The Nanjing Fiat Automobile Co., Ltd. () was a car manufacturer located in the

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's Economic & Technological Development Zone in the city of

Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...

(

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). The company was founded with an investment of 3 billion Yuan in April 1999 as a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

between Fiat Auto S.p.A. and the Nanjing Automobile Group. Around 30,000 up to 35,000 vehicles were manufactured annually for the Chinese market by Nanjing Fiat.

History

The production began in November 2001 with the

Fiat Palio The Fiat Palio is a supermini car released by the Italian manufacturer Fiat in April 1996. It was produced until 2018 as hatchback, and 2020 as a wagon. The Palio is a world car and was developed by Fiat Automóveis with an aim at developing ...

. It was followed by the

Fiat Siena The Fiat Siena is a subcompact car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1996 to 2022. It is the four-door sedan version of the Fiat Palio, a supermini car especially designed for developing countries. It was introduced for the first ...

in September 2002 and the Fiat Palio Weekend and

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 markets ...

in June 2003. The production of the Fiat Perla was launched in July 2006. The Perla was the last model launched by Nanjing Fiat. Another model, the

Fiat Linea The Fiat Linea (Type 323) is a compact car, compact sedan produced by Fiat between 2006 and 2018. The sedan was released on 26 March 2007 at the Tofaş plant in Bursa, Turkey as a "world car" in developing countries. It is based on the Fiat Gra ...

, was developed by Nanjing Fiat in cooperation with Tofaş A.Ş. and the Fiat do Brasil Ltda. The launch was scheduled for November 2006, but it never came because the Nanjing Automobile Group had forced to stop the car production until the end of the year, so the collaboration was officially terminated in order. In October 2006, Fiat had terminated their production in its Chinese facility. Nanjing Fiat was replaced by

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, the Chinese successor of the British

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. Most of Nanjing Fiat's tooling was acquired by

Zotye Zotye Auto (; officially Zotye International Automobile Trading Co., Ltd.) is a privately owned Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Yongkang, Zhejiang, China. It is owned by Zotye Holding Group and was established in 2005. History Zotye was ...

in 2008. Zotye started building the

Fiat Multipla The Fiat Multipla (Type 186) is a six-seater car produced by Italian automaker Fiat from 1998 to 2010. Based on the Bravo/Brava, the Multipla was shorter and wider than its rivals. It had two rows of three seats, where its compact MPV competi ...

as the Zotye Mutiplan in 2009 and an updated version of the Palio/Siena as the Zotye Z200 in 2011. In July 2012, Fiat had founded a new Chinese joint venture. It's known as the GAC Fiat Automobiles Co., Ltd.

Products

File:Nanjing Fiat Palio.jpg,

菲亚特派力奥
11/2001 – 10/2006 File:Fiat Albea in Krakow (2).jpg,

菲亚特西耶那
09/2002 – 10/2006 File:2002 Fiat Palio Weekend.JPG, Fiat Palio Weekend
菲亚特派力奥
06/2003 – 10/2006 File:Fiat Doblo front.JPG,

菲亚特多宝
06/2003 – 10/2006 File:Fiat Perla China 2012-08-09.JPG, Fiat Perla
菲亚特派朗
07/2006 – 10/2006 File:Fiat Linea.jpg,

菲亚特领雅
never entered production

References

External links

Fiat China
(archived, 6 Jun 2017) {{Automotive industry in the People's Republic of China Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1999 Car manufacturers of China Fiat Chinese companies established in 1999 1999 in Nanjing