Maluch's happy ending: Fiat to stop production of the tiny car that could

The Polish Fiat, the so-called "Maluch" will no longer be produced in just over a month. Fiat Auto Poland decided to end production to coincide with the move of its auto production from Bielsko-Biala to Tychy. Since the start of its production in 1973, 3.3 million Maluchs were produced and almost 2.5 million of them found their way to Polish households. "We have been debating if we should discontinue production for many years. We decided to do so when monthly sales dropped under 2,000 and ceased being profitable," said the financial manager of Fiat Auto Poland Czeslaw Swistak. Spare parts for these cars will be produced until 2010. The last 1,000 Maluchs will be a special edition called "Happy End". (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 1, 2, 18)