Alfa Romeo's new model, the Milan, named after Alfa Romeo's hometown. Italian Minister of Industry made it clear to Stellantis, the parent company, that according to the law, it is forbidden to produce the Milan outside of Italy.
"A car called 'Milano' cannot be manufactured in Poland," says Adolfo Iorso, the Italian minister of industry. The production of the Milan will not be in Italy and its name is not going to change, says Stellentis CEO Carlos Tavares, according to CNN's David McKenzie. "As long as there is no change in Italian law, government policy or the name of the car, two things can be certain - the production of this car is not in Italy," he says. The Milan will be the first Alfa to be built entirely outside of Italian, so in this case, for the Italian government to name a model after an Italian city and then produce it in Poland is not Less than a finger in the eye, says McKenzie.