Fiat’s Turkish joint venture Tofas has secured finance for an assembly line at its Bursa plant to make new light commercial vehicles.


Tofas, which is also part owned by Turkish conglomerate Koç Holding, secured EUR350m (US$447.5m) in a financing facility closed by ABN AMRO, Banca Intesa, Fortis and SocGen, along with the European Investment Bank and Italian state export agency SACE.


According to a report by Reuters, the plant will produce new vehicles for Western Europe, to be distributed by Fiat and PSA Peugeot Citroen.