Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych (FSO) means in PolishPassenger Car Factory, simply.
The FSO plant was established in 1951 by the Polish state in the northern part (Zeran) of Warsaw to produce automobiles for postwar Poland. The first product of FSO was Warszawa (big limousine and kombi) manufactured under the Soviet GAZ-M20 Pobeda licence. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Warszawa was a brand of Polish automobiles manufactured from 1951 to 1973 by FSO of Warsaw. ... A limousine (or limo) is a long luxury car, traditionally black in color. ... GAZ-M20 Pobyeda (Russian:ГАЗ-М20 Победа) is a passenger car produced by GAZ from 1946 until 1958. ...
Later, the small Syrena model was introduced. In the early 1970s an agreement was concluded with the Italian Fiat company to build a new middle-class model, called Polski Fiat 125. This model was produced until 1991. The state-owned company developed a new middle-class model named FSO Polonez, equipped with a liftback body. Syrena was a brand of Polish automobiles manufactured from 1953 to 1983 by FSO of Warsaw. ... Fiat S.p. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
After 1989 the problems of insufficient technology emerged and in mid-1990s the company was bought by Daewoo Motors (that collapsed in 2001). As of 2005, the negotiations with a variety of foreign and Polish companies are held to keep the factory going as it needs further impliments of technology and new models of vehicles. UkrAVTO holding is currently seeking to buy 20.36% of shares from the government; it also plans to relocate the equipment from the transmissions plant to the ZAZ. GM Daewoo Auto & Technology was first established as National Motor in 1937 in Bupyeong, South Korea. ... Ukrainian Automobile Corporation or UkrAVTO (Ukrainian: Українська автомобільна корпорація, or УкрАВТО) is the largest Ukrainian automobile company. ... ZAZ (Ukrainian: ЗАЗ) is the main automobile-manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhya. ...
Syrena was a brand of Polish automobiles manufactured from 1953 to 1983 by FSO of Warsaw. ... Warszawa was a brand of Polish automobiles manufactured from 1951 to 1973 by FSO of Warsaw. ...
External link
The Unofficial FSO pages (http://www.autohistories.com/fso/)
The chassis was based on that of the outgoing model, the Fiat 1300/1500 (the longer variant), the body was a further (lengthened) development of the Fiat 124 – both had the same passenger compartment and doors, whilst the engine was derived from that in the 124: a 1608 cc dohc with 90 bhp.
A licence copy was also produced in Poland by the FSOcarfactory from 1967 until 1991, under the brand Polski Fiat as the Polski Fiat 125p, and later as the FSO 1500, FSO 1300, or FSO 125p.
It was a somewhat simplified variation of the Fiatcar, with outdated 1300 ccm or 1500 ccm engines and mechanicals from the Fiat 1300/1500.
The FSO plant was established in 1951 by the Polish government around (Żerań) in Warsaw's eastern bank on the river Vistula, to produce automobiles for postwar Poland.
GM's assembly line at FSO was then used for a short time to assemble Opel Vectra for the local market and then shut down completely, ending the relationship with General Motors (for the time being).
Nevertheless, FSO did not have the means to update the models, so they quickly became less and less attractive, not to mention that Daewoo's collapse caused the buyers to become very wary of Daewoo cars.
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