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Fiat make several different cars, if you consider the Ferrari, they are officially a Fiat brand and still being sold. Alfa is also owned by Fiat, they pulled out in 1995-96 (but returning in 2010 or 11) .

Fiat pulled the plug in 1983 due to EPA and safety regs getting harder, oddly enough Fiats were the only cars that didn't need an air pump in their fuel injected cars as their emissions were far lower than the standards in the early 80's.

Lancia, another Fiat brand, pulled out in 1982.

The Fiat 124 (called the Spyder 2000 in the later years) was imported as the Pininfarina along with the X-19 (Under the name Bertone) until 1986 and some 1987 X-19's until the importer went bankrupt. I worked on these cars, but my name isn't Tony.

They were fun to drive and for a 4 cylinder car made more power than anything at that time sans a Lotus. My Lancia made 150hp with bolt on mods and that was pretty good back in the 80's. It would waste a BMW 325 and do 140 and stick to the ground like glue.

The Yugo was a car built in the former Yugoslavia but was actually a Fiat tooled vehicle. Fiat retained 50 percent of the European market share for many years and although they have a rather bad reputation here, they are more noted for their aluminum engine plants and manufacturing and robotics used in many other companies plants.

Fords original Modular 4.6 was made in Fiats Teksid plant and are considered the strongest blocks made for modular applications and are highly sought after.

Check out the Lancia Thema 832, it was a four door sedan with a Ferrari motor in it, pretty neat car and although de-tuned, it was pretty f'in fast. It was also the first car with an adjustable rear spoiler. The Lancia Beta series in Europe had headlights which tilted up and down to follow the road and also had the sway bars terminate into the brake calipers to adjust the caliper pressure so the car always stopped without nose diving.

I hope this helps lol..