FCA stops production of Fiat 500 in North America
- Production of the Fiat 500 for North America ended in September 2017. Since then, Fiat 500s sold in the USA are produced at the Polish site of Tichy, where the Fiat 500 destined for the European continent have been produced since 2007. The Fiat 500 began selling in North America in 2011, four years after its launch in Europe. It allowed North American customers to acquire a European city car capable of competing with the other two European city cars on the market at that time, the BMW Mini and Smart For Two. As of 2011, the Fiat 500 for the North American market was manufactured on the Mexican site of Toluca (factory owned by Chrysler).
- At BMW, the Mini was marketed in North America in 2002 and its sales quickly passed the 40,000 annual volume mark before reaching 50,000 in 2008 and 60,000 in 2012 and 2013.
- At Mercedes, the Smart For Two has been marketed in North America since 2008 and sold 25,000 units that year before falling back to 15,000 units annually from 2009 and 10,000 units annually in 2012.
- The Fiat 500 reached 40,000 units a year in 2012 and 2013 but fell quickly to 25,000 in 2015 and 15,000 in 2016. This drop in sales pushed the FCA group to stop production in 2017. Its sales should nevertheless continue until 2020, at a reduced pace (around 10,000 units per year).
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