000 — Tofaş Basketball Volunteer Project was started. *2001 — Tofaş production plant and Tofaş Oto Ticaret were united. *2001 — Alfa Romeo started to work together under the roof of Tofaş. *2002 — Albea model was produced. *2002 — Tofaş became a leader of sector, a champion of production, export and motor sports. *2003 — Tofaş Bursa Anatolian Cars and Carriages Museum (Tofaş Anadolu Arabaları Müzesi) was established. *2005 — it became the distributor of Ferrari and Maserati Brands in Turkey and Fer Mas (acronym for Ferrari and Maserati) was founded. *2006 — exports began of Palio and Albea models to Russia. *2007 — the global launch of
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. *2007 — official distribution right of Lancia was attained. *2007 — Minicargo project was completed, launched as Fiat Fiorino, also sold to PSA as Peugeot Bipper and Citroën Nemo first time in Tofaş history. *2009 — Albea Sole model was launched. *2009 — Tofaş Basketball Team stepped up to premier league. *2010 — new Fiat Doblo production started and was awarded as “2011 International Van of the Year”. *2011 — Doblo was started to be produced for Opel and Vauxhall Brands as the Combo. *2012 — the brand of Jeep joined to Tofaş after Fiat and Chrysler global integration. *2012 — 4 millionth vehicle produced since its foundation. *2013 — new model investments named Doblo US, which will be exported to USA and Canada, and Doblo FL were announced. *2013 — new passenger car investment, which would be launched in 2015, was announced. *2013 — Opar and Magneti Marelli made a cooperation agreement for automobile spare part sales. *2013 — Bursa plant achieved the WCM “Gold Level”. *2014 — opening of the new building of Tofaş Academy. *2014 — the protocol for Tofaş Science High School was signed. *2015 — Ram ProMaster City (Doblo US) starts production for North American market. *2015 — Facelifted second generation Doblo starts production. *2015 — Fiat Tipo/Egea sedan starts production. *2016 —
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hatchback and wagon starts production.


Annual production

*1972 — 20,000 units *1984 — 35,000 units *1990 — 100,000 units *1993 — 250,000 units *2007 — 360,000 units *2008 — 400,000 units


Models and production years

*1971 - Murat 124 *1976 - Murat 131 *1981 - 131 Kartal and 131 Doğan *1983 - 124 Serçe and 131 Kartal (new body) *1988 - 131 Şahin, Doğan and Kartal (new body) *1990 - Fiat Tempra *1993 - Tipo & Tempra SW *1994 - Fiat Uno *1998 - Fiat Palio, Palio weekend and Siena *1999 - Fiat Marea & Fiat Brava *2000 - Fiat Doblò *2002 - Fiat Albea *2005 - Fiat Linea *2007 - Mini Cargo (Fiat Fiorino - Peugeot Bipper - Citroën Nemo) *2010 - New Fiat Doblò *2012 - New Fiat Linea *2015 - New Fiat Tipo/Egea


Current production

Tofaş currently produces the following models for Stellantis: *
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(commercialised by Fiat Professional) *
Fiat Tipo (2015) The Fiat Tipo (codeproject ''Type 356'', also known as the Fiat Egea (stylized as ÆGEA) in Turkey and Dodge Neon in Mexico and the Middle East) is a compact car. A three-box sedan version was unveiled at the 2015 Istanbul Motor Show in May 2015 ...


Discontinued

Old models the company has produced in the past include: * Fiat 124, as the Tofaş Murat 124 and later Tofaş Serçe. * Fiat 131, as the Tofaş Murat 131, Şahin, Doğan, or Kartal. * Tipo * Tempra * Uno *
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*
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, *
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* Palio *
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* Albea *
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Citroën Nemo The Fiat Fiorino is a small commercial vehicle produced by the Italian car manufacturer Fiat since 1977. Its first two generations have been the panel van derivatives of other small models, such as the Fiat 127 and Fiat Uno, while the current ...
*
Peugeot Bipper The Fiat Fiorino is a small commercial vehicle produced by the Italian car manufacturer Fiat since 1977. Its first two generations have been the panel van derivatives of other small models, such as the Fiat 127 and Fiat Uno, while the current ...
*
Opel Combo The Opel Combo is a panel van and leisure activity vehicle from the German automaker Opel. The Combo first appeared in 1993, a second generation model was introduced in 2001, and the third was manufactured from December 2011 to December 2017, ba ...
*
Fiat Doblò The Fiat Doblò is a panel van and leisure activity vehicle produced by Italian automaker Fiat since 2000. It was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in October 2000. A second-generation Doblò succeeded the original vehicle in 2010 for most market ...
*
Ram ProMaster City Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to: Animals * A male sheep * Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish People * Ram (given name) * Ram (surname) * Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director * RAM (musician) (born 1974), Dutch * Raj ...
(Americanised Fiat Doblò)


Logo

File:Tofas logo.png, Tofas(1968-2008) File:TOFAS Logo.svg, Tofas(2008–present)


See also

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Karsan Karsan ( tr, Karsan Otomotiv Sanayii ve Ticaret A.Ş. English: Karsan Automotive Industry and Trade Joint-Stock Company) is a Turkish commercial vehicles manufacturer, based in Akçalar, Nilüfer, Bursa Province. "Karsan" is an acronym for "Kar ...
* Pirin-Fiat *
Holland Car Holland Car PLC (ኔዘርላንድ መኪና) was an Ethiopian CKD automobile assembler with official head offices in the ''Getu Commercial Center'' and the ''TK International Building'' in Addis Ababa. Its general manager was Tadesse Tessema Alem ...
* Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tofas Turkish brands Companies listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange Car manufacturers of Turkey Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1968 Koç family Stellantis 1968 establishments in Turkey Companies based in Bursa