Car, Stellantis breaks down. Production in Italy collapses

Stellantis, car production collapses in Italy

Stellantis broken down. The car manufacturer's production in Italy drops drastically, with a decline of 9.8%. In detail, the group produced exactly 170,415 vehicles in the first quarter of 2024 compared to 188,910 in the same period of the previous year. We would thus be talking about a deficit of over 18 thousand vehicles.

With very few exceptions, all establishments have seen their numbers plummet. To reveal it, as reported Milan Financethe usual report Fim-Cisl. And while Pomigliano (+26%) e Atessa (+11.8%) are growing, Maserati Modena records -68.2%, Mirafiori -51% e Melfi -50.7%. Bad news also for the site Cassinowhich fell by 40.7%.

The report highlights that the performance of Cassino it is the worst ever seen in the history of the plant. As of January, the site operated on a single shift, as opposed to the double shift that was in place for much of the previous year.

Currently, the production Of Stellantis is divided as follows: the Alfa Romeo Giulia represents 21%, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio 52%, while the remaining 28% is occupied by the new one Maserati Grecalewhich also includes the fully electric version.

Moving on to Mirafiorias he writes Milan Finance, in the first quarter of this year, in the Turin hub, production was 12,680 units, a sharp decline compared to the 25,900 recorded in 2023, marking a decrease of 51%. According to the unions' report, 90% of the production of the Turin plant, equal to 11,360 units, is made up of 500 electricwhile the remaining 1,320 units are represented by productions Maserati.

One of the largest production drops occurred at the plant Melfi. In terms of volumes, the Melfi plant recorded the greatest loss, with 25,770 units less than in the first quarter of 2023. The collapse is equal to 50.7%. Of the 25,100 vehicles produced, 51% were the 500X, 26% the Jeep Renegade and 23% the Jeep Compass.

In the first quarter of 2024, the plant of Pomigliano recorded growth of 26% compared to the same period of the previous year, standing out as the only car assembly plant to increase its production volume. This increase contributed to mitigating the negative data relating to overall car production.

The growth in volumes compared to 2023 was mainly driven by the increase in production of the Panda, which reached 44,000 units compared to 30,300 the previous year (+45%). This increase offset the decline recorded in the production of the Alfa Romeo Tonale and Dodge Hornet SUVs, which went from 16,400 units in 2023 to 14,830 units (-9.5%).

“If the data are confirmed, production in 2024 will be just over 630 thousand units, below the 751 thousand in 2023,” he commented Ferdinando Ulianosecretary of the union Fim-Cisl. “The goal of one million is moving away vehicles”.