Iveco and the History of its Constituent Companies

The histories of some of the constituent member companies of Iveco are complex. This publication describes some of the tributaries which led into the mainstream manufacturers, which in turn eventually were combined as Iveco. Over the years many European manufacturers Deutz ,Magirus. Fiat, , SPA, Lancia , Bianchi Unic and more were absorbed. Pegaso of Spain arrived in 1990. Pegaso brought in its recently-acquired UK subsidiary, Seddon Atkinson. A joint venture with Renault (and the various bus-building concerns Renault had taken over down the years) to create Irisbus eventually became Iveco Bus. It wasn’t just bus-building that was combined into a single entity. Fire and emergency vehicles were combined as EuroFire at the Magirus-Deutz site in Ulm, and military vehicles by all the contributing members came under the Iveco Defence Vehicles umbrella. All of these entities, and more, are described in this publication.