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Fiat Auto: Punto Production Hits The Six Million Mark


June 2005
 Filed under: FIAT Car News | FIAT Headlines
This achievement was made possible by the work of the three Fiat plants where the model is built: the SATA facility in Melfi near Potenza, Turin’s Mirafiori complex, and the Termini Imerese factory in the province of Palermo.

The event was celebrated today at Melfi, one of Europe’s most modern factories, which not only produced the six millionth Fiat Punto, but also made a decisive contribution to the accomplishment by turning out half of the total number of cars.
The Fiat Punto is still the most popular model in Italy, and has topped the sales charts for over ten years.

The first Punto rolled off the assembly line at Mirafiori in July 1993. Production got under way at Melfi in September of the same year, and Termini Imerese in December.

In 1999, all three plants began to build the new version of the Punto.

The Melfi plant currently produces both the Fiat Punto and the Lancia Ypsilon, and employees around five thousand people. In addition, the SATA facility has been tapped to become the only site that will construct the future successor to the Punto, which will continue to be produced at Mirafiori until the end of 2006.

The Fiat Punto was designed to satisfy every need.

The lineup, in fact, offers 40 different choices: three- and five-door versions, eight engine options (1.2-liter 8-valve, 1.2-liter 16-valve, 1.4-liter 16-valve, 1.8-liter 16-valve, 1.3 Multijet, 1.9 Multijet, 1.9 JTD, 1.2-liter 8-valve gasoline and diesel units); two manual transmissions with either five or six speeds, the Speedgear automatic/sequential manual transmission, the Dualogic transmission that combines automatic and sequential shifting, and can also be operated as a full automatic in "Economy" mode; eight trim levels (Actual, Active, Sound, Dynamic, Class, Emotion, Sporting, and HGT); and 13 body colors, each available with two different interior outfits.

In addition to this wide range, the Punto is also available in a van version with three different powerplants (1.2-liter 8-valve, 1.3-liter Multijet and 1.9-liter JTD) and three- or five-door body styles.

The new owner of the six millionth Punto is Francesco D’Ariano, resident in Canosa di Puglia near Bari and an employee at the Melfi plant, who chose a steel gray Dynamic version with five doors and gasoline engine.

The keys to the car that marked this historic accomplishment were handed over by Massimo Risi, head of the SATA plant.

Turin, June 1, 2005

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