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Fiat 124 Spider Timeline

November 1966 – Fiat 124 Spider debuted at the Turin Auto Show
 
1968 – First Spider sold in the U.S. market
 
1975 – Produced exclusively for the U.S. market after immense sales success there
 
1979 – Renamed the Spider 2000
 
1981 – Pininfarina took over the entire production process of the vehicle. Sales in Europe resumed
 
1982 – Production of Fiat and Pininfarina Spiders overlapped as Fiat built the last Spider 2000 models and Pininfarina began production of its own version, sold in the U.S. as the Pininfarina Spider Azzurra and in Europe as the Pininfarina Spidereuropa
 
1985 – Production of the model line ended after nearly 200,000 Spiders had been built, three-quarters of which were for the U.S. market
 
November 2015 – Legendary nameplate returns nearly 50 years later with the global debut of the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider at the Los Angeles Auto Show
 
FIAT Brand
FIAT brand celebrates 125 years as an automaker and some things haven’t changed. Iconic Italian design and refinement, plus a fun-to-drive factor, come standard with every Fiat.        
 
In early 2024, FIAT brand will launch the Fiat 500e, the first Stellantis retail battery-electric vehicle offering in North America and the best-selling city EV in Europe.  
 
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