Italian police who handle financial matters took control of more than 130 Fiat cars that came from Morocco this week. They did this because there were stickers with the colors of the Italian flag on the car doors. These stickers might make people think the cars were made in Italy when they were actually made in Morocco. A spokesperson from Stellantis Italia, the company that owns Fiat, said this on Saturday.
The spokesperson said that these cars, called Topolino mini-cars, were made in Morocco and were being brought to Italy. The stickers were meant to show where the cars came from, not where they were made. The company believes they followed all the rules.
The design for these new Topolino cars, which is a model that Fiat has been making since 1936, was made by an Italian team at Centro Stile FIAT in Italy. This team is part of Stellantis Europe, which is an Italian company.
It was decided to make the new Topolino cars in Morocco from the start, and this was announced when the new model was introduced. However, to avoid any problems, they decided to take off the stickers from the cars. They will do this only after getting permission from the authorities.
The Italian government and Stellantis, the company that owns Fiat, have not been getting along for a while now. The government wants cars that are sold as Italian to be made in Italy. Last month, Alfa Romeo, another brand owned by Stellantis, changed the name of one of their cars from “Milano” to “Junior” after the government criticized them. The car was made in Poland, but the name sounded Italian, which caused a problem.
