Fiat-Sollers

Fiat-Sollers (Russian: СП «Соллерс-Fiat») was a joint venture between Fiat S.p.A. and Sollers JSC (formerly Severstal Avto).

[citation needed] As part of the deal, Severstal Avto became the distributor of the full range of Fiat cars and commercial vehicles.

[2] Fiat-branded cars from the venture were launched at the Moscow International Automobile Salon of 2006.

[citation needed] An agreement to manufacture the F1A diesel engine for the Fiat Ducato and the UAZ Patriot in Nizhniy Novgorod was signed in December 2006.

[5] A new factory in Yelabuga was established as part of the joint venture to manufacture the Fiat Linea.

Vladimir Putin visiting the Fiat-Sollers Naberezhnye Chelny plant in 2010