Fiat cars seized by Italian government over flag

Fiat Topolino front view Arc 2024 — The vehicles were blocked at the port of Livorno for alleged violations of the so-called Made in Italy law, which already forced Fiat parent Stellantis to rebrand its Alfa Romeo Milano sports car to Junior. (FIAT)

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Bloomberg

May 20, 2024 06:25 AM

Italy’s financial police seized dozens of Fiat Topolinos that they said carried the national flag on units actually assembled in Morocco, in the latest fight between Giorgia Meloni’s government and the automaker.

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