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FIAT Chrysler Automobiles Serbia ((セルビア語:''FIAT Krajcler Automobili Srbije'')), previously known as Zastava Automobiles, is an automobile manufacturing company based in the city of Kragujevac, Serbia. It is best known for its Fiat-based automobiles, which it began assembling in 1955 for Eastern European markets. It became a subsidiary of Fiat in 2008, once fully bought by the Italian car manufacturer, and was renamed to Fiat Automobili Srbija (or Fiat Automobiles Serbia). Then the company became a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2014 following the merger, than shut down of Fiat S.p.A.. On July 28, 2008, Fiat signed a letter of intent, undertaking to take control of the automobile division, investing €700 million in return for a 67 percent stake in the company (then owned by the state) and an additional €100 million of investment from the Serbian government. This was later revised to €300 million. Fiat pledged not to cut any jobs and to make good a backlog in wage payments for employees and hinted that the plant may become a dedicated Fiat production site. With this major investment, production was set to reach 330,000 units by 2012. ==Overview== Initially, the company was best known for its locally built versions of the Fiat 128 and Fiat 600. During the 1970s and 1980s, Zastava sold its compact cars in North and South America and Western Europe under the "Yugo" brand. Its final model, the Yugo Sana, was styled by Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and launched in 1990, but its production was cut short by the Yugoslav wars. By the same time the Yugo brand had disappeared from most Western markets by 1993. In 1999, the factory was damaged by NATO bombing during the Kosovo War. The post-Yugoslav era has been difficult for Zastava, just as most of the other major companies based in Serbia, which suffered from hyperinflation, international sanctions, and economic mismanagement. As a result, the production almost stopped and the company failed to introduce new models for a long time. In September 2005, the company signed a new agreement with Fiat to produce a version of the 2003 model Fiat Punto for the Balkans under the name Zastava 10, with a capacity of 16,000 units yearly. In December 2007, Serbia announced that Zastava would be privatized in April 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Serbia puts carmaker Zastava on sale )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fiat Automobili Srbija」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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