11.07.1899 | Isisekelo se-Fiat

Enye yezinkampani ezinkulu zezimoto emhlabeni yasungulwa ngoJulayi 11, 1899 ngenxa yesivumelwano seqembu labanikazi bamasheya ababefuna ngokuhlanganyela ukwakha imboni yezimoto. 

Ngaleso sikhathi, lezi zaqala ukuthandwa. Namuhla, lo mkhiqizo ngokungangabazeki uhlotshaniswa nomndeni wakwa-Agnelli, kodwa ekuqaleni u-Giovanni Agnelli, ukhokho womndeni wezikhulu zemboni yezimoto, wayengeyena umuntu onqumayo. Ngonyaka owodwa iqalisiwe, iFiat yaba umholi futhi yathatha isikhundla sokuphatha embonini.

Ekuqaleni imboni yakwaFiat ibiqashe abantu abambalwa futhi ikhiqize isibalo esincane sezimoto ebezingangenisi inzuzo. Lapho abanikazi bamasheya benquma ukuphumela obala, u-Agnelli, ekholelwa ohlelweni lwefekthri yezimoto, wawathenga amasheya kubanikazi bamasheya abasele.

Eminyakeni eyalandela, i-Fiat yaqala ukukhiqiza izinjini zezindiza, amatekisi namaloli, futhi ngo-1910 yaba umkhiqizi omkhulu wezimoto e-Italy. Ngo-1920, i-Fiat yaba umnikazi wayo ngokuphelele u-Giovanni Agnelli futhi wadlulisela kulabo abamlandelayo amashumi eminyaka.

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