Fiat to Shut Down Punto Production for 3 Months in 2012

It seems that despite the fact that the Fiat Punto is Italy’s second-best selling car, the automaker has begun stocking them up outside the Melfi factory. To prevent this from becoming a problem, they will be shutting the factory down for a total of three months, because despite the fact that the Punto is selling well, it apparently isn’t ‘well’ enough.

This means that from August to October, no more Puntos will roll off the production line. This isn’t the first time Fiat are doing this, having also stopped production for a few days last month. However, according to autoedizione.com, Fiat is looking for a partner with which to share its production capacity and, considering the deal Fiat has with Mazda, the next Europe-bound Mazda 2 could be built in Italy, alongside the new Punto, set to make its debut in 2014.