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Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych

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Polish automobile factory

The Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych (meaning Small Car Factory), commonly known as FSM, was a Polish automobile factory born from an agreement between the FSO and Fiat in the 1970s for the construction of a new model, the Polski Fiat 126p, the Polish version of Fiat 126. For the project a new manufacturing plant was opened in Tychy. Until the beginning of the 1980s the factory also produced the FSO Syrena.2 It ceased to exist in 1992.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1948Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersBielsko-Biała1
  • Founded inBielsko-Biała1
  • Legal formstate-owned enterprise1

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Bielsko-Biała, 1973-1977, Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych, produkcja samochodów Fiat 126p (Maluch) 06
Photo: Archiwum fotograficzne Lecha Zielaskowskiego, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych (meaning Small Car Factory), commonly known as FSM, was a Polish automobile factory born from an agreement between the FSO and Fiat in the 1970s for the construction of a new model, the Polski Fiat 126p, the Polish version of Fiat 126. For the project a new manufacturing plant was opened in Tychy. Until the beginning of the 1980s the factory also produced the FSO Syrena. The FSM brand was active between 1971 and 1992, when it was privatised and Fiat Group took control of it.2

Products and brands

  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

Models that were produced at the Bielsko-Biała and Tychy factories (FSM and Fiat Auto Poland):

FSM Syrena 105/105L (1972–1983, Bielsko-Biała), 344,077 units produced

Polski Fiat 126p (1973–2000, Bielsko-Biała and Tychy), 3,318,674 units produced

Polski Fiat 126 BIS (1987–1991, Bielsko-Biała), a dual trunk hatchback version of the 126p - 190,361 units produced

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FSM Cinquecento (1991–1992), Fiat Cinquecento (1991–1998, Tychy), 1,103,684 units produced

Fiat Uno (1994–2002, Bielsko-Biała and Tychy), 173,382 units produced

Fiat Seicento (1998–2010, Tychy), 1,328,973 units produced

Fiat Siena (1997–2001, Bielsko-Biała and Tychy)

Fiat Palio Weekend (1998–2004, Bielsko-Biała and Tychy).

Fiat Nuova Panda (2003–2012), 2,168,491 units produced

Ford Ka II (2008–2016)

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Timeline

  1. 1992Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1948Founded Founded in Bielsko-Biała1

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