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, Saviem ( Renault) and Alfa Romeo on 13 September 1974 and was bought by

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in 1981. The manufacturing plant is located in

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in southern Italy and is nowadays

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largest engine plant covering an area of approximately . In 1977 Sofim presented the 8140 diesel engine range: a 2.0-liter (1,995 cc) four-cylinder and 2.4-liter (2,445 cc) four-cylinder . These engines were used in light commercial vehicle

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, OM Grinta and in the

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(Iveco Daily). These engines were used also in

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and

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models. Today, light trucks Fiat Ducato III and Iveco Daily uses Sofim engine of 2.3 L of and 3.0 L . Iveco also provides engines for Fuso, the Asian subsidiary of Daimler AG, a 3.0-liter engines for its light-duty vehicles.

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{{Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Fiat Iveco Saviem Diesel engines by model Fiat engines

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