Sevel Argentina

Sevel Argentina S.A.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorFiat Concord
SAFRAR Peugeot
Founded1981 [1]
FounderJean Paul Parayre &
Umberto Agnelli
Defunct1999; 25 years ago (1999) [1]
SuccessorFiat Auto Argentina
Peugeot-Citroën Argentina
HeadquartersEl Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Key people
Franco Macri
Mauricio Macri
(President, 1994–95)
ProductsAutomobiles, pickups
Brands
List
ParentSevel

Sevel Argentina S.A. was an Argentine automobile company established in 1981 that produced and marketed Fiat, Peugeot, Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet, and Citroën vehicles for the local market until it was dissolved in 1999. The company was created by merging Fiat's and Peugeot's Argentine operations (Fiat Concord and SAFRAR).[2][3]

Entrepreneur Franco Macri had a controlling stake in Sevel, which would become as the largest automaker in Argentina.[4] Franco's son and former president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, was in charge of Sevel (first as vice-president and then as president of the company) in the early 1990s.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Planta Palomar, su historia at Stellantis Argentina
  2. ^ World Cars 1984. Pelham, NY: L'Editrice dell'Automobile LEA/Herald Books. 1984. p. 408. ISBN 0-910714-16-9.
  3. ^ Hace 40 años nacía Sevel Argentina on Autoweb, 3 Dec 2020
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Matu, Rubén; Suárez, Laura (2015-12-15). "El caso Sevel: la historia de Macri como empresario automotriz". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish).
  6. ^ Cristófalo, Carlos (2015-11-23). "Mauricio Macri: de Sevel y Chery, a la Casa Rosada". Motor1 Argentina (in Spanish).