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Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (FIAT) founded.
Fiat was founded in 1899 by Giovanni Agnelli -
First Fiat plant opens
First Fiat plant opens with 35 staff; makes 24 cars. -
Fiat buys other car companies
Fiat buys Lancia carmaker and half of Ferrari -
Libya buys part of Fiat
Libya buys just under 10 percent of Fiat -
Fiat buys Alfa Romero and becomes biggest car maker in Europe
Fiat beats Ford to buy Alfa Romeo from the Italian government, making it Europe’s largest automaker. Libya sells its stake back to the founding Agnelli family and a consortium led by investment bank Mediobanca. -
Fiat selling company to either GM or Chrysler
Banks urge Fiat to sell Fiat Auto to DaimlerChrysler. In July, Fiat prefers to sell 20 percent of Fiat Auto to GM for $2.4 billion in GM stock. -
Fiat goes into a crisis
Fiat asks for crisis status from government; says to lay off 8,100 workers and shut down its Sicilian plant. -
New Owner of Fiat
Gianni Agnelli dies; brother Umberto takes over as head of family holding; a year later, Umberto dies. -
New Chief Executive of Fiat
Fiat names turnaround expert Sergio Marchionne to be its fifth chief executive in two years. -
Fiat and GM partnership
Fiat and GM dissolve five-year partnership with the U.S. auto giant paying Fiat 1.55 billion euros in cash to avoid having to buy loss-making Fiat Auto. -
Fiat Profits
Fiat says its key auto unit turned a profit in 2006, the first since 2000. -
New Model Car
Fiat unveils a new version of the Cinquecento in a return of the tiny, iconic car out of production for 32 years. -
Fiat Deal with Chrystler
Fiat unveils a preliminary deal to take 35 percent in Chrysler LLC in exchange for access to its technology and overseas markets. -
Fiat Gets loans from Banks
Fiat obtains a 1 billion euro credit line from banks. -
Big Loss for Fiat
Fiat announces a first-quarter trading loss of 48 million euros. -
Fiat Bankrupt
Chrysler and Fiat confirm a global strategic alliance as Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. -
Deal to combine companies
Marchionne meets senior government officials in Berlin to present his vision of combining Fiat’s car business with Opel and GM’s other European operations and Chrysler. It would lead to their respective car businesses being spun off into a combined group and listed on the stock market. -
Fiat Presents to Opel
Fiat is slated to present its proposal for Opel.
