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[...] Are they just a rebadged Fiat or was the project developed by both companies?
Fast checked:
- The English Wikipedia says "developed by the Sevel joint venture", without any further detail.
- The Sevel article on German WP indicates an Italian headquarter.
- The Italian WP just talks about production, for the Sevel vans, while the Sevel article gives a link to Sevel Uruguay...
- And the francophone Wikipedia is... not a fully reliable source: someone working for Fiat / a Fiat enthusiast regularly "rewrites" the articles to depict Fiat models as "the best ones of the universe"
But in all cases it appears that except for cosmetic changes, there was no difference between Fiat and PSA models for the 1994-2002 generation, Fiat, Sofim and PSA engines being in all vans, whatever the make. In fact, only the last version has separated engines, as long as this would imply a different origin. Which should be debated, all the more as the biggest engines are only Fiat ones, even for PSA vans.
I'll try to find more info about where they are/were developed.
[...] (even in that case, as it is built in Italy, we could pick Italy...)
Safer option, indeed, until new details are known.