Fiat

Fiat was founded on the eleventh of July eighteen ninety nine with the Managing Director coming in nineteen zero two from the board of directors – his name was Giovanni Agnelli. Fiat’s first factory was opened very shortly after the company’s creation in nineteen hundred at Corso Dante. Employed were one hundred and fifty workers two produce twenty four different cars – quite an extensive range and production effort for these early years within the automobile industry. The classic Fiat oval bandge design was created four years later in ninteteen zero four.

Having established themselves with a strong presence in the company home of Italy, Fiat expanded their production operations outside of the country in nineteen zero eight to the rapidly expanding market in the United States. At this time the company diversified somewhat with new production lines such commercial vehicles and trucks.

In nineteen sixteen the new factory of Fiat’s was created – quite a landmark for the times. The Lingotto factory was the biggest in Europe occupying five floors and even having a driving test track on the roof of the building – something quite unheard of for those times.

During the First World War the company, as many others, came upon hard times, however strong management kept the Fiat company growing again after the conflict. A mass production facility was taken into operation, seen as the only way to lower the then-expensive automobile prices. The advent of mass production drove prices down, making cars available to every person and thus fuelling the popularity for cars, and the worldwide presence of Fiat that there is today.