Stellantis Slumps: Italy’s Car Production Hits 68-Year Low

Stellantis Slumps: Italy’s Car Production Hits 68-Year Low​

EV Shift, Soft Demand, and U.S. Tariffs Spark Historic Downturn​

Stellantis just hit a rough patch in Italy. The auto giant’s vehicle production in the country during the first quarter of 2025 dropped to the lowest level since 1956. That’s not a typo—this is the weakest Q1 output the company (and Italy’s auto industry) has seen in nearly seven decades.

Stellantis Slumps: Italy's Car Production Hits 68-Year Low

Stellantis slumps as Italy's car production hits a 68-year low in Q1 2025. Discover the industry's challenges and impacts.

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[patfromigh]

The one thing we as Americans have in common with the Europeans, none of us voted for the president of the European Commission , Ursula Whatsmyline. Georgia Meloni had better decide if membership in the EU is worth it when non elected bureaucrats can override a nation's duly elected legislators and the laws they implement.

There have been far too many photo opportunities with Macron and Carlos Tavares together for me to feel comfortable about the neglect of the legacy Italian and American brands in the Stellantis universe. When I see how fast new products came to Latin America and Europe from the PSA side of the house, something is rotten in Denmark, er Brussels.