For the second consecutive year, Fiat Automóveis has been chosen as Montadora do Ano (Car Manufacturer of the Year) an important annual awards from the Brazilian magazine AutoData.

For the second consecutive year, Fiat Automóveis has been chosen as Montadora do Ano (Brazilian Car Manufacturer of the Year) an important annual award from the Brazilian magazine AutoData.

Fiat Automóveis was one of the finalists chosen by the editorial board of AutoData and it was elected as the overall winner from the votes of the readers of the magazine, which participated in a meeting of AutoData that took place in October.

As well as Fiat Automóveis, two other companies that are part of the Fiat Group also received prizes: Magneti Marelli, claimed the trophy of Sistemista do Ano (System Maker of the Year) and Iveco, that had the Stralis Truck model as Veículo Caminhão do Ano (Truck of the Year).

This isn't the only manufacturing award that Fiat Automóveis has recently won as it has also been chosen as the best manufacturer in the election of Maiores & Melhores do Transporte e Logística (Best and Largest in Transport and Logistics) prize by the magazine Transporte Moderno.

Since the commencement of its operations in Brazil, Fiat has produced almost 10 million vehicles in the plant of Betim (Minas Gerais), of which approximately 30 percent were destined for export. This year the company leads the Brazilian market for automobiles and light commercial vehicles with 26 percent of all the sales.

by Claudio Perlini