Fiat to move production back to Poland
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According to various media reports, Fiat is mulling relaunching the production of its Panda model in Tychy.
The carmaker currently produces Fiat 500 model in its Tychy plant and according to the media, might be relaunching the production of new Panda model there as well. The previous two generations of Fiat Panda were manufactired in Tychy, however the company was forced to move the production to Italy in exchange for governmental help.
The sale of small cars on the world market increases, therefore moving the Panda production back to Tychy would be beneficial for Poland. According to aniticipations in 2015 1,2 million small cars will be sold, of which around 260 thousand sales will belong to Fiat.
The new Fiat 500 as well as its older version have been manufactured in Tychy. It is expected that around 180 thousand cars will be sold , which makes 2/3 of all cars produced in the Polish factory.