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Fiat will build Punto replacement in Poland

The Punto, shown, will be replaced by a car built in Poland instead of Italy. The replacement could be called the 500 Plus.
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Luca Ciferri
May 08, 2014 05:00 AM

TURIN -- Fiat will invest 2.36 billion zlotys ($784 million) to upgrade its factory in Tychy, Poland, to build the replacement for the Punto subcompact, a report said.

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