Fiat Bravo beats modest first-year sales objective; Sales of 80,962 units last year puts lower-medium car in 11th place in its segment.(News) From: Automotive News Europe | Date: February 18, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Luca Ciferri

One year after its launch, Fiat's new Bravo has easily outpaced the automaker's modest first-year sales expectations for the five-door family hatchback.

Fiat Automobiles CEO Lorenzo Sistino says the company had set a first-year sales goal of 70,000 units for the lower-medium Bravo, but actually invoiced, or sold, 97,000 to dealers for the year.

And according to JATO Dynamics, which tracks retail registrations in 28 European cou...