New “Fiat Uno” from Kragujevac

Belgrade, April 28. 2010 ( Serbia Today) - As Belgrade daily Blic reports, new version of the model Fiat Uno will be produced in Serbia and it is accepted that the first cars will be coming out of the assembly line from Kragujevac by the end of 2011. This news also appeared on several Italian websites specialized in auto industry news. It is accepted that press conference where Fiat will officially announce the production of a new model will be at the beginning of May in Torino. The same model will be produced in Fiat’s factory in Brazil. The new Fiat Uno will be presented to the public on May 7 in Brazil while the timing of the promotion of the Serbian model is not known yet. However, Nebojsa Zdravkovic Deputy Mayor of Kragujevac, confirmed for daily Blic that the factor in Kragujevac is well on the preparation road to start production of the new model. It is expected that the production of the new model of Fiat Uno will bring additional 10 thousand jobs for Kragujevac. As Fiat managers announced at their last visit to Kragujevac, Fiat will invest during this spring and summer around 1500 million Euros in car factory in Kragujevac.