Italy's car production returns in 2017 to its 2005 level
- The volume of Italian automobile production (VP + VU) had fallen sharply between 1990 and 2013. From 2.2 million vehicles in 1989, Italian production gradually fell to just over 600,000 units in 2014. The explanation for this fall is that the brands Fiat, Alfa-Romeo and Lancia lost a lot of influence during this period, and also that the Fiat group has relocated part of its production to Poland and Turkey, which has led to several factory closures on Italian soil. We can add the non-replacement of the Fiat Punto whose production volume was divided by 10 between 2006 and 2017 and the non-replacement of Lancia models.
- In the same way as in France, the Italian government and the Italian companies agreed in the beginning of 2010 to stop the fall of the automobile production in Italy and to revive this production thanks to a vast program of relocation, launch of new SUVs and revival of premium brands.
- For example, the Fiat Panda produced in Poland was relocated to Italy in 2012. The arrival of compact SUVs Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X at the Melfi site in 2014 also contributed significantly to the revival of production in Italy. Finally, the revival of the Alfa-Romeo and Maserati brands, accompanied this increase in automobile production in Italy.
- In 2017, the volume of Italian production returned to its level of 2005 (just over one million units).
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