Iveco (from the Industrial Vehicles Corporation - Corporation vehicles for industrial use) - Italian carmaker. Headquarters - in Turin.
Iveco Group was formed in November 1974 following an agreement Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD) on the transfer of its branches Magirus-Deutz under the control of FIAT. The structure includes Iveco Magirus-Deutz, FIAT, as well as Italian and foreign units such as OM FIAT, Lancia, French FIAT France SA (brand of trucks Unic). Iveco's headquarters is housed in Turin.
In subsequent years, Iveco entered into the auto plants in different countries. 1986 - was acquired by the British division of Ford, a manufacturer of trucks, an Italian manufacturer of trucks Astra.
1990 - Spanish company bought ENASA, a manufacturer of trucks and buses Pegaso, as well as its British subsidiary of Seddon Atkinson Group.
1992 - Australia's leading automaker ITAL (International Truck of Australia Ltd). In different ways group collaborates with many other automakers around the world.
First Iveco's own design is light series Iveco Daily 2,9-4,9 m, released in 1978. This is one of the world's first specially designed light trucks families of mass production.
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