Italian Car Production (Brand) : 1991-00

The Punto came out in 1993 and was an unqualified success

The record Italian production figure of 1989 soon became a distant memory. Fiat slipped downward and merging Auto Bianchi into Lancia's meant less production overall. Innocenti ended altogether! Poland was the benefactor in Europe, with it's Fiat production volume nearly doubling during the decade and the number of models made there grew.

Looking at Fiat, the Punto was a successful replacement for the Uno during this period. However, the Bravo/Brava didn't do nearly as well as the Tipo model that they had replaced. The Panda was in a steady decline and the Marea wasn't quite as popular as the Tempra.

Lancia was only replacing models well beyond their use by date, which was hurting production. When newer ones did arrive, they didn't do so well. Alfa Romeo was more successful, with new models arriving in a timely fashion.

In summary, production was not holding up too well and the question to be asked was is this a hiccup or continuing trend?

Yr	Fiat	Alfa	Lancia	Ferr-	Mas-	Lam-	Auto -	Inno-	Other	Total
		Romeo		ari	erati	borg	bianchi	centi
91	1,182,935	174,630	130,625	4,589	1,752	672	126,549	10,551	601	1,632,904
92	1,103,037	152,354	96,517	3,470	983	166	109,880	8,580	1,640	1,476,627
93	844,265	109,598	83,875	2,325	523	169	75,051	-	1,247	1,117,053
94	1,063,210	108,097	89,223	2,639	797	248	76,210	-	454	1,340,878
95	1,101,332	156,867	103,383	3,158	980	208	56,414	-	17	1,422,359
96	1,052,868	113,800	139,294	3,363	869	224	7,564	-	13	1,317,995
97	1,219,258	160,590	178,674	3,518	609	216	-	-	11,082	1,573,947
98	1,003,101	197,680	172,725	3,631	734	231	-	-	24,280	1,402,382
99	1,011,396	208,336	157,720	3,670	1,900	253	-	-	27,184	1,410,459
00	979,804	206,836	168,083	4,022	2,039	287	-	-	61,213	1,422,284
Av	1,056,121	158,879	132,012	3,439	1,119	267	90,334	9,566	12,773	1,411,689

Data source: ANFIA.

The 156 came in 1997 and was a winner for the clover leaf brand