Fiat Production In Italy: 1994-1999

The Fiat Punto

I would have liked to go back further, but 1994 is where the road begins for Fiat production in Italy by model. Around this time, just over a million cars each year were made there of the Fiat brand. About half of that number were the Punto model, a mini hatchback (plus a convertible). It was introduced in 1993 to replace the very successful Uno, and proved to be a winner as well.

The small Bravo (3 door) and Brava (5 door) replaced the successful Tipo but not with the same popularity. Likewise, the slightly larger Marea took over from the Tempra. The large Croma model seemingly wasn't replaced by anything, but I assume the Marea covered for that.

Of the other models, the small MPV Mulitpla was very spacious but also unusual looking. No, really (if you haven't seen one). The Fiat Coupé was a small sports car with angular styling and quite attractive. It was released in 1993 and finished in 2000. The Barchetta small roadster was pleasant in appearance but not a big selling model. Finally the 600 Elettra was an electric version of the regular 600.

In summary, 1999 was the last year production in Italy - for the Fiat brand - exceeded one million. That will become evident in the next article of the series.

Model	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Punto	559,260	666,705	563,601	656,283	568,590	552,260
Bravo/Brava	-	93,464	293,746	254,293	192,848	181,437
Panda	72,925	76,327	61,783	130,108	123,788	129,825
Marea	-	-	53,545	141,228	93,951	87,468
Multipla	-	-	-	-	7,956	47,708
Coupé	17,987	13,483	11,359	12,186	9,023	6,361
Barchetta	-	14,197	9,700	9,848	6,864	6,199
600 Elettra	-	-	-	-	81	138
Uno	144,068	71,864	43,920	13,632	-	-
Tempra	76,136	43,830	6,135	1,680	-	-
Croma	14,022	12,778	6,775	-	-	-
Tipo	178,812	108,684	2,304	-	-	-
Total	1,063,210	1,101,332	1,052,868	1,219,258	1,003,101	1,011,396

Data source: ANFIA.

The Marea saloon and wagon