FEBRUARY

500,000TH EGEA ROLLS OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE

An Egea Hatchback, the 500,000th member of the Fiat Egea family rolled off the assembly line at the TOFAŞ plant in Bursa.

FIAT DEALERS’ MEETING HELD

At 2019’s first meeting of Fiat dealers, which was held in İstanbul, the previous year’s “Seniority”, “Performance”, and “Star Dealer” awards were handed out.

MARCH

NEW VERSION OF EGEA AT THE GENEVA FAIR

“Sport”, a new version of the Fiat Egea, which is sold in Europe under the “Tipo” name, was shown off at the Geneva Motor Show.

THREE SPORTY NEW MODELS FROM FIAT EGEA

Versions of the Egea family’s hatchback and station wagon models fitted out with three different equipment options were put on sale.

APRIL

“İYİYE İŞARET”: NEW SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT FROM FIAT

Fiat launched its “İyiye İşaret” digital platform to make it easier for Turkish speakers who have special hearing needs to communicate.

NEW TOFAŞ ACADEMY CAMPUS AND SOCIAL FACILITIES

A ceremony accompanied the opening of Tofaş Academy’s new campus and social facilities.

MAY

A FACELIFT TO EGEA FAMILY

The Tofaş Board of Directors approved a USD 225 million investment to give the company’s Egea model family a new facelift. The investment calls for the extension of the Egea project, for which Tofaş is undertaking major product development responsibilities, until 2024.

FIAT A SPONSOR AT THE VENICE BIENNIAL

Tofaş sponsored the exhibition of artist İnce Eviner’s “We, Elsewhere” at the Turkish pavilion during the 58th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Bienniale. Since 2011, Fiat has been supporting the activities of the Turkish pavilion under the coordination of the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts.

JUNE

NEW JEEP RENEGADE IN TURKEY

A brand-new Jeep Renegade equipped with innovative tech, new engine options, and advanced safety features went on sale in Turkey.

JULY

TOFAŞ TURNS OUT ITS 6 MILLIONTH VEHICLE

The sixth millionth vehicle, a Fiat Egea Sedan, rolled off the assembly line at the company’s plant in Bursa.

SEPTEMBER

“50 HOOPS” PROJECT LAUNCHED

Having launched its “50 Hoops in Neighborhood Areas” project in line with its mission to make Bursa “Basketball City”, the Tofaş Sports Club has begun constructing basketball courts in different parts of the province. The opening of the project was held on the field in Yunuseli district of Osmangazi township.

MINISTRY JOINS TOFAŞ’S “İYİYE İŞARET” PROJECT

The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services has joined the “İyiye İşaret” digital platform as a partner in the project that Fiat launched in 2018 as part of its barrier-free movement program “Engelsiz Hareket” in order to make it easier to communicate with Turkish speakers who have special hearing needs. The agreement covering the collaboration was signed at a ceremony held in Ankara to observe the International Day of Sign Languages.

TWO MILLIONTH DOBLÒ

A major production milestone was passed with the two millionth Fiat Doblò, which spontaneously created its own light commercial vehicle market segment when the Tofaş factory began manufacturing them for export to world markets in 2000.

OCTOBER

FIAT DEALERSHIP MEETING

Fiat dealers gathered in İstanbul to assess the year’s results.

PROJECT TO TEACH KIDS HOW TO PROGRAM ROBOTS

In collaboration with the Information and Communication Technologies Directorate, Tofaş Academy launched a demonstration project whose aim is to teach children how to program robots and 3D printers, two activities that will play an instrumental role in shaping the future. Under the initial “Kids Coding Project”, robot programing was taught to sixteen separate groups of 208 students, all of them the children of Tofaş personnel.

The scope of the project was then expanded in coordination with the Ministry of Education to provide the same kind of training in public schools in and around Bursa. As a result of this joint program, robot programming was taught to 240 pupils in primary schools that had been selected jointly with the education ministry.  

TOFAŞ R&D AT 25

The Tofaş R&D Center completed its first quarter-century of operation. As one of Turkey’s leading R&D centers by virtue of the diversity of its knowledge and experience, competencies, and advanced laboratory and technology assets, the Tofaş R&D Center is also the only FCA R&D center outside Italy that serves the European and Middle Eastern markets.

FERRARI F8 SPIDER ON ITS WAY TO TURKEY IN 2020

The “next-generation” Ferrari F8 Spider, a convertible sports car that is equipped with the most successful V8 engine in history, was shown off to the public at a special event held in İstanbul.

NOVEMBER

AT THE TOP IN WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING

World Class Manufacturing (WCM) practices were first started at Tofaş back in 2006. As a result of the company’s most recent audit, its WCM score was raised from 77 to 81. That rating puts Tofaş out in front of any other automotive plant in the world where the WCM methodology is being employed.

DECEMBER

FCA-PSA MERGER AGREEMENT SIGNED

Negotiations between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and France’s Groupe PSA were successfully concluded with an agreement to set up a new company in which each side will control a 50% stake. The agreement was signed by the FCA and PSA CEOs.

FIAT TIPO: MOST DURABLE AUTOMOTIVE IN ITS CLASS IN GERMANY

According to a report issued by GTÜ, Germany’s largest officially-recognized inspection organization of freelance vehicle inspectors, that was published in the magazine Auto Zeitung, the Fiat Tipo has the fewest defects requiring repair work (0.84/100 vehicles) in its class during its first main inspection. That is the lowest defect rate ever achieved by any vehicle produced by FCA.