Car market in Italy - statistics & facts

Evolution of the car market in Italy

The history of the Italian automotive industry dates back to 1880s. At one point in the 1910s, there were more than 15 different automobile manufacturers only in the city of Turin. However, most of these companies could not resist the strong commercialized international competition as some firms heavily scaled production facilities to offer cars at competitive prices. At the moment, the Italian automotive industry is mostly known for small city cars, special designed sports and supercars. The automotive manufacturing industry in the country is composed of many small and medium-sized (SME) manufacturers and dominated by Fiat. Once Italian, Fiat merged with the American Chrysler, making Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in 2014. As the number of internationally dominant car manufacturing firms declined, Italy somewhat lost its position in the global passenger car market. In terms of motor vehicle production volume, Italy was the seventh-largest auto manufacturer in Europe in 2019. Although the motor vehicle production volume in Italy increased continuously until 2017, the Italian automobile manufacturing industry entered into a somewhat recessionary stage after 2017. In 2019, the Italian automotive production experienced a 9.3 percent decline.
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Published by H. Yoo, Mar 30, 2026

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