Foreigners increasingly less interested in Fiat 500L – FAS stops Kragujevac production lines again

The production and assembly lines in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Serbia have been stopped again. This time, as FCA Serbia has reported, they will remain inactive until November 30, following which the production of all FIAT 500L types will start again in two shifts, which produce up to 450 completed cars a day.

The reason for the new halt, the second or the third one since this summer's cancellation of one of the three shifts and layoffs of several hundred surplus workers, is, once again, reduced demand for the Kragujevac factory's only model – Fiat 500L – in the foreign market, predominantly the American one.

In 2016, FCA Serbia will produce a little over 70,000 cars, which is three times fewer than what its installed capacities allow for and five times fewer than its projected capacities, as the cancellation of one shift has greatly reduced the production plan. Since most of this year's plan for the production of Fiat 500L cars has already been realized, new halts can be expected before the end of the year.

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