Sevel

{{Infobox company

| name = Sevel S.p.A.

| former_names = Società Europea Veicoli Leggeri
Société Européenne de Véhicules Légers

| logo = Sevel Logo.png

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| type = Joint venture

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| industry = Automotive

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| successors = Stellantis Pro One

| foundation = {{start date and age|1978}}

| founders = Fiat S.p.A.
PSA Group

| defunct = 2022 due to Stellantis Group

| hq_location_city = Atessa{{cite web|url=https://www.fcagroup.com/it-IT/media_center/FiatDocuments/2013/Luglio/Alla_Sevel_di_Atessa_investimenti_per_700_milioni_di_euro.pdf |title= Alla Sevel di Atessa investimenti per 700 milioni di euro |editor=FCA Press |date=9 July 2013 |access-date=14 February 2019}}

| hq_location_country = Italy

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| area_served = EMEA
LATAM

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| products = Light commercial vehicles

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| parent = Fiat / PSA (1978–2021)
Stellantis (2021–present)

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| subsid = Sevel Nord
Sevel Sud

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Sevel S.p.A. (acronym of "Società Europea Veicoli Leggeri" – "Société Européenne de Véhicules Légers" (European Light Vehicle Company)) is an Italian automotive company which produces light commercial vehicles. It was first established in 1978 by Fiat S.p.A. and PSA Group.{{cite web |title=CO-OPERATION BETWEEN FIAT GROUP AND PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN IN THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SECTOR |url=http://www.fiatpress.co.uk/press/article/4722 |website=FCA |access-date=17 November 2014 |date=11 May 2006 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014944/http://www.fiatpress.co.uk/press/article/4722 |url-status=dead }} Formerly, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Talbot were also part of the joint venture. Sevel Sud in Italy began manufacturing in 1981. Sevel Nord in France started in 1993. Fiat sold its share of Sevel Nord to PSA in 2012 and re-entered it through the merger of FCA and PSA into Stellantis in 2021.[https://www.stellantis.com/content/dam/stellantis-corporate/investors/bond-info/emtn-programme-psa/PSA_2nd-Supplement.pdf FCA and Groupe PSA extend Sevel Partnership to 2023] on Stellantis, 6 March 2019 A joint venture extension for Sevel Sud was agreed upon by both automakers in February 2019, preceding the merger of both companies into Stellantis.{{cite web|title=FCA AND GROUPE PSA EXTEND SEVEL PARTNERSHIP TO 2023 |url=https://www.fcagroup.com/en-US/media_center/fca_press_release/FiatDocuments/2019/february/FCA_AND_PSA_EXTEND_SEVEL_PARTNERSHIP_TO_2023.pdf|editor=FCA Press|access-date=14 February 2019 |date=14 February 2019}}

Sevel Nord

"Sevel Nord" (from "Société Européenne de Véhicules Légers") is a car factory in Lieu-Saint-Amand, near Valenciennes, Denain and Cambrai, France, with manufacturing commencing in 1993. It was founded as a 50–50 joint venture between Groupe PSA (then named PSA Peugeot Citroën) and Fiat. Sevel Nord started manufacturing vans for Toyota in 2013. A third generation of light commercial vans and passenger minivans was launched by PSA and Fiat in 2016.

It has a production capacity of 200,000 vehicles per year, and a total of 2,400 employees. In 2011 some 94,000 vans were manufactured, 74,000 of which were Peugeot and Citroën and 20,000 were Fiat models.

Sevel Nord has produced:

Minivans/MPVs nicknamed Eurovans (1994–2014): Citroën Synergie/Evasion/C8, Fiat Ulysse, Lancia Zeta/Phedra, Peugeot 806/807.
Third generation minivans (2016–present)
Citroën Space Tourer
Fiat Ulysse
Peugeot Traveller
Toyota ProAce Verso
Opel Zafira Life/ Vauxhall Vivaro Life
Light commercial vehicles
Citroën Jumpy/Dispatch
Fiat Scudo (1994–2015, 2022–present)
Peugeot Expert
Toyota ProAce (2013–present)
Opel Vivaro/ Vauxhall Vivaro

Sevel Sud

=Sevel Atessa=

The Sevel Sud (from Società Europea Veicoli Leggeri") is a car factory in Atessa, Italy. The complex is owned by Stellantis. The factory began manufacturing in 1981.

It occupies an area of more than 1.2 million square meters, of which 344,000 are covered. It has a production capacity of 250,000{{cite web|url=http://www.gruppohainz.it/extra/ |title=Siti produttivi Fiat e Chrysler con relativi pianali | Gruppo Hainz |publisher=Gruppohainz.it |date=21 May 2015 |access-date=2017-01-12}} vehicles per year, with a total of 6,300{{Cite web | title=News Dashboard {{!}} Stellantis | url=http://www.fcagroup.com/en-US/media_center/fca_press_release/FiatDocuments/2015/december/Sevel_plant_in_Atessa_hires_more_than_300_young_people_on_permanent_contract.pdf | access-date=2025-01-05 | website=www.fcagroup.com}} workers employed. In 2013, Fiat and PSA announced their new investment for a new generation van, with a €550 million/€150 million split in investment, with the joint venture continuing through their merger company Stellantis.{{cite web |title=Fiat, PSA will invest 700 million euros to extend van venture in Italy |url=http://europe.autonews.com/article/20130709/ANE/307099971/fiat-psa-will-invest-700-million-euros-to-extend-van-venture-in-italy |website=Automotive News Europe |access-date=17 November 2014 |date=9 July 2013}} The facelifted third generation model was launched in 2014.

In September 2018 the 6 millionth vehicle (a Fiat Ducato) was built in the Sevel Atessa factory.{{cite web|url=https://www.fiatprofessional.com.cy/news/six-million-vehicles-at-sevel-the-ducato-plant/ |title=Six million vehicles at Sevel, the Ducato plant |publisher=Fiat Professional |date=20 September 2018 |access-date=10 January 2019}}

First generation (1981–1994)
Fiat Ducato
Alfa Romeo AR6
Peugeot J5
Citroën C25
Talbot Express
Second generation (1993–2006)
Fiat Ducato
Peugeot Boxer/Manager
Citroën Jumper/Relay
Third generation (X250; 2006–present)
Fiat Ducato
Peugeot Boxer/Manager
Citroën Jumper/Relay
Opel Movano/ Vauxhall Movano
Toyota ProAce Max (2023–present)

Production by model between 2000 and 2007 in the Sevel Sud factory:

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Year ! Production Total ! Fiat Ducato ! Peugeot Boxer ! Citroën Jumper
2000 \|205 317 \|106 464 \|61 008 \|37 845
2001 \|220 435 \|126 321 \|65 485 \|41 806
2002 \|233 612 \|127 351 \|54 425 \|38 659
2003 \|213 537 \|124 972 \|46 690 \|41 875
2004 \|219 125 \|126 166 \|47 038 \|45 921
2005 \|200 854 \|110 379 \|42 674 \|47 801
2006 \|217 866 \|129 796 \|43 879 \|44 191
2007 \|262 711 \|154 308 \|56 629 \|51 774

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Year

! Production Total

! Fiat Ducato

! Peugeot Boxer

! Citroën Jumper

2000

|205 317

|106 464

|61 008

|37 845

2001

|220 435

|126 321

|65 485

|41 806

2002

|233 612

|127 351

|54 425

|38 659

2003

|213 537

|124 972

|46 690

|41 875

2004

|219 125

|126 166

|47 038

|45 921

2005

|200 854

|110 379

|42 674

|47 801

2006

|217 866

|129 796

|43 879

|44 191

2007

|262 711

|154 308

|56 629

|51 774

Source OICA.

Note: The Fiat Ducato is also manufactured in Brazil (6,000 ex per year) and in Russia (15,000 ex per year since 2007).

=Sevel Campania=

The Sevel Campania S.p.A. is the second factory of Sevel Sud located in Pomigliano d'Arco, near Naples. The factory produced the Fiat Ducato and Talento and the rebadged Alfa Romeo AR6 until 1994 when it was discontinued.{{cite web|url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1993/12/23/Economia/FIAT-CHIUDE-LA-SEVEL-ED-ARRIVANO-65-MILIARDI_172800.php |title=FIAT: CHIUDE LA SEVEL ED ARRIVANO 65 MILIARDI |publisher=Adnkronos |date=22 December 1993|access-date=10 January 2019}}

Other use of the Sevel acronym

The Sevel acronym was also used by Fiat and Peugeot's Argentinian subsidiary after they merged in December 1980. Here, however, the abbreviation signified Sociedad Europea de Vehículos para Latinoamérica (European Company for making Vehicles for Latin America).

Sevel Uruguay was founded in 1984, and had a Sevel plant in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| Alfa

|style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| LCV

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|colspan=5 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| AR6

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|rowspan= 5 style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| Citroën

| style="background-color:#F0F0F0;" rowspan=2| MPV

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|colspan= 8|

|colspan= 5 style="background-color:#FFA07A"| Nemo M.s.

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|colspan= 8 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Evasion / Synergie

|colspan=13 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| C8

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|colspan= 6 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| SpaceTourer

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0" rowspan=3| LCV

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|colspan= 5 style="background-color:#FFA07A"| Nemo

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|colspan= 13 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Jumpy / Dispatch I

|colspan= 10 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Jumpy / Dispatch II

|colspan= 6 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Jumpy / Dispatch III

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|colspan= 12 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| C25

|colspan= 14 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Jumper / Relay I

|colspan= 16 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Jumper / Relay II

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|rowspan= 5 style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| Fiat

| style="background-color:#F0F0F0;" rowspan=2| MPV

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|colspan= 8|

|colspan= 3 style="background-color:#FFA07A"| Qubo

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|colspan= 8 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Ulysse I

|colspan= 9 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Ulysse II

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|colspan= 1 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Ulysse III

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0" rowspan=3| LCV

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|colspan= 5 style="background-color:#FFA07A"| Fiorino III

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|colspan= 4 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Talento I

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|colspan= 11 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Scudo I

|colspan= 10 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Scudo II

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|colspan= 1 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Scudo III

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|colspan= 12 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Ducato I

|colspan= 14 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Ducato II

|colspan= 16 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Ducato III

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| Lancia

| style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"| MPV

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|colspan= 8 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Zeta

|colspan= 9 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Phedra

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0" rowspan=3| Opel

|style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| MPV

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|colspan= 4 style="background-color:#68aaf7"| Zafira Life

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0" rowspan=2| LCV

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|colspan= 4 style="background-color:#68aaf7"| Vivaro C

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|colspan= 2 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Movano C

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|rowspan= 5 style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| Peugeot

| style="background-color:#F0F0F0;" rowspan=2| MPV

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|colspan= 5 style="background-color:#FFA07A"| Bipper Tepee

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|colspan= 8 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| 806

|colspan=13 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| 807

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|colspan= 6 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Traveller

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0" rowspan=3| LCV

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|colspan= 5 style="background-color:#FFA07A"| Bipper

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|colspan= 12 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Expert I

|colspan= 10 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Expert II

|colspan= 6 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| Expert III

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|colspan= 12 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| J5

|colspan= 14 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Boxer I

|colspan= 16 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Boxer II / Manager

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|rowspan= 2 style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| Ram

|style="background-color:#F0F0F0" rowspan=2| LCV

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|colspan= 5 style="background-color:#FFA07A"| V700 City

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|colspan= 9 style="background-color:#f0e265"| ProMaster

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| Talbot

|style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| LCV

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|colspan= 13 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Express

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|rowspan= 2 style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| Toyota

| style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"| MPV

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|colspan= 6 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| ProAce Verso

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| LCV

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|colspan= 4 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| ProAce I

|colspan= 6 style="background-color:#87CEFA"| ProAce II

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0" rowspan=3| Vauxhall

|style="background-color:#F0F0F0"| MPV

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|colspan= 4 style="background-color:#68aaf7"| Vivaro Life

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|style="background-color:#F0F0F0" rowspan=2| LCV

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|colspan= 4 style="background-color:#68aaf7"| Vivaro III

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|colspan= 2 style="background-color:#F4BD50"| Movano C

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{{legend0|#F4BD50|Manufactured by Sevel Sud in Italy}}
{{legend0|#87CEFA|Manufactured by Sevel Nord in France}}
{{legend0|#f0e265|Manufactured by FCA in Mexico}}
{{legend0|#FFA07A|Manufactured by Tofaş in Turkey}}
{{legend0|#68aaf7|Manufactured by PSA in the UK}}

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{{Small|Note that in some cases, models are also manufactured elsewhere. For example, as of 2020, the Citroën Jumpy, Peugeot Expert and Opel Vivaro are also produced in Kaluga, Russia.}}

References

Category:Stellantis

Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in France

Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Italy

Category:Abruzzo

Category:Italian companies established in 1978

Category:Former joint ventures