Fiat’s Tychy plant in Poland has built Panda #1.5m.

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The milestone blue 1.3 Multijet with ‘Emotion’ trim was destined for Italy.


Production at Tychy began in 2003, though the nameplate dates back much further, and this year’s target is a record 285,000 units.


The plant also builds the Fiat 500 and Ford Ka which share a platform and other parts including engines. Fiat’s UK arm yesterday announced it had won a 14,000-car order from driving school BSM and most of the cars to be delivered over the next four years will be 500s.

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