{{short description|Car factory owned by Lancia}} The '''Lancia Chivasso Plant''' was the second manufacturing plant of Italian [[Car|automobile]] company [[Lancia]], following the [[Lancia Borgo San Paolo Plant]]. The plant manufactured Lancia models such as the [[Lancia Flaminia]], [[Lancia Beta]], [[Lancia Delta]], [[Lancia Prisma]] and others.

== History == On December 20, 1959, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Giuseppe Pella<ref>[http://www.museotorino.it/view/s/7902ae3f64774e31831784a2871591e4 Progetto di Pier Luigi Nervi per il Reparto Presse dello stabilimento Lancia di Chivasso museotorino.it/]</ref> laid the foundation stone of the new large 1,120,000 m<sup>2</sup> factory, for the Italian car brand [[Lancia]], which at that time was under the control of the family Pesenti.<ref>[http://www.savelancia.it/?p=306 Il grande stabilimento progettato dalla Lancia trasformerà Chiavasso in un centro industriale.savelancia.it]</ref> In 1972 the number of workers in the Chivasso increased to 5,000.<ref>[https://www.autoedizione.nl/lancia-sinds-chivasso-een-te-hoog-prijskaartje-voor-fiat/ Lancia: Sinds Chivasso een te hoog prijskaartje voor Fiat,10 mei 2014 autoedizione.nl]</ref>

The plant started production of Lancia cars, which were built on a Fiat platform. After 1993, the plant began production of Fiat models such as [[Fiat Panda|Fiat Panda Van]] and [[Fiat Barchetta]] under the auspices of [[Maggiora (manufacturer)|Maggiora]], until its bankruptcy in the early 2000s.<ref>[https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1992/06/02/chivasso-impero-fiat-in-ritirata.html?refresh_ce RICCARDO DE GENNARO Topic Correlati Persone Enti e Società Luoghi CHIVASSO, L' IMPERO FIAT IN RITIRATA repubblica.it,02 June 1992 sez.]</ref> Since then, the plant has been converted into a business park.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aperto il "Centro commerciale Chivasso" a marchio e gallerie Bennet: tutti i servizi|publisher=Torino Today|date=2018-03-01}}</ref>

== List of cars produced == *1963–1969 [[Lancia Flaminia]] *1963–1970 [[Lancia Flavia]] *1963–1976 [[Lancia Fulvia]] *1972–1984 [[Lancia Beta]] *1976–1984 [[Lancia Gamma]] *1979–1994 [[Lancia Delta]] *1980–1984 [[Lancia Trevi]] *1982–1989 [[Lancia Prisma]] *1989–1993 [[Lancia Dedra]] *1995–2002 [[Fiat Barchetta]] *1997–2002 [[Fiat Panda|Fiat Panda Van]] *1997–2001 [[Lancia Kappa|Lancia K Coupé]]

== References == <references /> {{Lancia}} {{coord missing|Italy}}

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