Fiat badge-engineered the models from the mid-1990s and launched the 66 series.įiat also built tractors that were sold a Oliver and White, and purchased tractors from Versatile to rebadge as Fiat. After adding the Case IH business later on, they formed CNH Global to compete with the giant AGCO group (which was partially the Allis Gleaner Corporation from the USA). In 1991, Fiat merged the existing tractor division with the Ford New Holland Agricultural business that they bought off Ford when Ford decided to divest non-core businesses as the market had slumped in the late 1980s and a large investment was needed for new lines and the proposed Teir II engine emissions regs. The company later sold some of the American Allis-Chalmers models as Fiats in the UK, and then took over the Allis corporations UK construction business to form Fiat-Allis. And in 1990 they introduced the 90 series and became the biggest manufacturer in Europe after building 1/2 million tractors. In the 1970s a whole range of modern machines were introduced with the 100 series. After the war, smaller tractors were in demand and the Fiat LePiccola was introduced, followed by the modern Fiat 500 in the 1960s (Not the Car).įrom the 1960 production grew rapidly with license agreements to build machines in counties like Romania and Turkey with Universal (UTB) and Turk Traktor, respectively. The Fiat 702 was replaced by the lighter Fiat 700 model in 1927, which also was built in a Crawler version, the Fiat 700C. The tractor was a big machine and in Britain cost 5-times the Fordson price. The designs advanced as it used unit construction, unlike most early machines with chassis. The first model called the Fiat 702 was launched in 1919 with a 30 hp (22 kW) 6.2 ltr. They started tractor development in 1910, but the First World War delayed the work. But the parent company " Fabbrica Italiana de Automobili Torino "FIAT" was founded in 1899 to build cars and rapidly diversified. (Can you help and expand it) ?įiat started building tractors in 1919.
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