Fiat ( /ˈfiːət, -æt/, /-ɑːt/, [ˈfiːat]; originally FIAT, Italian: "Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino", 'Italian Automobiles Factory, Turin') is a car company in Italy. It was founded in Turin in 1899. It also made some planes between 1920s and 1970s. Some of their cars by year: Fiat is currently owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles or F.C.A for short, the company was formed by merging Chrysler and Fiat S.p.a.