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{{Infobox company
| name = FCA India Automobiles<br /> Private Limited
| logo = Fiat_Chrysler_Automobiles_logo.svg
| logo_size = 200
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1948|1|2|df=y}}
| founder =
| location = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| key_people = Partha Datta, [[President (corporate title)|president]] & [[managing director]]
| industry = [[Automotive industry in India|Automotive]]
| services =
| products = {{bulleted list
| [[Automobiles]]
| [[Engines]]
| [[Transmission (mechanics)|Transmissions]]
}}
| subsid =
| revenue =
| net_income =
| parent = [[Stellantis]]
| homepage = {{url|http://www.fiat-india.com/|fiat-india.com}}
}}
'''FCA India Automobiles Private Limited''' ('''FCAIPL''') formerly known as ''Fiat Group Automobiles India Private Limited'' was formed in 2012. The company was established for production of cars and engine under the brand [[Fiat]], [[Abarth]] and [[Jeep]]. It is the ninth largest Indian [[automaker|car manufacturer]] by [[Automotive industry in India|sales in India]].

==History==
Fiat brand in India was earlier represented through a joint venture company called Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd., FIAPL (Name changed to Fiat India Automobiles Ltd., FIAL later) founded in the year 1997 with [[Fiat Automobiles|Fiat S.p.A.]] and [[Tata Motors]] as the two partners coming together to produce cars for both brands in a plant set up through joint investments at [[Ranjangaon]], in [[Pune]] district of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatamotors.com/press/fiat-auto-and-tata-motors-announce-forming-a-joint-venture-in-india/|title=Fiat Auto and Tata Motors announce forming a joint venture in India |publisher=[[Tata Motors]] |date=14 December 2006|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> The board of directors for this company comprises five nominees each from Fiat and Tata.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fiat-india.com/about-us.aspx |title=Fiat India |publisher=Fiat India |access-date=2010-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821084908/http://fiat-india.com/about-us.aspx |archive-date=21 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another key interest area for the Tata-Fiat JV is the production of the 1.3 Multijet engine and corresponding powertrains common to a number of both the Tata & Fiat brand cars in India like Fiat Palio, Fiat Grande Punto, Fiat Linea, Fiat Aventura, Fiat Urban Cross, Tata Vista and Tata Manza.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/news/passenger-vehicle/uv/maruti-to-source-1-6-litre-diesel-fiat-engine-for-s-cross-developing-own-1-5-litre-engine/articleshow/47611088.cms | title=Maruti to source 1.6 litre diesel Fiat engine for S-Cross; developing own 1.5 litre engine | date=10 June 2015 | newspaper=The Economic Times | access-date=30 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/vQNIluEPZECxpsLAj2Oz2J/Fiat-to-power-Premier8217s-Rio.html | title=Fiat to power Premier's Rio | date=17 May 2012 | publisher=Live Mint | first=Shally Seth | last=Mohile | access-date=30 December 2018 }}</ref>

Even today the Tata Fiat JV plant operates under the FIAL name, as an independent entity and it produces Fiat & Tata brand cars for FCAIPL (Fiat India NSC) & Tata Motors respectively. The company presently employs about 2600 employees. It also undertakes contract manufacturing of engines for Maruti Suzuki India Ltd & Premier Automobiles. Premier Automobiles uses this engine for their compact SUV Premier Rio and the Suzuki cars that used Fiat 1.3 Multijet engines in Indian market include – Ritz, Swift, Swift DZire, SX4 & Ciaz, S-Cross, Vitara Brezza, Baleno.

Prior to this, Fiat used to sell the [[Fiat 1100|1100]], [[Fiat 124|124]] and [[Fiat Uno|Uno]] in India, manufactured under licence by [[Premier Automobiles Limited]].

In 2015 FCA officially launches the [[Maserati]] brand in India absent since 2013. The relaunch is managed directly by the FCA India division through the opening of three dealerships in the Indian territory and the launch of the [[Maserati Ghibli (M157)|Maserati Ghibli]] and [[Maserati Quattroporte|Quattroporte]] sedans imported directly in from [[Grugliasco]] ([[Turin]]). The initial plan envisages sales of 100 units per year with the progressive expansion of the sales network.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maserati.com/maserati/hk/en/news/Italian-luxury-car-manufacturer-Maserati-re-enters-India|title=Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati re-enters India |publisher=[[Maserati]] |date=15 July 2015|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> From 2016 the import of the [[Maserati Levante]] SUV and the [[Maserati GranTurismo]] coupè starts.

In February 2016, the entry of the [[Jeep]] brand on the indian market is announced. [[Michael Manley (CEO)|Mike Manley]], then director of the Jeep brand and the [[Asia-Pacific|APAC]] region of the FCA Group, announces that the first models to be imported from the [[United States]] are the [[Jeep Wrangler (JK)]], the [[Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK2)|Grand Cherokee]] and the sports version Grand Cherokee [[Street & Racing Technology|SRT]], opening the first show rooms in the main Indian cities and addressing models to a target of luxury customers. In addition, the expansion of the Jeep brand involves the investment of 280 million US dollars for the production of the new model [[Jeep Compass]] with right-hand drive in the Pune plant from mid-2017. The Indian plant will produce all the Compass with right hand drive to be exported globally to Australia, New Zealand, UK, Japan, Brunei and South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeep-india.com/content/dam/cross-regional/apac/jeep/en_in/news/Legendary%20Jeep%20Brand%20Enters%20One%20of%20the%20Worlds%20Largest%20Automobile%20Markets%20-%20India.pdf|title=Legendary Jeep® Brand Enters One of the World's Largest Automobile Markets |publisher=[[Jeep]] |date=3 February 2016|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

The 1 June 2017 the first locally-produced Jeep Compass officially rolled off the assembly line at the company's Ranjangaon plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.fcanorthamerica.com/newsrelease.do?id=18314&mid=&searchresult|title=First Jeep® Compass Rolls Off Assembly Line in Ranjangaon, India |publisher=[[Fiat Chrysler Automobiles|FCA Press]] |date=1 June 2017|access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, Fiat signed a contract for the production and supply to Tata Motors starting from the end of 2018 of the 2.0 liter ''Multijet II'' turbo diesel engines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://carandbike.com/news/fiat-india-renews-agreement-to-supply-diesel-engines-to-tata-motors-and-maruti-suzuki-1689103|title=Fiat India To Also Supply Bigger Diesel Engines To Tata Motors And Maruti Suzuki|publisher=carandbike.com |date=3 May 2017|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> The 2.0-liter ''Multijet II'' engine in the same year went into production at the Indian Ranjangaon plant to be adopted by the Jeep Compass also produced locally. The supply to Tata Motors concerns about 70,000 per year to be fitted to the [[Tata Harrier]] SUV that went into production at the end of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatamotors.com/press/tata-harrier-to-be-powered-by-the-all-new-2-0l-kryotec-diesel-engine/|title=Tata Harrier to be powered by the all-new 2.0L Kryotec Diesel engine|publisher=[[Tata Motors]] |date=6 October 2018|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

In November 2018 the production of the Fiat Punto models (including the Abarth version), Avventura and Linea ended due to low sales; consequently the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles group withdraws the Fiat brand from the Indian market, focusing on the development of the [[Jeep]] brand that produces the right-hand-drive [[Jeep Compass]] exported globally and imports the Grand Cherokee and Wrangler models from the USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rushlane.com/fiat-punto-linea-to-be-discontinued-12288421.html|title=Fiat Punto, Linea to be discontinued from India – Production stopped| publisher=rushlane.com |date=21 November 2018 |access-date= 14 January 2014}}</ref>

==Manufacturing facilities==
Fiat has a manufacturing plant at [[Ranjangaon]], [[Maharashtra]], which has an installed capacity to produce 135,000 cars and engines, besides aggregates and components. The company plans to double the production capacity for both car units and engines in the next few years.
The car plant manufactures both Fiat and Tata cars, the latest additions in 2014 are the [[Fiat Linea]] facelift, [[Fiat Grande Punto|Fiat Punto Evo]], [[Tata Zest]] and [[Fiat Grande Punto|Fiat Avventura]]. Engine manufacturing at [[Ranjangaon]] plant was the 1.2 litre Fire petrol, the 1.4 litre Fire naturally aspired and T-Jet turbocharged version and the small 1.3 litre Multijet diesel.

In April 2014 the Fiat India Ranjangaon plant has rolled out the 300,000th car.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/fiat-india-ranjangaon-plant-reaches-milestone-in-car-production/articleshow/33608773.cms|title=Fiat India Ranjangaon plant reaches milestone in car production| publisher=The Economic Times |date=11 April 2014 |access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref>

In 2017 FCA planned to start production of the right hand drive version of the new [[Jeep Compass]] launched on 31 July 2017 starting at 15 Lakhs.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/news/passenger-vehicle/uv/jeep-compass-suv-launched-in-india-at-14-95-lakh/articleshow/59844787.cms | title=Jeep Compass SUV launched in India at 14.95 lakh | date=31 July 2017 | newspaper=The Economic Times | first=Ketan | last=Thakkar | access-date=30 December 2018 }}</ref>

==Models==
[[File:Fiat Linea3.jpg|thumb|right|Fiat Linea 1.4 T-jet in India]]
[[File:" 09 - ITALIAN CAR - FIAT PUNTO.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Fiat Grande Punto]]]]

===Current===
*[[Jeep Compass]] (2017–present)
*[[Jeep Wrangler (JL)]] (2020–present)

==== Manufactured under contract ====

* [[Tata Nexon]] (2017–present)

===Discontinued===
*[[Fiat Uno]] (1996–2002)
*[[Fiat Siena]] (1999–2004)
*[[Fiat Palio]] (2001–2010)
*[[Fiat Palio Adventure]] (2002–2007)
*[[Fiat Palio Weekend]] (2002–2005)
*[[Fiat Petra]] (2004–2008)
*[[Fiat Grande Punto]] (2008–2014)
*[[Fiat Punto Evo]] (2014–2018)
*[[Fiat Linea]] (2008–2018)
*[[Fiat Grande Punto|Fiat Avventura]] (2014–2018)

===Imported===
*[[Fiat 500 (2007)|Abarth 595 Competizione]] (imported from Poland, 2014–2017)
*[[Fiat 500 (2007)|Fiat 500]] (imported from Poland, 2008–2010)
*[[Fiat Bravo (2007)|Fiat Bravo]] (imported from Italy, 2010–2011)
*[[Jeep Wrangler (JK)|Jeep Wrangler JK]] (imported from USA, 2016–present)
*[[Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK2)|Jeep Grand Cherokee WK2]] (imported from USA, 2016–present)
*[[Maserati Ghibli (M157)|Maserati Ghibli]] (imported from Italy, 2015–present)
*[[Maserati Quattroporte]] (imported from Italy, 2015–present)
*[[Maserati Levante]] (imported from Italy, 2016–present)
*[[Maserati GranTurismo]] (imported from Italy, 2016–present)

==Sales performance==
''FIAT'' sold 24000 vehicles in 2009<ref>{{cite web|author=NULL |url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/fiat-india-automobiles-sales-growth78feb-2010_445194.html |title=Fiat India automobiles sales growth of 78% in Feb 2010 |publisher=Moneycontrol.com |access-date=2010-08-02}}</ref> and registered an increase of 241% compared to the previous year sales which stood at 6,897 vehicles. It planned to sell 130,000 cars annually in India by 2014.<ref>{{cite web|author=bsmotoring.com |url=http://www.bsmotoring.com/news/fiat-eyes-to-double-sales-this-year/1822/1 |title=Fiat eyes to double sales this year |publisher=Bsmotoring.com |date=2010-03-16 |access-date=2010-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/04/23/stories/2010042353890200.htm |title=Fiat targets sales of 130,000 cars |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |date=2010-04-23 |access-date=2010-08-02}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Fiat Chrysler Automobiles]]
*[[Automobile industry in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://www.fiat-india.com/}}

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{{Fiat Group}}
{{Tata Motors}}
{{Automotive industry in India}}

[[Category:Car manufacturers of India]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Pune]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1997]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1997]]
[[Category:Fiat]]
[[Category:Stellantis]]
[[Category:Fiat Chrysler Automobiles]]
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[[Category:1997 establishments in Maharashtra]]

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