Founded in 1968, Tofaş is the only company in Turkey that manufactures both passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.
Tofaş is a Koç Holding and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) partnership in which each controls an equal stake. With 24.3% of its capital publicly-traded, Tofaş’s shares are included in both the Borsa İstanbul BIST 30 and the BIST 100 indexes as well as in that exchange’s Corporate Governance Index and Sustainability indexes.
With an annual production capacity of 450 thousand vehicles and with nearly 8 thousand employees, Tofaş is Turkey’s fourth biggest industrial enterprise. Headquartered in İstanbul, Tofaş conducts its manufacturing operations at its Bursa plant, which occupies about a million m2 of grounds and has 350 thousand m2 of enclosed space.
Tofaş is foremost among Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ strategically important production centers. The company is also one of the group’s biggest R&D centers in Europe.
Tofaş’s plant produces Fiat Doblòs and Fiorinos as well as the Fiat Egea family’s sedan, hatchback, and station wagon models. Marketed under different marque and model names in different parts of the world, Tofaş’s Egea line is sold as “Fiat Tipo” in Europe and as “Dodge Neon” in Mexico. Developed and manufactured at Tofaş, the Doblò is also exported to the United States where it is sold under the ProMaster City name. Tofaş is also a distributor, handling the domestic sales of six marques (Fiat, Fiat Professional, Alfa Romeo, Jeep, Maserati, Ferrari) in Turkey.