134 Fiat Topolinos seized on the port of Livorno. They’ve a sticker with the Italian flag on the door, however they’re made in Morocco

Seized on the port of Livorno by the Monetary Police and the Customs and Monopolies Company had been 119 Fiat Topolinos and 15 Fiat Topolino Dolcevitas, electrical automobiles which can be pushed by fourteen-year-olds with a driving licence. The information was reported at this time by Il Tirreno. In line with what the newspaper writes, the machines had stickers with the Italian flag, which is why GDF and ADM challenged Stellantis for the fallacious indication of the origin of the product: it was not made in Italy however manufactured in Morocco and arrived in Livorno on a cargo ship.

“To resolve each situation, it was determined to intervene on the seized automobiles with the elimination of the small stickers topic to authorization from the authorities,” says a Stellantis spokeswoman. «The sticker in query had the only real function of indicating the entrepreneurial origin of the product – explains Stellantis – In truth, the design of the brand new Topolino, which has been a historic automotive for Fiat since 1936, was conceived and developed in Turin by a crew of execs from the FIAT Model Middle of Stellantis Europe SpA, an Italian firm. Moreover, for the reason that presentation of the brand new mannequin, the Firm has at all times been clear in declaring that it’s manufactured in Morocco. We subsequently consider that we’ve got operated in full compliance with the rules, speaking the nation of manufacturing of the Topolinos in a clear method, with none misleading intent in the direction of customers”.

The seizure passed off final Wednesday and the alleged crime is the sale of business merchandise with false indicators, for which, as Il Tirreno experiences, the Stellantis Europa prosecutor is below investigation. The tricolor flags on the doorways had been thought-about by the investigators to be deceptive indicators for the ultimate client. The machines, meant for automotive dealerships to be marketed on the Italian market, are actually in judicial storage on the Leonardo Da Vinci terminals and at Cilp, the port employees’ firm, the place they landed.