30.11.2010 NEW LOGO IDENTITIES FOR SPLIT UP FIAT GROUP COMPANIES

FIAT

On the 1st of January 2011, as a result of the splitting up of the Fiat Group that was approved by shareholders on September 16th, there will be two distinct new companies formed, both listed on Borsa Italiana, and both will get new logos: Fiat SpA and Fiat Industrial SpA.

On the 1st of January 2011, as a result of the splitting up of the Fiat Group that was approved by shareholders on September 16th, there will be two distinct new companies formed, both listed on Borsa Italiana, and both will get new logos: Fiat SpA and Fiat Industrial SpA.

Fiat SpA will include the car brands of Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Fiat, Ferrari, Lancia and Maserati, as well as Fiat Professional (light commercial vehicles) along with the bulk of Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) that responsible for cars and commercial vehicles, and the automotive component and industrial companies Magneti Marelli, Teksid and Comau. Meanwhile, Fiat Industrial will contain CNH (which includes the Case, New Holland, Steyr and Kobelco brands with 11,600 dealers and 38 factories), Iveco commercial vehicles (which include Iveco, Iveco Magirus, Iveco Astra and Iveco Irisbus brands) and the Industrial and Marine division of FPT.

Fiat SpA, with a clear focus in the automobile sector, will be identified by a logo displaying the word Fiat in tall, condensed blue lettering. The new logo was created in response to the need to differentiate the automobile group from the product-related brand, reinforcing the parent company's role in the management of a multi-brand group. The graphic design was intended, in particular, to create a visual identity which portrays the strong link between past and future. This has led to the reinterpretation of an iconic logo from the past, which is also strongly evocative of the modern and innovative.

Fiat Industrial SpA, which includes trucks, commercial vehicles, agricultural and construction equipment, and related powertrain activities, has maintained the visual identity created for Fiat Group, thereby preserving the concept of solidity representative of a large industrial group. In contrast to the Fiat Group logo, the name Fiat Industrial appears in burnt gold lettering with the background in the company's traditional blue.

The new logos, designed by Robilant Associati, replace the Fiat Group logo adopted in October 2005.
 

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