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This company, which was the first one occupied by Soviet-style “factory councils” in 1920, ended its 1980 strike with the “March of the 40,000.” In 1969, this brand took over an upscale competitor whose Aurelia appears in the era-defining film The Easy Life. This brand’s 1958 contract for a plant in (10[1])Kragujevac (“KRAH-goo-yeh-VOTS”) created Zastava’s Fića (“fee-chah”). A RAI (“rye”) game show awarded a prize nicknamed the “Mickey Mouse” from this brand, which was led by a menswear icon dubbed the “Rake of the Riviera.” This brand’s billion-dollar 1966 “deal of the century” (-5[1])produced VAZ’s Lada product line in the Soviet city of Tolyatti. (-5[1])This brand, which got 15 million dollars in the largest Marshall Plan loan, built the Seicento (“say-CHEN-toh”) and (10[1])Cinquecento (10[1])(“chin-kway-CHEN-toh”) at its factory in Lingotto. (10[1])For 10 points, the postwar Italian economic (10[1])miracle (10[1])relied on (10[1])what Turin-based (10[2])maker (10[1])of affordable (-5[1])cars? (10[4])■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: Fiat [or Fiat Automobiles S.p.A; or Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino; or Italian Automobile Factory of Turin; reject “Fiat Chrysler” or “Stellantis”] (Clues include Lancia’s Aurelia in Il Sorpasso, the Fiat 500’s nickname of “Topolino,” Lascia o raddoppia?, Gianni Agnelli, and the Fiat 600 and Fiat 500.)
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