Italy Says Its Illegal To Build The Alfa Romeo Milano Anywhere But Italy

Italy is not happy with Stellantis’ decision to produce Alfa Romeo’s first fully electric vehicle – called the Milano – abroad. In fact, Italy’s industry minister says the decision actually violates Italian law, and he’s actually not wrong.

Earlier this week, the debilitatingly-Italnin automaker revealed its new Milano small SUV, named after the northern Italian city of Milan, where Alfa was founded in 1910. There’s just one problem: Stellantis wants to build the Milano in its Tychy plant in Poland, according to Reuters. It would be the first Alfa Romeo to ever be entirely built outside of Italy. Again, there is a law on the books in Italy that forbids this type of thing.

Here’s more from Reuters on just why you cannot build “Italian sounding” products outside of Italy, and what the country’s Minister of Economic Development had to say about it: