Off Topic Fiat Stilo - How it was made, video from the FIAT Factory
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Off Topic Fiat Stilo - How it was made, video from the FIAT Factory
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Awesome. Shame my Italian sucks... but if you want a laugh, turn on captions, and turn the 'beta' English translation on. It starts mentioning Disney, iRobot (Will Smith anyone ?) 
, Budget Hotels, Tumors , Land Rover... and Lancers going to the Greenhouse
, Budget Hotels, Tumors , Land Rover... and Lancers going to the Greenhouse 
124spiderman
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This is the Cassino plant in Southern Italy. To verify where your car was made if the VIN plate begins with the letter "Z" it's Italy.
No it isn't.
ZFA is the chassis number for all Fiats, and they're not all italian built.
http://www.researchmaniacs.com/VIN/VIN-Decoder.html
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Not sure you're right there MEP. According to Wiki, Z prefeixes for VIN numbers have been allocated as follows:
ZA-ZR Italy
ZS-ZW not assigned
ZX-Z2 Slovenia
Z3-Z5 Lithuania
Z6-Z0 not assigned
So ZFA would indicate Italian origin.
Origin being the Key word - IE Italian Manufacture, which Fiat is, doesn't mean thats where the model or that specific car has been built though.
As I understand it (but I could be wrong):
The very first letter or number of the VIN tells you in what region of the world your vehicle was made (S to Z = Europe)
The second letter or number, in combination with the first letter or number in the VIN, tells you in what country the car was made (A to R = Italy)
The third number or letter is used by the vehicle manufacturer to identify what kind of vehicle it is.
How's that work? I posted the same link and I'm still right in what I said. First letter being Z doesn't mean it was defo made in Italy.
Ah yeah I got my wires crossed there thought you were saying yellow peril was wrong
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how sure are you that it was made in turkey?
Well my Japanese car has a TS prefix indicating (correctly) my car was built in Hungary.
Vehicle data search I suspect from number plate.
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I'ld say that's a pretty good indication then
