John Elkann Interview:My grandfather would be happy with FIAT's mergers with Chrysler & PSA into Stronger Stellantis. Alfa & Lancia more possibilities

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Elkann, which still retains the correspondence between his grandfather and Lee Iacocca between 1986 and 1990, he left from afar. Stating that today the lawyer (John's Grandfather) would be happy with the agreements with Chrysler and Peugeot: “He sensed and said before the others that six or seven major global players would remain in the automotive world. Today, with Stellantis, we are one of these players. It is an important milestone, but it is a starting point, certainly not an arrival point “explains Elkann. Gianni Agnelli was the first to guess the need for Fiat of a great international alliance. Even if the price to pay was having to move the group’s center of gravity abroad.

“So( – explains the manager – )we have been able to grow a lot in the world over the past twenty years. This has also strengthened our Italian activities, because they are now part of a larger reality, which has enhanced and will be able to further enhance our Italian spirit “. “Stellantis makes Fiat much stronger. Today we are one of the most important group in the world. “ “We have moved from the survival zone to mid-table with FCA and now we are playing the lead of the championship and this gives the possibility to everyone who works in Stellantis to have much more opportunities for the future” .“Stellantis makes it possible to enhance the identity of all the 400,000 people who work in the group. I am very optimistic about what we can do now that we are a bigger company. ”

''The advantages for the town and for the factory are evident, just look at the contribution made in more than one hundred years of entrepreneurial activity, but also at the role played by the Agnelli Foundation, in addition to the social and solidarity activities carried out by my family. A commitment that continues especially in this difficult moment that our country (Italy ) is facing “.

“It is a time for the automobile similar to that experienced in the beginning. In the next 10-20 years the sector will undergo changes similar to those experienced with the advent of the first cars. Personally, I am very optimistic about what we can do now that we are a larger company with a presence in different places in the world. “

“The strength of Stellantis is to be composed of many different realities, our goal is to enhance the specific identities of each of them. The first visit we made with Carlos Tavares was in Turin, together we visited the Italian factories here. The city is an important part of the group and now there are many more possibilities. For Lancia and Alfa Romeo there are much greater possibilities thanks to this new group.'' “According to the president of Stellantis therefore there is no need to worry about Italian factories and related industries: “We have an important project for the transformation of the Lingotto, an important park will be built on the track where the Casa 500 will also be built. Here we have also launched the new electric version. The third generation of 500 shows how advanced we are in terms of technology. The development of Maserati in recent years is another example of what we can give to the new group and of what can be done in Italy. With such a large company, with new resources and talents, the opportunities are greater. “

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