Press Release:

Fiat starts production of Linea at its Ranjangaon Plant

o Commercial launch for the mid-sized sedan slated for next month

o The body shop, assembly shop and the state-of-the-art powertrain plant
have commenced operations

o Export of Palio also initiated

Ranjangaon, November 21, 2008: Fiat India Automobiles Ltd, one of country’s leading car
makers, today commenced the production of Linea at its Ranjangaon plant located near Pune in
Maharashtra. Linea, the much-awaited sedan from Fiat’s stable will grace the Indian roads
shortly. The start of production of the flagship car also signifies the progress of Fiat’s facility which
is an industrial Joint Venture with Tata Motors Ltd. The 200 acre facility now has a completely
equipped body shop, assembly line, a paint shop which is to be commissioned shortly and the
Powertrain Plant.

Linea is a C plus segment sedan which was launched internationally in May 2007 in Istanbul,
after which it met with great success in all markets where it is present. An elegantly functional car,
with a strong Italian imprint, it will be equipped with features found in higher segment cars. The
launch of Linea will be followed by the Grande Punto, a successful hatchback from Fiat’s stable,
which will also be manufactured from the Ranjangaon facility. The Grande Punto is a top seller in
Europe and has an annual sales of about 3, 50,000.

The company, Fiat India Automobiles Ltd, recently signed a MoU with the Government of
Maharashtra to enhance the capacities at the plant. Apart from manufacturing of Fiat and Tata
cars, the facility will also produce powertrain engines. The plant, which falls in taluka Shirur,
district Pune, in its full capacity will produce up to 2, 00,000 cars, 3, 00,000 engines and 3, 00,000
parts & accessories.
Mr. Rajeev Kapoor, CEO, Fiat India Automobiles Ltd added, “The start of production of Linea
is an important milestone for us and is a significant step in fulfilling the promise we had made to
at the Auto Expo in New Delhi earlier this year. The plant has made progress as planned and all
the facilities are set to move into top gear from hereon. We have also commenced export activity
from the plant and would continue to do so to utilise the capacities at the plant.” Exports of the
1.2 Palio petrol both the AC and non-AC variants have commenced. The 1.2 Palio petrol is being
exported to South Africa and the company will look at prospective right hand drive markets for
export of other products. The products exported from the Ranjangaon plant will include versions
of the Palio, Linea and Grande Punto. FIAL also supplies automobile components to other Fiat
facilities.

Update on facilities at the plant:

Body Shop:

All variants of Linea and Grande Punto are planned to be manufactured from the body shop. The
facility uses roller skid mechanism for body transfer and has 19 robots in all. While two of these
robots are Nachi make, the rest are ABB.

The 19 robots are utilized for:

o Hemming- 6 robots
o Spot welding- 10 robots
o Tucker pin welding – 2 robots
o Body handling- 1 robots

The plant is also equipped with a suspension shop adjoining to the body shop. Suspension shop
has 18 robots, all of which are ABB make.

These 18 robots are utilized for:

o Spot welding- 1 robot

o Arc welding- 17 robots

The shop has a WBS (white body storage) with a capacity of 96 bodies. PLC (which uses
Ethernet) is used in a master-slave arrangement for effective implementation of the
manufacturing process. Engines and transmissions are coupled in the trimming plant, vehicle
specific components are fitted and complete powertrains are delivered on JIT basis to the
customers.

Assembly Shop:

The assembly shop is designed to assemble Linea, Grande Punto and Tata X1 sedan. The
assembly line is installed by Genix Automation from Korea. Painted bodies are received on Skid
Conveyors from paint shop and assembled on slat and power & free conveyors. Front and rear
suspensions are supplied through conveyor and marriage to car is done on the decking conveyor.
Doors are dismantled and assembled on P&F conveyors. Sub-Assemblies like front suspension,
rear suspension, dashboards, bumpers; etc are done separately and assembled on to the cars.
Glass sealant application is by ABB robots. Seats and tyres are supplied to the main line on
conveyors. Manipulators are used for assembling dashboard, seats, tyres and fuel tanks. End of
line machines include BEP make Wheel alignment machine, Brake & roller machine and DSA
make Electrical Diagnosis machine. The cars are also checked for water leakage.
Powertrain Division:

The powertrain division has the capacity to produce FPT – Fiat Powertrain Technologies
products. The products from the plant will include SDE (Diesel 1248 cc 16 V ), FIRE 8V (Petrol
1172 cc / 1368 cc ), FIRE 16V (1368 cc ) and C510 (5 speed 210 Nm)

The key features of powertrain plant are:

• Flexibility in product and in volume. The deep usage of CNC machinery (~ 100%) and the
specific design of the layout and building of the facility were focused to ensure possible
future production increases.

• Automation of all operations that have direct impact on quality and ergonomics.

Powertrain division includes engines, transmissions and trimming plants.

Engine quality is ensured by automatic in process verification stations, by leak test benches and
final cold/hot test cells. The technology of cold test allows verifying in an environmentally friendly
way (the engine is put in rotation by an electrical motor) the characteristics that influence engine
performance as intake and exhaust pressure, timing and electrical connections, fuel pressure,
frictions and many others.

Transmission plant has machining of shafts and gears with a facility for the heat treatment.
Assembly line has in process controls with automatic stations and sophisticated noise test
equipment.

About Fiat India Automobiles Ltd:

Fiat India Automobiles Limited (FIAL) is a 50-50 Industrial Joint Venture between Fiat Group
Automobiles S. p. A., (Fiat) and Tata Motors Limited (Tata) originally incorporated on January
02, 1997. The company employs about 1900 blue & white collar employees and is located at
Ranjangaon in the Pune District of Maharashtra. The definitive agreement of the Joint Venture
was signed in October 11, 2007. The board of directors for this company comprises of five
nominees each from Fiat and Tata.

The state-of-the-art facility at Ranjangaon, which is owned by FIAL is capable of producing

200,000 cars and 300,000 engines, besides 3,00,000 parts & accessories. Currently
manufacturing the Palio Stile 1.1 and 1.6 models, premium Fiat cars such as the Linea and
Grande Punto are expected to roll out soon in the C plus and B segment from the facility within
2008 and beginning of 2009 respectively. The facility also manufactures Fiat’s successful 1.3 litre
Multijet diesel engines and 1.2 & 1.4 litre Fire gasoline engine. Apart from Fiat cars, the facility
will also produce Tata passenger and next generation cars. The plant is expected to provide
direct and indirect employment to more than 4,000 people.

Fiat, which holds a 50% stake in the Company, also owns and controls five internationally
renowned brands:- Fiat Automobiles, Alfa Romeo Automobiles, Lancia Automobiles, Abarth and
Fiat Light Commercial Vehicles, the makers of renowned cars such as the Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa
Romeo and Lancia besides the Fiat branded cars.

Tata Motors Limited, the other partner to the Joint Venture, is India's largest automobile
company, with revenues of US$ 8.8 billion in 2007-08. Through subsidiaries and associate
companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand and Spain. Among
them is Jaguar Land Rover, a business comprising the two iconic British brands. It also has a
strategic alliance with Fiat. With over 4 million Tata vehicles plying in India, Tata Motors is the
country’s market leader in commercial vehicles and among the top three in passenger vehicles. It
is also the world's fourth largest truck manufacturer and the second largest bus manufacturer.
Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle
East, South Asia, South East Asia and South America. (www.tatamotors.com )

For more information, visit: www.fiatautopress.com; www.fiat.com; www.lancia.com;

www.alfaromeo.com; www.abarth.com ; www.fiatprofessional.com;
www.fiatgroupautomobilespress.com

For more information, please contact:

Marius D’lima

Head – Corporate Communications

Fiat India Automobiles Ltd

Tel : +91 98201 29889

Email: marius.dlima@fiapl.com

Sachin Bhandary

Associate Image Manager

Perfect Relations

Mob:- 9819954815

E-mail:- sbhandary@perfectrelations.com

Aditi Palav

Senior Image Executive

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Mob:- 9930880096

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